Christmas Day

A nearly 7-foot-tall monolith made of gingerbread mysteriously appeared on a San Francisco hilltop on Christmas Day and collapsed the next day

The six officers range from a sergeant who has been on the force for more than a decade to a rookie officer who joined 16 months ago

Not only will some restaurants stay open, but many will offer special holiday meals, drinks and to-go packages.

Baby, a 15-year-old cat who was adopted after being a hospice resident at a Massachusetts animal shelter, is loving life and no longer needs medication after Bjarna O’Brien welcomed her into her family.

Who needs a sleigh when you’ve got a surfboard? Some 600 surfers dressed as Santa chose surfboards instead of sleighs on Tuesday during an annual Christmas Eve surfing fundraiser in Cocoa Beach, Florida. Almost 10,000 spectators also turned out for the 10th Annual Surfing Santas event along Florida’s Space Coast. The surfing fundraiser raised $40,000 for the Florida Surf Museum…

Reenactors will take to the Delaware River on Christmas to recreate George Washington and his troops daring 1776 crossing.

Pope Francis offered a Christmas message of hope Wednesday against darkness that cloaks conflicts and relationships in large parts of the world from the Middle East to the Americas to Africa. The pope told tens of thousands of tourists, pilgrims and Romans gathered in St. Peter’s Square for the annual Christmas Day message that “the light of Christ is...

They call it the most joyful time of the year, and for good reason: the holidays are a time to join family and friends and share in the things that make life special. But the celebrations and gift-giving aren’t without cost.

If someone asked you when the holiday shopping season starts, you’d likely point to Black Friday, when flocks of people swarm stores after a hearty turkey dinner to pick through the hottest deals. But for more people in 2019, holiday shopping started in July. Why? Amazon. Amazon’s annual Prime Day extravaganza has “become a real part of the changing holiday...

Long before he was a music icon in skintight jeans, leather jacket and designer stubble, George Michael was something else — awkward, chubby and insecure. He even went by the very unhip nickname Yog. A loving portrait of a young, striving Michael is offered in a new book by his closest friend and former bandmate, Andrew Ridgeley. His “Wham! George...

Friday marks Flag Day, which commemorates the adoption of the flag of the United States and the birthday of the U.S. Army.

The Los Angeles Lakers announced on Saturday that LeBron James will miss the remainder of the season.

The Los Angeles Lakers announced on Saturday that LeBron James will miss the remainder of the season.

Casino magnate and GOP donor Sheldon Adelson has cancer and has not been at his company’s offices in Las Vegas since around Christmas Day. Adelson’s poor health was revealed earlier this week by one of his company’s attorneys during a court hearing in a years-old case brought by a Hong Kong businessman. The founder and CEO of Las Vegas Sands...

New York City will begin guaranteeing comprehensive health care to every single resident regardless of someone’s ability to pay or immigration status, an unprecedented plan that will protect the more than half a million New Yorkers currently using the ER as a primary provider, Mayor de Blasio said Tuesday.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is missing arguments for the first time in more than 25 years as she recuperates from cancer surgery last month, the Supreme Court said. Ginsburg was not on the bench as the court met Monday to hear arguments. It was not clear when she would return to the court, which will hear more cases on Tuesday...

If there’s a jackpot winner in the first Mega Millions drawing of 2019, someone is going to have a very, very happy New Year. The top prize climbed to $425 million for Tuesday night’s drawing. The last time someone hit the jackpot was Oct. 23, when a single ticket sold in South Carolina nabbed a whopping $1.537 billion.

Jairo Morales was taking his own dog for a walk on Chritmas Eve when he noticed a small dog limping in the street. He soon realized the dog was a Shih Tzu — just like his dog — so he took her home. His compassion set in motion a reunion nearly four years in the making.

Friday night’s Mega Millions drawing yielded no winners, leading the jackpot to jump to an estimated $415 million. It will be the eighth largest jackpot in Mega Millions’ history. Friday’s $370 million jackpot was the largest ever offered on the last draw of any year since the game began in 2002. The winning numbers were: 9, 38, 37, 10 and...