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The biggest question this time of year is wondering where you can get a last-minute gift or recipe ingredient during the holidays. This year, most stores are closed for Christmas Day but are open Christmas Eve for any final shopping or curbside pick-up orders. Also, while most of these restaurants will be open nationwide, make

The mayor of Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday called for the “immediate termination” of a city police officer in the killing of a Black man who was described as a guest at the home where he was shot and “had committed no crime.” Speaking at a press conference hours after attending the funeral of another black

This year has been a tough one no matter where you live in the world, but discoveries beyond our planet and dazzling images of the cosmos provided a bright spot in 2020. Astronauts continued to safely travel to space, despite the pandemic, and even embarked on historic launches. And they taught us how to handle

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis pardoned the parents involved in the “Balloon Boy” saga of 2009 as part of nearly two dozen pardons and commutations on Wednesday. Richard and Mayumi Heene pleaded guilty in 2009 after telling authorities that their aptly named 6-year-old son Falcon was inside a silver helium balloon that took off from their

Editor’s Note: Bella’s voice has been digitally altered to maintain her anonymity. Bella says her unplanned pregnancy made her mother so furious that she beat her. She had no idea that the 19-year-old had begun exchanging sex for cash in order to help pay for food for her three younger siblings and two cousins, who

Meghan and Prince Harry released a family Christmas card featuring their 19-month-old son Archie in his first public image in months. In the card, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex focus their attention on a light-haired Archie as the family is surrounded by their two dogs, a miniature home and lush greenery. A small Christmas

Over two million people in California have tested positive for Covid-19, according to data from Johns Hopkins University, more cases than in all but a handful of countries. The state’s grim new milestone — 2,002,494 cases as of late Wednesday — comes as ICUs are near or at full capacity across the state. California hit

NORAD is focusing its formidable tracking systems on Santa Claus and his reindeer as they make their annual flight delivering presents to children around the world. The North American Aerospace Defense Command, which is responsible for protecting the skies over the US and Canada, has activated its official Santa Tracker. You can follow his sleigh

Japan’s Supreme Court has overturned a ruling blocking the retrial of an 84-year-old man who spent almost half a century on death row awaiting the hangman’s call over the murder of a family of four, his lawyer told CNN Thursday. Former professional boxer Iwao Hakamada — declared the world’s longest-serving death row inmate by Guinness

A South Carolina man filed a lawsuit against the city of Rock Hill on Monday, alleging that police officers ordered him out of his house naked and held him at gunpoint while searching his home in 2019. Jethro DeVane, 71, is suing the city for gross negligence, civil assault and battery, intentional infliction of emotional