Christmas

The St Thomas man who slashed the throat of his girlfriend, Tashoy Barrett, on Christmas Day in 2016, reportedly because he was provoked, was on Friday sentenced to 14 years in prison. Twenty-nine-year-old salesman, Odain Keyes, was sentenced by High Court Judge, Justice Carol Lawrence-Beswick, ...

The current EU debate seems to centre mostly on the travails of Brexit and the risks being faced by the union as a result of the inconclusive Italian elections. But the really interesting developments for the future of the EU are happening in France. President Emmanuel Macron, who was elected just a year ...

(CBSNewYork) — New video shows the Christmas Eve arrest of a star from the hit reality series “Real Housewives of New York City.” Investigators say Luann de Lesseps threatened to kill a police officer as they placed her in the back of a patrol car last December. The 52-year-old was arrested on disorderly ...

GALESBURG — The sound of hammering echoed on North Farnham Street Saturday morning. It was barely past ten o'clock and a dilapidated garage had already been torn down and its remains loaded into a trailer. The process took only a little more than an hour. It was the work of Christmas in Action, ...

This year, the Sweet Home Ranger District of the Willamette National Forest has the honor of providing the Christmas Tree for the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol. It's just a matter of finding the right one, so the Forest Service is asking for the public's nominations. "It's kind of like a beauty pageant for trees," Sweet Home District ...

The man convicted in the cold-blooded murder of a Surrey man at a Christmas house party has been sentence to life in prison with no chance of parole for 15 years. On the morning of Christmas Eve 2011, Russell Atma Bidesi shot Bradley McPherson, 28, at the party in the Newton neighbourhood.

A Chicago man convicted in a Grinch-like Christmas Day heist in Bloomingdale is headed to prison. Arthur Holmes, 35, of the 700 block of E. 93rd Street, has been sentenced to six years in prison for breaking into and stealing merchandise on Christmas morning from the Bloomingdale Best Buy. Holmes ...

SCOTCH PLAINS, N.J., March 20, 2018 – When a patient expressed disappointment to her nurse that her illness had prevented her from celebrating Christmas Eve at home, the staff at Peggy's House sprang into action and created Christmas in February, complete with a tree and a visit from Santa.

The Salvation Army in Chillicothe had a busy Christmas season and officials just last week completed and released its report of the holiday season. The Salvation Army in Chillicothe had a busy Christmas season and officials just last week completed and released its report of the holiday season. “This year ...

After 20+ years of decorating his house for the holidays, and dressing like Santa Claus to boot, the owner of The North Buffalo Christmas House, Joseph Pandolfino, has officially hung up his Santa suit and is selling the house. It's certainly a sad day for North Buffalo, because anyone who is that dedicated ...

Today, we continue our observance of the 25th anniversary of the Jamaica Observer by reflecting on one of the stories covered by this newspaper since its first publication on March 7, 1993. This story in particular brought joy to our hearts and made Christmas of 2013 special for the newspaper. Nashawn ...

Christmas, it is said, only comes once a year - but not it would seem if you took a glance at supermarkets' Easter offerings which this year include turkey, panettone and stollen. While traditional Easter foods include a leg of lamb and some gently spiced hot cross buns, retailers have this year added ...

Christmas may still be nine months away, but Hallmark movie fans will have a lot to look forward to this holiday season! According to Entertainment Weekly, the Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movies & Mysteries will be releasing 34 new Christmas movies in 2018 — which is a new record of heartwarming ...

Parker is a Professor of English at Davidson College and his latest novel, "Christmas in July" (published by Dzanc Books) tells the story of ten very quirky and eccentric characters who encounter a thirteen-year girl with cancer in her final days. Far from being cloying, the novel is at times, hilarious, poignant, ...

But on Christmas day 1946, instead of dissipating, the fog grew thicker as the day wore on. At the city's Lunghwa Airport, tensions rose as visibility reached zero. Nervous airport staff who had been out celebrating the holiday began to report in once they heard about the incoming flights, whose pilots circled ...

Spring has just sprung, but Hallmark is already busy preparing to deck your halls this Christmas with original holiday movies. Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movies & Mysteries will unveil 34 new original Yuletide flicks in 2018, EW has learned. That's a new record for the pair of networks, which last year ...

Hawkers sell the goods at the city center as businesses reopen after Christmas holidays. [Photo by Beverlyne Musili/Standard]. More individuals and households took up credit from banks over the festive season, according to a Central Bank of Kenya survey. The heightened political activity towards the end ...

When Cory Mitchell asked Morgan Quattlebaum what she wanted for Christmas, she never expected to receive his grandmother's engagement ring. “This ring means the world to us because this is a part of 'family' that is always with us,” is what Quattlebaum said as she recounted the story surrounding the ...

Christmas Bird Counts started in 1900 as a counter to the "side kills" during the 19th century. This was when the count was done with guns and to see how many birds could be killed in a day. The first observing count had 25 areas and now there are 1823 counts with over 60,000 participants in the America.

The 2017 York Daily Record Christmas Emergency Fund raised $11,157 in donations from readers. The beneficiary of this campaign is the York chapter of Not One More, which works to counter the opioid epidemic in our community. Not One More offers support for families and individuals suffering from ...

AKEL “Christmas” James, whose killing by the police two Mondays ago triggered violent street protests in east Port of Spain, was laid to rest on Thursday. His funeral held at the Pentecostal Assembly on Upper Duke Street was attended by members of his community who considered him a favourite. James ...

Children from Good Shepherd Primary School handing over their food donations to staff from the Foyle Foodbank. Published: 09:12 Friday 02 March 2018. Share this article. Almost 500 children and even more adults were forced to rely on emergency food packages over the Christmas period in Derry, it has emerged.

The elves are taking a break from their well deserved holidays and are bringing Christmas FM back for one day only. Tomorrow March 1st from 8am-8pm the station will be bringing snow and weather updates and all the best snow and winter songs around. The station will be available worldwide through ...

HOLYOKE -- Mayor Alex B. Morse asked the City Council Wednesday to blame him instead of other city staff over the purchase of a $10,000 artificial Christmas tree with a debit card. "I take full responsibility for the decision to purchase the tree. In the past, my office and mayors before me would put out a ...

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The actor-turned-Oscar commentator says that, especially near Christmas, strangers will approach him asking him to put his hands on his face and scream the way he did in the iconic 1990 holiday flick — to no avail. Culkin explained that a big part of the fascination with him to this day is due to the fact that ...

The following tips will help you avoid debt, stress, and poor gift choices. Did you realize it's only eight months till Christmas Day? I realize that a snowy, cozy Christmas morning is probably not the image you want in your head right now, especially if you're still waiting for spring to show up, but there is one ...

CHRISTMAS IN JULY... is totally a thing, and proceeding through the seventh month on the calendar without coming across a few yuletide-themed sales and quirky shorts-and-sweaters events doesn't seem quite possible nowadays. But what happens when Christmas, or at least a quaint and loved ...