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Jorge Villalba/iStock(NEW YORK) — If you’ve been putting off shopping for Christmas presents, now may be the time to act. With Christmas just five days away, retailers are offering holiday shoppers some last-minute deals. Some [Read More…]

CatLane/iStock(NEW YORK) — Across the country, a holiday tradition has been growing involving a group of “Layaway Angels” who are hard at work this time of year spreading holiday cheer by paying off layaway plans [Read More…]

fredrocko/iStock(NEW YORK) — While Ford’s attention is usually focused on vehicles, on occasion its engineers take things off the road. And now, they have designed a sound-cancelling doghouse. The tech blog Engaget details that the [Read More…]

ABC News(NEW YORK) — Alerts cover the entire Eastern Seaboard on Thursday as heavy rain gets ready to soak the region for the next two days. Two storms continue to move east Thursday as they [Read More…]

kali9/iStock(RENTON, Wash.) — Police arrested a Washington mom on Tuesday after she allegedly shot and killed her daughter while the girl dialed 911 for help. Svetlana Laurel, 52, was booked on murder charges in Renton, [Read More…]

Police Handout (TOPEKA, Kan.) — A man who spent 17 years in prison for crimes committed by a lookalike has been awarded a $1.1 million settlement by the state of Kansas. Kansas Attorney General Derek [Read More…]

KENA BETANCUR/AFP/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein returns to court Thursday seeking to get the criminal charges against him thrown out. Weinstein’s appearance, a little more than six months after his arrest [Read More…]

william87/iStock(LONDON) — London’s Gatwick Airport had a serious drone problem overnight Thursday. The airport was shut down at 9:03 p.m. on Wednesday due to reports of two drones flying over the airfield, the airport said [Read More…]

ALEXEY DRUZHININ/AFP/Getty Images(MOSCOW) — Russian President Vladimir Putin is hosting his annual end-of-year press conference Thursday, a marathon event where he fields questions for hours from hundreds of journalists on topics ranging from Donald Trump [Read More…]

ABC News(BHASAN CHAR, Bangladesh) — Miles off the coast of Bangladesh, deep within the Bay of Bengal, is a low-lying, flood-prone island that the Bangladeshi government hopes to be the new home for the hundreds [Read More…]

iStock/jetcityimage(ALTOONA, Pennsylvania) — It’s heartwrenching video that any parent or caregiver of a child would find difficult to watch: a 5-year-old crying after he wakes up alone in a locked, empty school bus. That’s what [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(ALTOONA, Pennsylvania) — An armed suspect probably didn’t consider that the man he or she was demanding money from would be trained in combat. Surveillance video released by the Altoona Police Department shows a hooded [Read More…]

iStock/AlexeyPetrov(SEOUL) — Two South Korean airlines announced a penalty increase on Tuesday to passengers who cancel international flights, a few days after extreme K-pop fans insisted on a refund minutes before takeoff. Korean Air and [Read More…]

Facebook/OrangeCoSheriff(ORLANDO, Fla.) — Authorities in Florida are searching for clues to find the gunman who shot and killed a 15-year-old walking to school on Monday morning. Alejandro Vargas, a sophomore at Boone High School in [Read More…]

iStock/LanceB(LONDON) —  The U.K. government is stepping up its preparations for a “no-deal Brexit,” including placing the military on standby. The country has been trying to figure out how to manage a Brexit — wherein [Read More…]

iStock/madsci(HARTFORD, Connecticut) — A 12-year-old boy allegedly killed his twin sister by stabbing her in the neck and torso and attacking his mother, a prominent lobbyist, in what a family friend described as an “unspeakable [Read More…]

Instagram/@kensingtonroyal(LONDON) — The royals are getting into the Christmas spirit ahead of the holiday. Prince William, Kate Middleton, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, among other members of the royal family, attended the Queen’s annual pre-Christmas [Read More…]