iStock/Thinkstock(OROVILLE, Calif.) — Students displaced by the Camp Fire in Paradise, California, are returning to school for the first time since the deadly fire leveled most of their town. Paradise Elementary students will be attending classes today in Oroville, about 20 miles south of Paradise, where nearly 30,000 residents were forced to relocate after the …
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Dec 03
Passerby panics after seeing fake Clark Griswold hanging off roof in ‘Christmas Vacation’-inspired lights display
KVUE(AUSTIN, Texas) — No one was around to save Clark Griswold as he dangled from a roof while hanging up Christmas lights in “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation,” but a dummy representing the fictional character wouldn’t have faced the same fate. A family in Austin, Texas, based their Christmas lights display off the iconic movie scene …
Dec 02
Petition requests government allow father of murdered teen Hania Aguilar to enter US for funeral
FBI Charlotte(NEW YORK) — A North Carolina community is rallying in support of the family of 13-year-old Hania Aguilar, whose body was found more than three weeks after she was kidnapped in front of her home. An online petition to the Guatemalan Embassy requesting that Hania’s father be allowed to enter the U.S. to attend …
Dec 02
North Korea’s state TV gets a quiet makeover, adding neon suits and smiles
Korean Central Television(NEW YORK) — Reporters in neon-colored suits walk and talk on camera, television programs feature flashy effects, and anchors deliver the news in a high-tech studio. It’s not what viewers expect from KCTV, North Korea’s state-owned broadcaster, but it seems the country’s young leader has been pushing the outlet to find more modern …
Dec 02
International Space Station likely to be temporarily abandoned if Russian rocket fails
Aubrey Gemignani/NASA via Getty Images(MOSCOW) — On Monday, a Russian Soyuz rocket with three astronauts aboard will depart for the International Space Station in one of the most high-stakes launches in years. If the rocket does not reach the ISS as planned, the station is likely to be left temporarily abandoned by the end of …
Dec 02
NYPD finds couple who lost diamond ring in sidewalk grate
iStock/Getty(NEW YORK) — The international manhunt for a couple that got engaged in New York City — only to lose their diamond ring moments after the proposal when it fell down a sidewalk grate in Times Square — has come to an end. The New York Police Department announced on Saturday that it had found …
Dec 02
Schedule for George H.W. Bush’s funeral includes trip to Capitol, burial in Texas
Cynthia Johnson/Liaison(WASHINGTON) — The official schedule for ceremonies honoring the late George H.W. Bush was released on Saturday. The four-day tribute includes lying in state at the U.S. Capitol for parts of three days, a funeral at the Washington National Cathedral and eventual burial at the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum. The ceremonies will …
Dec 02
President Trump hits pause on tariff war with China
iStock(BUENOS AIRES) — President Trump is hitting pause in the escalating trade war with China after a meeting with President Xi Jinping. Just a day after Trump threatened to bludgeon China by doubling U.S. tariffs on $200 billion worth of goods, the White House said a planned increase from 10 percent to 25 percent on …
Dec 02
Dozens injured as 22 tornadoes reported in central Illinois
iStock(LINCOLN, Ill.) — A rash of tornadoes broke out Saturday afternoon and evening across central Illinois, injuring at least 30 people and turning homes into piles of splintered wood. There were 22 tornadoes reported to the National Weather Service on Saturday, all in central Illinois. The offices in Lincoln, Illinois, and St. Louis, Missouri, will …
Dec 01
She said ‘yes,’ he dropped her ring: NYPD looking for couple who lost engagement ring in subway grate
iStock/Getty(NEW YORK) — She said yes! Then, she probably screamed “noooo!” — as her engagement ring slipped out of his fingers and through one of New York City’s subway grates. Now, the New York Police Department is looking for the couple who dropped the ring through the grate. “Help us find the couple [whose] marriage …