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Vittorio Hernandez | Dec 29, 2014 12:04 AM EST
To show their disagreement by what police officers perceive as his obvious bias for demonstrations across the U.S. seeking police reforms, cops turned their backs on New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio when he rose to deliver his eulogy for slain police officer Rafael Ramos. read more
Vittorio Hernandez | Dec 27, 2014 10:38 PM EST
The post-Christmas snowmobile adventure of five people became a nightmare after two of them died when they fell into Seeley Lake's frozen ice on Friday night. read more
Riley Grant | Dec 28, 2014 10:52 PM EST
Asia has experienced a lot of natural calamities over the years such as the tsunami in Thailand, Indonesia and Sri Lanka. This event had left tons of grief and horrifying memories to their locals so a ceremony was held on December 26 commemorating the lives of almost a quarter of a million who died when the Indian Ocean tsunami took place.n read more
Cory Doyle | Dec 27, 2014 08:50 PM EST
"The steady decline in gas prices this autumn is unlike anything we have previously tracked," an AAA spokesperson said. read more
Vittorio Hernandez | Dec 27, 2014 05:46 AM EST
Pope Francis, in his Christmas Eve mass, lamented that this Yuletide, there has been too many tears shed. Although he was referring to victims of brutal slaying by extremist groups, his cry applies as well to tragic deaths resulting from accidents during the Christmas holiday. read more
Vittorio Hernandez | Dec 27, 2014 03:27 AM EST
Tragedy, instead of merriment, happened to an Ohio family on Christmas night when fire gutted the home in Fayette County. Beyond the burnt house, what was tragic was that the fire killed the grandmother who owns the house as well as her three grandsons who visited her so she wouldn't be lonely on Christmas Day. read more
Vittorio Hernandez | Dec 27, 2014 03:00 AM EST
There had been more than one incident of baby Jesus dolls filched from Nativity displays in Crechen this Christmas in Massachusetts. read more
Winona Cueva | Dec 27, 2014 12:57 AM EST
It's a story that has played out for centuries among Christians, of a child born this time of year, in the humblest of circumstances, and then rose to save mankind from its own foibles. That old story, with its own modern plot, brought the Christmas spirit alive on Friday when a child of Chinese descent was born inside a Philadelpia train with the help of two transit cops. read more
Qi Qin | Dec 26, 2014 04:16 PM EST
According to Hong Kong’s Ta Kung Pao, Christmas Eve is a very popular day to engage or marry for many couples. The president of the Associate for Hong Kong Catering Services Management LTD, Yeung Wei Sing, estimated that at least 600 couples married on Christmas Eve this year. read more
Marcel Woo | Dec 26, 2014 01:16 AM EST
The number of new jobs created in China this year is expected to surpass 13 million after the country's economy added 10.82 million new jobs during the January-September period, state media reported. read more
Vittorio Hernandez | Dec 26, 2014 03:15 AM EST
About 64 percent of Chinese university graduates who were respondents to a study by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), a think tank, said that they are not willing to sacrifice quality of life just to afford buying a house. read more
Kat De Guzman | Dec 26, 2014 02:39 AM EST
Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush spent December 25, 2014 in a Houston hospital after he experienced shortness of breath for the whole week but his spokesman said he is still in great spirits. read more
Vittorio Hernandez | Dec 26, 2014 12:56 AM EST
To avert another round of violent protests after another black teen was shot by a white police officer, Berkeley Mayor appealed on Wednesday night to residents to keep calm. read more
Vittorio Hernandez | Dec 26, 2014 12:20 AM EST
U.S. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama spent part of their family Christmas vacation in Hawaii thanking military men and their families stationed at the island's Marine Corps Base in Kaneohe Bay. read more
Vittorio Hernandez | Dec 25, 2014 06:33 AM EST
The Modern College of Northwest University not only banned its students from celebrating Christmas on Thursday, calling the Christian holiday "kitsch;" as an alternative activity, the university forced its students to watch a 3-hour propaganda movie. read more
Due to the coronavirus, people around the world have canceled their travel plans. Governments and health officials have warned the public to avoid boarding cruise ships and long flights. read more
