By TALI ARBEL AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Airlines canceled hundreds more flights Saturday because of staffing issues tied to COVID-19, disrupting holiday celebrations during one of the busiest travel times of the year. Flight-tracking website FlightAware notes nearly 1,000 flights entering, leaving or inside the U.S. were canceled Saturday, up from 690
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By TALI ARBEL AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Airlines canceled hundreds more flights Saturday because of staffing issues tied to COVID-19, disrupting holiday celebrations during one of the busiest travel times of the year. Flight-tracking website FlightAware notes nearly 1,000 flights entering, leaving or inside the U.S. were canceled Saturday, up from 690
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Alejandra Ramos Barreda (CNN) — ¡Un regalo de Nochebuena! La actriz Olivia Munn y el comediante John Mulaney compartieron un primer vistazo de su bebé, que ahora tiene 1 mes. Munn publicó una foto en Instagram que muestra al bebé Malcolm con un gorro azul y envuelto en una manta mientras duerme. “Malcolm Hiệp Mulaney.
Continue Reading By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN and STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — T. Mark Taylor, artist and toy designer for the He-Man and the Masters of the Universe franchise as well as the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, has died. He was 80. His family says his death Thursday at his Southern California home was
Continue Reading By Hannah Jackson, CTVNews.ca writer Click here for updates on this story Barrie, Ont., Canada (CTV Network) — This Boxing Day will be a “little bit muted,” compared to other years amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and global supply chain issues, according to a retail expert. Bruce Winder, a retail expert and the author of
Continue Reading By Tom Yun, CTVNews.ca writer Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Canada (CTV Network) — It started out with a hairpin and ended with a house. TikToker Demi Skipper managed to get her own piece of real estate after making 28 online trades that began with a one cent bobby pin listed on
Continue Reading By AL-HADJI KUDRA MALIRO Associated Press BENI, Congo (AP) — Authorities say a suicide bomber has killed six people in eastern Congo as diners gathered at a restaurant on Christmas Day. A spokesman for the governor of North Kivu province said that the attacker had been blocked by security guards from entering the crowded bar
Continue Reading DETROIT (AP) — Wanda Young, a member of Motown’s chart-topping The Marvelettes, has died in suburban Detroit. She was 78. Meta Ventress tells The New York Times for a story Saturday that her mother died Dec. 15 in Garden City, Michigan, of complications of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Young and other members of The Marvelettes
Continue Reading Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — Tres infantes de marina murieron este sábado en las instalaciones del Batallón de Policía Naval Militar Número 11 de la Isla de San Andrés, en Colombia, luego de que presuntamente fueron atacados con un arma de fuego por uno de sus compañeros, quien también lesionó a un soldado del
Continue Reading By JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — The wife of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones was arrested Christmas Eve on a domestic violence charge that the right-wing provocateur says stems from a “medication imbalance.” Sheriff’s deputies took Erika Wulff Jones into custody and booked her into an Austin jail around 8:45 p.m. Friday. Jail records
Continue Reading By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Ghislaine Maxwell has reached her 60th birthday behind bars as she awaits the outcome of her sex trafficking trial. The British socialite was scheduled to return to a Manhattan courthouse Monday to await word from a jury entering its third full day of talks. The deliberations
Continue Reading By Velena Jones Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO (KOVR) — Vandals around Sacramento are targeting Christmas light displays. Diane Paulsen’s one Christmas wish to shine a light for her Elmhurst neighbors. “I just wanted to give people hope,” explained Paulsen. “I had a sign there that said ‘Peace on Earth’, and I
Continue Reading By Maria Medina Click here for updates on this story SAN JOSE (KPIX) — One San Jose man has spread Christmas cheer to an entire neighborhood for decades, even during the pandemic. “Children that came to see Santa are now parents with their children here,” said David Pusateri. “It’s pretty cool.” Every year on Cherry
Continue Reading By Karen Morfitt Click here for updates on this story ARAPAHOE COUNTY, Colorado (KCNC) — Nearly 10 years have passed, but former 18th District Attorney George Brauchler distinctly remembers the case against Kenneth Dean Lee. “This monster preyed upon the most vulnerable,” he said. Brauchler was in office when prosecutors took Lee to trial for
Continue Reading By AL-HADJI KUDRA MALIRO Associated Press BENI, Congo (AP) — A bomb has exploded at a restaurant as patrons gathered on Christmas Day and killed at least seven people in eastern Congo. Mayor Narcisse Muteba told The Associated Press that the victims included two children and that investigations were underway to find the perpetrators. There
Continue Reading By Justin Adams Click here for updates on this story DENVER (KCNC) — Health care workers need to be cared for as well, particularly when it comes to their mental health. At Denver Health they do this through a program called Resilience in Stressful Events, or RISE for short. “The best mitigation for a traumatic
Continue Reading Alejandra Ramos Barreda (CNN) — Fue justo después del Día de Acción de Gracias que la enfermera registrada Jennifer Smith recibió una llamada telefónica temprano en la mañana de John Burley, uno de sus pacientes favoritos. Estaba angustiado por su amado perro, Boomer. “Llegué al trabajo el lunes después del Día de Acción de Gracias
Continue Reading By Donald Judd, CNN President Joe Biden thanked service members stationed across the globe for their service in a Christmas Day virtual meeting from the White House. “The holidays really bring into sharp focus, being apart is — it’s just part of the job, but it’s the hard part of the job, and it’s who
Continue Reading By Donald Judd, CNN President Joe Biden thanked service members stationed across the globe for their service in a Christmas Day virtual meeting from the White House. “The holidays really bring into sharp focus, being apart is — it’s just part of the job, but it’s the hard part of the job, and it’s who
Continue Reading WASHINGTON CROSSING, Pa. (AP) — Hundreds have gathered on both sides of the Delaware River to watch an annual Christmas Day reenactment of George Washington’s 1776 crossing. Washington Crossing Historic Park officials say reenactors in three boats completed the crossing in about an hour Saturday afternoon under overcast skies. Earlier in the month, about 5,000
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