Police officer killed in North Carolina grocery store shooting just days before Christmas Greensboro Police Officer Michael Horan, 44, was shot and killed inside a Food Lion grocery store just days before Christmas. 12/23/2024 - 12:29 pm | View Link
North Carolina Police Officer Shot and Killed at a Grocery Store A North Carolina police officer was shot and killed at a grocery store Monday morning, who officials said had "an outstanding reputation". Greensboro Police Department Officer Michael Horan was ... 12/23/2024 - 9:44 am | View Link
Hamas-run body says 40 killed in Israeli attack in northern Gaza At least 40 people have been killed in an Israeli attack in the northern Gaza Strip, the Hamas-run civil defence organization in the territory said on Sunday. A spokesman said Israeli troops targeted ... 12/15/2024 - 4:27 am | View Link
Middle East latest: Deadly Israeli strikes hit north and central Gaza Israeli airstrikes in northern and central Gaza killed at least 33 people overnight, Palestinian medical officials said Wednesday, as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is set to return to ... 12/11/2024 - 12:41 am | View Link
Narges Mohammadi picked up Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid ‘s Tale while in prison. The activist had been sentenced to 16 years for challenging Iran’s enforcement of what Mohammadi terms gender apartheid—a system of dress codes, sexual subjugation, and coercive control enforced, as in Atwood’s book, by men who have taken power as a theocracy.
For the first time since 2005, the first night of Hanukkah will fall on the same day as Christmas.
The two winter holidays converge an average of five times a century, according to Rabbi Joseph Potasnik, Executive Vice President of the New York Board of Rabbis.
Since 1900, the first night of Hanukkah has fallen on December 25 five times: 1910, 1921, 1959, 2005, and now 2024.
(WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.) — First it was Canada, then the Panama Canal. Now, Donald Trump again wants Greenland.
The President-elect is renewing unsuccessful calls he made during his first term for the U. S. to buy Greenland from Denmark, adding to the list of allied countries with which he’s picking fights even before taking office on Jan.
(BETHLEHEM, West Bank) — The Nativity Store in Manger Square has sold handmade olive wood carvings and religious items to people visiting the traditional birthplace of Jesus since 1927. But as Bethlehem prepares to mark its second Christmas under the shadow of the war in Gaza, there are almost no tourists, leaving the Nativity Store and other businesses unsure of how much longer they can hold on.
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For the second straight year, Bethlehem’s Christmas celebrations will be somber and muted, in deference to ongoing war in Gaza.
The Philippines is known for its monthslong Christmas celebrations starting in September. The heavily Catholic country of nearly 120 million people is serious about the festive season. However, this time of year has recently taken a much more somber tone for many Filipino families.
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Estrella Pagarigan had decorated her home with recycled bamboo and plastic bottle parols for the holidays, but in early November, the house where she, her husband, and three children have lived for years was flattened overnight.