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As Southern California continues to get hammered by heavy rains, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has declared a state of emergency.
Leo XIV has celebrated his first Christmas Mass as Pope, offering Mass last night at 10 p.m.
local time on Christmas Eve in St.
The pontiff also planned to celebrate Mass on Christmas Day 12 hours later in the Vatican Basilica, a first for a pope since John Paul II's leadership of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics.
In Bethlehem, thousands poured into Manger Square and other sites in the Holy Land, bringing the season back into the region.
After two years of war in Gaza, groups marched and played music in Bethlehem and Nazareth, the cities where Christians believed Jesus was born and lived.
Millions of Americans will fly during this holiday season.
NPR's Joel Rose reports that airlines are hoping to avoid a repeat of the IT meltdowns that have disrupted the industry in years past.
The Powerball lottery has ended a three-month stretch without a winner.
Last night, a winning number was drawn for the $1.8 billion jackpot, the second largest purse in U.S.
history, the number drawn in Arkansas.
Asian shares were mixed in thin holiday trading, where most markets in the region and elsewhere were closed for Christmas.
In Nashville, there is new interest in an old Christmas tradition.
From Member Station WPLN in Nashville, Justin Barney tells us that banks there once had competing Christmas choirs made up entirely of employees.
French prosecutors say a pro-Russian hacking group has claimed responsibility for a major cyber attack on France's National Postal Service