Here’s a look at the $100 billion in disaster relief in the government spending bill
Congress is allocating more than $100 billion in emergency aid designed to address extensive damage caused by disasters after ...
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5 of the most frustrating health insurer tactics and why they exist
(The Conversation) – The U.S. has made great progress in getting more people insured since the Affordable Care Act took ...
What’s Happening: Holidays at the Newport Mansions
The Breakers, Marble House and The Elms once again welcome visitors this season with spectacular holiday displays.
Pope Francis reprimands Vatican staff for gossiping in annual Christmas message
Pope Francis told Vatican bureaucrats on Saturday to stop speaking ill of one another, as he once again used his annual ...
Senate passes RFK Stadium land bill, giving the Washington Commanders a major off-the-field win
The path for the NFL’s Washington Commanders to return to the nation’s capital is clear after an on-again, off-again saga in ...
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In a calendar rarity, Hanukkah starts this year on Christmas Day
Hanukkah, Judaism’s eight-day Festival of Lights, begins this year on Christmas Day, only the fourth time that’s happened ...
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Ten people including children die in a stampede in Nigeria at a Christmas food distribution event
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Ten people, including four children, have been killed in a stampede in Nigeria’s capital city as a large crowd gathered to collect food items distributed by a local church at a ...
What we know about the suspect behind the German Christmas market attack
Authorities have not formally named the suspect in the car ramming in the city of Magdeburg that killed at least five people and wounded hundreds, saying only that he is a Saudi ...
22 people die in a crash between a passenger bus and a truck in Brazil
A crash between a passenger bus and a truck early Saturday killed 22 people on a highway in Minas Gerais, a state in southeastern Brazil, officials said. The Minas Gerais fire ...
German Christmas market ramming is the latest attack to use vehicles as deadly weapons
A car-ramming at a Christmas market in Germany, which police are treating as an attack, is the latest in a grim series of ...
10 people including children die in stampede in Nigeria at a Christmas charity event
Ten people, including four children, have been killed in a stampede in Nigeria’s capital city as a large crowd gathered to collect food items distributed by a local church at ...
What to know about Hanukkah and how it’s celebrated around the world
Hanukkah — also spelled Chanukah or other transliterations from Hebrew — is Judaism’s “festival of lights.” On eight consecutive nightfalls, Jews gather with family and friends to light one ...