alexey_ds/iStock(NEW YORK) — @TheUPSStore, the official Twitter account for retail locations of the shipping company, may have set some sort of bleak record for the most Grinch GIF (pronounced “jif”) replies after tweeting out what some users thought deserved a big lump of coal. “If your child addresses a letter to the North Pole, you …
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Dec 17
Woman sues the father of her missing toddler: ‘Tell me the truth about what really happened
DNY59/iStock(NEW YORK) — The mother of Ayla Reynolds, a Maine toddler who vanished in 2011, is filing a wrongful death suit against the little girl’s father in an effort to learn “the truth about what really happened to Ayla.” “Today marks seven years since Ayla was taken from me,” Ayla’s mother, Trista Reynolds, said at …
Dec 17
Ukraine moves towards separate church, as conflict with Russia leads to major schism
GENYA SAVILOV/AFP/Getty Images(MOSCOW) — Ukraine has taken a major step towards creating its own independent Orthodox church, separating it from Russia’s and deepening what is one of the most important splits in Orthodox Christianity in centuries. Nearly 200 bishops, priests and other delegates gathered in Kiev’s gold-domed St. Sophia Cathedral Saturday for a council to …
Dec 17
Egypt discovers 4,400-year-old priest tomb in ‘exceptional’ condition
KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images(CAIRO) — An Egyptian archeological mission in the south of Cairo unveiled a 4,400-year-old tomb maintained in an “exceptionally well-preserved condition,” according to a statement by the country’s Ministry of Antiquities. The tomb belonged to a Fifth Dynasty royal purification priest named Wahtye. The discovery was made at the Saqqara archeological site, home …
Dec 17
Brexit, Yellow Vest movement test leadership of Theresa May and Emmanuel Macron in critical times
Mustafa Yalcin/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images(LONDON) — After the most bruising week yet of Theresa May’s embattled premiership, she survived the closest attempt yet to oust her from power. The United Kingdom prime minister now faces looming challenges in the coming months — both from the British Parliament and the European Union. May’s ruling Conservative Party doesn’t …
Dec 17
Town rallies around mom who alerted police to ‘imminent danger’ of school shooting
nazarethman/iStock(RICHMOND, Ind.) — Community members in Richmond, Ind., came together at a candlelight vigil Sunday to support a mom who alerted police about her teenage son who brought a gun to a middle school and turned the weapon on himself after exchanging gunfire with police. The mother called 911 Thursday to alert authorities “to the …
Dec 17
Coast Guardsman kills wife, son before taking own life in Miami: Officials
kali9/iStock(MIAMI) — An 8-year-old girl is fighting for her life after her father allegedly shot her and killed her mother, her little brother and himself at their Miami home, police said. Petty Officer 1st Class John Presnar, 44, allegedly opened fire on his family after getting into an argument with his 39-year-old wife early Sunday, …
Dec 17
Google investing $1 billion to open new campus in New York City
JHVEPhoto/iStock(NEW YORK) — Google is investing over $1 billion to establish a new campus in New York City, the company announced in a blog post Monday. The 1.7 million square-foot campus in Manhattan, named Google Hudson Square, will comprise of two buildings on Hudson Street and another building on Washington Street. The company says it …
Dec 17
More Northeast snow as West Coast storms form
ABC News(NEW YORK) — As one storm system delivers heavy snow to coastal Maine Monday morning, another is brewing off the West Coast. In the East, 3 to 5 inches of rain fell in several regions, prompting water rescues, as more snow in northern New England and Maine is expected throughout Monday — up to …
Dec 17
North Korea warns US over stalled nuclear negotiations
200mm/iStock(SEOUL, South Korea) — As tens of thousands of North Koreans, including current leader Kim Jong Un, paid a visit on Sunday to Kim Jong Il’s mausoleum in Pyongyang to commemorate the seventh anniversary of his death, North Korean state media also used the opportunity to take a jab at U.S. foreign policy. Pyongyang criticized …