By Itay Hod Click here for updates on this story SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — Many hospitals use cuddly, lovable therapy animals to help patients in their recovery but, as a rule, those pets don’t arrive in a box. “We had real animals that came around for a while but they’re only here for a few
Continue ReadingBy Chloe Melas, CNN Seventeen years after meeting, Katharine McPhee and David Foster teamed up for their first joint holiday album. The husband and wife met in 2006 on the set of “American Idol,” the stage that catapulted McPhee’s career, but had yet to collaborate. Their seven-song EP, “Christmas Songs,” is out now, featuring holiday
Continue ReadingBy Marlee Ginter Click here for updates on this story LOMA RICA, California (KOVR) — A Yuba County home is getting a lot of attention for its brightly lit Christmas spirit. It’s an annual holiday tradition that’s been going on for decades. “This is our Christmas gift to the community,” Al Miners said. It’s something
Continue ReadingBy KCAL Staff Click here for updates on this story ORANGE COUNTY, California (KCAL) — Police are searching for a group of women who pulled off a covert burglary in the city of Orange. It happened last Saturday as employees at Produce World were busy helping customers. Police call it a distraction burglary. In total,
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Otis, CTVNews.ca writer Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — Just after 9 p.m. last Christmas Eve, Public Safety Canada alerted emergency stakeholders about something detected near the North Pole. Obtained through an access to information request, the Dec. 24, 2021, notification from Canada’s Government Operations Centre describes
Continue ReadingBy Natasha O’Neill, CTVNews.ca writer Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — As more Canadians are diagnosed with eating disorders, experts say stereotypes and common myths circulating on social media play a role in misinforming the public about the impact these disorders have on people and children. Recent research has
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CNN By Adrienne Broaddus, CNN Marzena Stasieluk needed a new kidney. She’d been diagnosed with kidney disease in 2015, and ultimately needed dialysis, a grueling process where a machine did the work her kidneys could no longer do. But in order for a kidney transplant to succeed, she needed a liver first. Stasieluk’s liver disease
Continue ReadingBy Jonah Kaplan Click here for updates on this story GRANTSBURG, Wisconsin (WCCO) — Girl dads like Eric McKinley get it–his daughter, Hope, is happiest around her horse, Wilson. “It’s kind of hard to explain–it’s just something between us that’s unbreakable and it’s hard to put into words, like, you can only just feel it,”
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By MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Trumpets and snares will play Brazil’s national anthem at Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s swearing-in on Jan. 1. Then, one will hear a different song on the streets, its lyrics taking a shot at outgoing President Jair Bolsonaro. “It is time for Jair, it is time
Continue Reading EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s President William Ruto has expressed concern over the fighting in neighboring South Sudan and shipped a donation of food stuffs to those affected. South Sudan’s northern Upper Nile and Jonglei states are experiencing renewed fighting between rival armed militias. The fighting has threatened the implementation of
Continue Reading By Adrienne Broaddus, CNN Marzena Stasieluk needed a new kidney. She’d been diagnosed with kidney disease in 2015, and ultimately needed dialysis, a grueling process where a machine did the work her kidneys could no longer do. But in order for a kidney transplant to succeed, she needed a liver first. Stasieluk’s liver disease had
Continue ReadingBy Danielle Wiener-Bronner and Rebekah Riess, CNN Flight delays continued Saturday, interrupting travel during the busy holiday season as parts of the country were battered by a deadly winter storm. As of Saturday afternoon, there were upwards of 2,800 cancellations of flights into, leaving and within the United States, according to flight tracking website FlightAware.
Continue Reading By Eric Levenson, Rebekah Riess and Wayne Sterling, CNN The NFL’s Tennessee Titans delayed its scheduled noon CT game by an hour due to temporary rolling blackouts in the region that stemmed from the winter storm and brutal cold. “Due to the extreme weather and power outages affecting our region, kickoff for today’s game has
Continue ReadingBy Madeline Holcombe, CNN The table is set, friends and family draw near, and you already know what comments or questions are going to come your way. Maybe the remarks are about food, your weight, money, relationships, career or kids — whatever the topic may be, the position you’re in isn’t unusual. For many people,
Continue ReadingCNN By Danielle Wiener-Bronner and Rebekah Riess, CNN Flight delays continued Saturday, interrupting travel during the busy holiday season as parts of the country were battered by a deadly winter storm. As of Saturday morning, there were upwards of 1,800 cancellations of flights into, leaving and within the United States, according to flight tracking website
Continue Reading By PETER SMITH Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — Josh Shapiro will be taking office as Pennsylvania’s next governor in January after running a campaign in which he spoke early and often about his Jewish religious heritage. At a time of rising concern about overt expressions of antisemitism, some observers are seeing a bright spot in
Continue Reading FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A third case of a defendant who was arrested by an elections police unit created by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and a Republican-controlled Florida Legislature has been thrown out. Terry Hubbard was among 20 people arrested last August on criminal charges of illegal voting in 2020 in what was the
Continue Reading By Kristen Rogers, CNN Scientists have identified two minerals never before seen on Earth in a meteorite weighing 15.2 metric tons (33,510 pounds). The minerals came from a 70-gram (nearly 2.5-ounce) slice of the meteorite, which was discovered in Somalia in 2020 and is the ninth-largest meteorite ever found, according to a news release from
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — Cuando no habían pasado ni tres días desde el regreso del presidente de Ucrania Volodymyr Zelensky tras su visita crucial a Washington un bombardeo ruso en la ciudad de Jersón, en el sur del país, dejó diez personas muertas y al menos 55 heridos. La cifra fue confirmada por el subjefe
Continue Reading CNN By Eric Levenson, Rebekah Riess and Wayne Sterling, CNN The NFL’s Tennessee Titans delayed its scheduled noon CT game by an hour due to temporary rolling blackouts in the region that stemmed from the winter storm and brutal cold. “Due to the extreme weather and power outages affecting our region, kickoff for today’s game
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