A 23-year-old man who fired a submachine gun into a crowded pub on Merseyside on Christmas Eve, killing a woman, has been jailed for life and told he will not be released until he is in his 70s. Connor Chapman was convicted on Thursday at Liverpool Crown Court of the murder of Elle Edwards, 26,…

More than a month after her younger brother died, Sarafina Dennie says she still has trouble eating or sleeping. She says she struggles to understand how her brother Nicous D’Andre Spring—a quiet person who loved boxing, music and playing with her young children—died at Montreal’s Bordeaux jail after an altercation with jail guards on Christmas…

British Columbia’s transportation minister says investigators looking into a bus crash that claimed four lives on the Okanagan Connector road on Christmas Eve are also considering another involving the same operator days earlier. Minister Rob Fleming said Tuesday that maintenance contractors were plowing and salting the road, also known as Highway 97C, on the day…

All of the remaining patients in hospital from a deadly Christmas Eve bus crash in British Columbia are expected to survive, according to an Interior Health official. Michaela Swan, a spokeswoman for the health authority, says seven people who were brought to three hospitals after the bus rolled on the Highway 97C Okanagan Connector on…

Harsh winter weather derailed plans across the United States on Christmas Eve, with subzero temperatures, high winds, and heavy snow in multiple parts of the country. In Buffalo, New York, and surrounding areas, a blizzard dropped snow that totaled more than two feet. As temperatures approached zero and windy conditions contributed to the visibility problems,…

Environment Canada warned Quebecers on Thursday to prepare emergency kits that can help sustain them for up to 72 hours without power, as a major winter storm approached the province. Many regions of Quebec were expected to receive a mix of heavy snow, rain and strong winds starting Thursday night, the agency said. Meteorologist Jean-Philippe…

WASHINGTON—President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden brought some Christmas Eve cheer to hospitalized children who aren’t well enough to go home for the holidays. It’s a longstanding tradition for first ladies to visit Children’s National Hospital at Christmastime, but Joe Biden’s visit on Friday was a surprise. It marked the first time that…

Hundreds of flights across the U.S. are canceled on Christmas Eve, shoppers are on the hunt to find last-minute gifts, and the victim of a fatal shooting in Los Angeles has been identified.

Hundreds of Australians preparing to reunite with their families for Christmas have experienced disruptions after three major airlines cancelled and rescheduled dozens of flights on Christmas Eve. Australia’s busiest route between Sydney and Melbourne was the most affected as Jetstar and Virgin Australia cancelled 22 flights between the two cities on Dec. 24. Both airlines have…

PARIS—For the first time since a fire that nearly destroyed it, the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris played host to a Christmas Eve choral concert, an annual tradition in France. In a concession to the fact that the Gothic cathedral is still being rebuilt, the choristers wore construction hard hats and boiler suits, and there was…