Amsterdam court sentences 5 men over violence linked to Ajax-Maccabi soccer game
An Amsterdam District Court on Tuesday sentenced five men to up to six months in prison for violence that erupted around a ...
Bill Clinton is out of the hospital after being treated for the flu
Former President Bill Clinton was discharged from a Washington hospital on Tuesday and will be home for Christmas after he ...
The pope is kicking off a yearlong Jubilee that will test his stamina and Rome’s patience
Pope Francis on Tuesday opens the 2025 Holy Year, kicking off a celebration of the Catholic Church that is expected to draw ...
Seafarers move global trade — and Christmas gifts. These ministries bring them holiday cheer
On a balmy December evening, four Indian crew members, eager to go explore this Mediterranean city where their container ship ...
Global monitor says famine is weeks away in north Gaza. A US diplomat calls warning ‘irresponsible’
Deaths from starvation will likely pass famine levels in northern Gaza as soon as next month owing to Israel’s “near-total ...
When you’ll see extra paychecks in 2025
The timing of these “extra” paychecks depends on the employer’s payroll calendar. Workers with a Jan. 10 payday, for example, ...
Wemby at The Garden. LeBron vs. Steph. The NBA’s Christmas Day lineup, as always, has star power
LeBron James made his Christmas debut in 2003. Victor Wembanyama was born 10 days later. That’s right: James has been ...
California residents on edge as high surf and flooding threats persist on Christmas Eve
Persistent high surf and flooding threats along California’s coast have residents on high alert a day after a major storm was blamed for one man’s death and the partial ...
Soprano Angel Blue sings her first Metropolitan Opera ‘Aida’ in a new production
If she has the voice of an angel, and the face of an angel, she must be an Angel. Angel Blue, that is. The American soprano, one of the most admired singers of her generation, is headlining the ...
Man accused in the burning death of a woman on a New York subway awaits arraignment
A man accused of setting a woman on fire inside a New York City subway train and then watching her die after she was engulfed in flames is awaiting arraignment on Tuesday.
‘Groovy!’: The story behind the strange trailer for 1947’s ‘Miracle on 34th Street’
“Miracle on 34th Street,” a film filled with so much Christmas spirit that its youngest star actually thought she was working ...
Christopher Nolan’s next film is based on ‘The Odyssey’
Christopher Nolan is following his Oscar-winning “Oppenheimer” with a true epic: Homer’s “The Odyssey.” It will open in theaters on July 17, 2026, Universal Pictures said Monday. Details remain ...