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Like a lot of people, you’re probably not taking down your Christmas tree for a few months. So now’s a good time to learn how to keep it…
Continue ReadingLike a lot of people, you’re probably not taking down your Christmas tree for a few months. So now’s a good time to learn how to keep it…
Continue ReadingOne woman was killed and another “severely injured” Saturday morning in what the Houston Police Department called a “vicious dog…
Continue ReadingAbout 15,739 pounds of frozen beef patties are being recalled because they “may be contaminated with extraneous materials, specifically small,…
Continue ReadingThere’s a man dressed as a Christmas tree roaming the streets of the Big Apple. He’s Mr. Christmas Tree, and he’s fast become one…
Continue ReadingYuyi Morales heard hateful rhetoric about immigrants and knew she needed to fight back. So she started drawing. The author and illustrator already…
Continue ReadingThe people wanted Tacko Fall. His coach gave in — but not before making the crowd work for it. With the Boston Celtics blowing out the Detroit…
Continue ReadingWeekend travelers are facing severe weather in opposite corners of the country, with storms in the Northwest and the Southeast. More than 5 million…
Continue ReadingThe body of a woman found in a Houston-area home has been identified as missing Austin, Texas, mother Heidi Broussard, officials said Friday. The…
Continue Reading“Bah Humbug!” The phrase, uttered by more than a century of Christmas scrooges across page and screen, has been popularized by almost…
Continue ReadingIn his final days in office, former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin issued hundreds of pardons and commutations to people he said he would not hesitate to…
Continue ReadingThe letter this fall from Immigrations and Customs Enforcement turned Zoila Pelayo’s life on end. Stunned, she read that the agency was filing…
Continue ReadingWhat’s in a word? A lot, if you ask the folks at Merriam-Webster. Merriam-Webster’s 2019 word of the year is they. Last year’s word…
Continue ReadingNorth Korea has warned the United States it “will be made to pay dearly” for any criticism of the country’s human rights record,…
Continue ReadingThe homeless population in the US increased 2.7% this year largely because of a surge in unsheltered and chronically homeless individuals in…
Continue ReadingHave you ever wondered why snow makes everything so peaceful and quiet? It seems like a silly thing to think about, but I looked it up and…
Continue ReadingBrexit has been a massive headache ever since the UK voted to leave in 2016. It took two prime ministers, 1274 days, three deadline extensions and…
Continue ReadingCLIVE, Iowa — An Iowa woman was charged with attempted murder after running over a 14-year-old girl, saying she did so because the teenager…
Continue ReadingSAN DIEGO, California (AP) — A son of one of the founders of the Sinaloa drug cartel on Friday appeared in a U.S. court on trafficking and other…
Continue ReadingA Massachusetts police department has a thief in its midst. Officers with the Franklin Police department had worked diligently to collect toys for…
Continue ReadingHere’s a look at Kwanzaa, an African-American holiday celebrated each year from December 26 to January 1. Facts Kwanzaa is based on traditional…
Continue ReadingNew York awarded a $3.75 million state grant Thursday to help build The Universal Hip Hop Museum, an archive dedicated to the preservation and…
Continue ReadingRobert Glenn “Junior” Johnson, one of NASCAR’s earliest star drivers and a legendary figure in the auto racing garage, has died at…
Continue ReadingA 33-year-old man broke into a Yeshiva University dorm in New York City early Friday and used matches intended for a Hanukkah menorah to set three…
Continue ReadingEvidence of the world’s oldest forest, dating back some 385 million years, has been discovered in an abandoned quarry in upstate New York,…
Continue ReadingA girl in a pink shirt grabs a rod of twisted metal protruding from the rubble. Her legs are trapped under a ceiling that collapsed during an…
Continue ReadingFORT WORTH, Texas — A Texas grand jury has indicted a former Fort Worth police officer who two months ago fired through the window of a home,…
Continue ReadingA Winston-Salem, North Carolina, city employee was killed Friday when one of his co-workers opened fire at a municipal building, officials said. The…
Continue ReadingWisconsin Gov. Tony Evers this week denied a pardon request from Brendan Dassey, who was featured in the Netflix series “Making a…
Continue ReadingLower premiums and more plan choices did not attract more Americans to sign up for Obamacare plans for 2020. Some 8.3 million people selected…
Continue ReadingTim Slaten never lost hope that his mother’s killer would be caught. But the last person he suspected of committing the crime was his youth…
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