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By Mike Cronin Click here for updates on this story MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (WMUR) — An unusual family tradition just won’t end. Two brothers have been re-gifting candy to each other for more than three decades. It started in 1987. Ryan Wasson got some Life Savers for his brother as a joke for Christmas knowing
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By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Many gamers will be receiving the latest edition of the “Madden” video game for the holidays. On Saturday, some will even find out for the first time that the name behind the popular franchise was a successful coach and broadcaster. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell says Madden is to the
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By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Many gamers will be receiving the latest edition of the “Madden” video game for the holidays. On Saturday, some will even find out for the first time that the name behind the popular franchise was a successful coach and broadcaster. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell says Madden is to the
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By Carma Hassan and Eric Levenson, CNN A Baltimore Police officer who was shot while sitting in her patrol car earlier this month has died, according to the Baltimore Police Department. Officer Keona Holley was removed from life support, Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison said Thursday in a statement posted to Facebook. “Her health has
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN As Covid-19 cases continue to rise and the Omicron variant sweeps the world, some nations are rolling out fourth doses of coronavirus vaccine for the most vulnerable people. Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s office announced this week that adults 60 and older, medical workers and people with suppressed immune systems could
Continue ReadingBy Terry Ward, CNN Ever since the movie “Moana” first hit theaters, 8-year-old Mathias Pascal from Cuxac-d’Aude, France, has dreamed of visiting the land of “Vaiana” — the name for the ebony-haired heroine of the 2016 Disney blockbuster in its French release. “He watched the film ever since he was little, and I’d tell him,
Continue ReadingBy WMUR Staff Click here for updates on this story PORTSMOUTH, New Hampshire (WMUR) — A woman from Portsmouth was shocked when she returned home after a flight from Europe and found that the gifts she had packed in her luggage were gone, replaced by other items that weren’t hers. “I opened the third bag
Continue ReadingBy Gawon Bae and Alaa Elassar, CNN Three members of the K-pop supergroup BTS have tested positive for Covid-19, according to BIGHIT Music statements published on global fan community platform Weverse. The group had recently returned to South Korea from the US, where it kicked off its first tour in two years since the beginning
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Police say they have arrested one person after two men were shot and killed at a busy restaurant in Kentucky. The Louisville Metro Police Department says 21-year-old Karson Reitz was arrested and charged with murder in the shooting Thursday evening at the Roosters restaurant location on Preston Highway. Police say security
Continue ReadingBy SARAH HURWITZ Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — As the Pacific Northwest prepares for colder weather and potential snow in the forecast, outreach organizations are ramping up to help those living on the streets. “This is a small portion of what we do on a day-to-day basis,” Transition Projects
Continue Reading LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Heavy rains in Bolivia this month have killed at least 12 people, flooded crops and damaged roads, according to authorities. Rainfall levels have surpassed records, and seven of Bolivia’s nine provinces have declared alerts for rain and flooding. The rainy season has just begun and it lasts until March. Most
Continue ReadingBy MARY SMITH Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WGCL) — As the COVID cases rise, holiday travel increases as well. Between Dec. 20 and Jan. 4, about 3.7 million people are expected to travel through Atlanta’s airport, according to an airport media release. “We are, based on our projections, at the same
Continue Reading ISTANBUL (AP) — Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, spiritual leader of the world’s Orthodox Christians, has tested positive for COVID-19 and is displaying mild symptoms. The Istanbul-based Patriarchate said Friday that Bartholomew, who is 81 and recently had heart surgery, is fully vaccinated. It added that “his general condition is good.” The Patriarch urged people to
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Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN Español) — El gobierno de Brasil anunció este viernes que donará 500.000 dosis de vacuna contra el covid-19 a Paraguay, que será la primera nación en beneficiarse de un esfuerzo por “salvar vidas y da un paso más para superar la pandemia”, según un comunicado conjunto de los ministerios brasileños de
Continue Reading By MICHAEL TARM AP Legal Affairs Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Defendants spoke directly to jurors in a series of recent high-profile trials, defying conventional wisdom that the risks of a client taking the stand usually outweigh the benefits. Among those who chose to testify this month was Kim Potter, convicted Thursday of manslaughter for killing
Continue Reading By MICHAEL TARM AP Legal Affairs Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Defendants spoke directly to jurors in a series of recent high-profile trials, defying conventional wisdom that the risks of a client taking the stand usually outweigh the benefits. Among those who chose to testify this month was Kim Potter, convicted Thursday of manslaughter for killing
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — In a story published Dec. 21 about the use of body cameras by an investigative unit of the Department of Homeland Security, The Associated Press erroneously reported that agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in Phoenix and Detroit were the first federal officers to wear body cams. Other
Continue ReadingBy TREVOR SOCHOCKI, JAMES PAXSON Click here for updates on this story MICHIGAN (WNEM) — A mid-Michigan community is coming together to support its own during the holiday season. Employees of Lula’s Louisiana Cookhouse and Lily Pearls Lounge woke up Tuesday morning without a job to go to after a fire tore through the building.
Continue Reading By ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden are bringing Christmas Eve cheer to hospitalized children who aren’t well enough to go home for the holidays. It’s longstanding tradition for first ladies to visit Children’s National Hospital in Washington at Christmastime. But Joe Biden’s visit was a
Continue Reading By Jason Hanna, CNN Daunte Wright’s mother said Friday the guilty verdict against former police officer Kim Potter for fatally shooting Wright isn’t quite justice, but it is accountability, and she’s thankful for it. “Justice would be Daunte being home. Justice would be no more names being yelled in our streets. And (when) that happens
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