Christmas has come and gone in North Korea with no apparent ‘gift’ thus far bestowed on the United States by the secretive nation’s leader.
Author: John Bacon, USA TODAY
Notre Dame Cathedral, empty for Christmas, may never recover from devastating fire
France’s Notre Dame Cathedral was dark and empty for Christmas and may never recover from this year’s devastating fire, its rector said.
Kroger says Christmas food giveaway contest is a hoax
Facebook posts promoting a food giveaway contest by the Kroger supermarket chain are a hoax, the industry giant says.
Notre Dame Cathedral, ravaged by fire in April, will not host Christmas services for first time since French Revolution
Christmas services at France’s Notre Dame Cathedral have been moved a mile away to Saint-Germain l’Auxerrois, a church dating back to the 7th century.
69 cars crash on icy Virginia bridge: 51 injured, some critically as I-64 is shut down
More than 60 vehicles were involved in chain-reaction crashes on an icy, foggy Virginia bridge Sunday, injuring 51 people and shutting down I-64.
‘Mockery’ of justice? Saudi Arabian court sentences 5 to death for Jamal Khashoggi’s killing
The Saudi Arabian court sentenced 5 to death for the killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, who was murdered in Istanbul last year.
‘Wait for Mother Nature’: Last 2 victims of New Zealand’s volcano eruption may never be found
Winona Langford and Hayden Marshall-Inman, missing since the White Island Volcano erupted, were apparently washed out to sea and may never be found.
‘Mixed bag of glop’ prompts weather alerts for 25 million Americans, threatens commutes from Missouri to DC
Some areas could see a foot of snow, others could just see ice, snow or rain – or a “mixed bag of glop,” forecasters said.
Love triangle or murder? Jury deciding fate of Bampumim Teixeira in grisly deaths of Boston doctors
A Boston jury will deliberate the fate of Bampumim Teixeira, a former concierge accused of fatally stabbing two anesthesiologists.
Ex-concierge claims self-defense in death of Boston doctor, says he had affair with another victim
Closing arguments began Monday in the murder trial of a former concierge who claimed self-defense in the slaying of two Boston physicians.