When high school students Zoey and Jake Cutter in Laguna Beach, California, asked their mother what she wanted for Christmas, they got an unexpected answer: She suggested they start a project to help others for the holidays. “I said that would be the biggest Christmas present I would ever have,” their mother, Stefanie Shelly, told…
Sydney Health Alert for Avalon Cluster
A new COVID-19 alert was announced on Friday for the Woolworths and Chemist Warehouse in the northern beaches of Sydney’s Avalon suburb. Officials advise that anyone who has visited the Avalon Woolworths between the specified times from Jan. 2 to Jan. 6 should get tested and self-isolate until a negative result is received. Anyone who…
Appaloosa With ‘Leopard Spots’ Is So ‘Chill’ He Has 19,000 Followers on Instagram
Tattoo is an appaloosa horse, but he doesn’t look like the stereotypical “painted horse” of his breed. He has a unique coat pattern that stands out and looks like leopard spots. In an interview with I Love Horses, Tattoo’s owner, Branigan, remembers meeting him for the first time. She says she was a sophomore in…
3-Year-Old Abandoned by Mom Days Before Christmas, Flooded With Presents in New Foster Home
Some say that there’s nothing worse than being alone for the Holidays. But for one Ohio boy, there is something worse: being abandoned by his parents, along with his pet dog, in a cemetery just two days before Christmas. However, after the 3-year-old boy was rescued, the local community rallied to bring him the best…
Homeless Woman and Her Dog Couldn’t Find Shelter–so State Trooper Pays for Her Hotel Room
It’s a frigid time of year to be homeless across the United States, and people in need seek relief at homeless shelters. When a 75-year-old Pennsylvania homeless woman and her dog couldn’t find a place to stay just before Christmas, it seemed like they would be left out in the cold. That was until a…
23-Year-Old Man Reunites With Missing Homeless Father on Christmas Eve After 16 Years
A 23-year-old man in Liverpool was reunited with his homeless father on Christmas Eve in what the young man is calling a “Christmas miracle.” Jason Kelly had been estranged from his father since his parents split when he was 12. He knew that his aging father, David Kelly, had been sleeping in graveyards and parks…
China in Focus (Dec. 28): Christmas Banned in China Without Approval
Celebrating Christmas in a church in China requires 11 approvals from police and authorities of different levels. In some cases police just blocked the entrance. Glossing over negative issues is a trick used by the Chinese Communist Party, or CCP. From media reports to the words used—it takes creativity. Another heavy blow to China e-commerce…
Christmas Holiday Air Travel Down More Than Half From Last Year: TSA
Air travel in the United States on Christmas Eve dropped by more than half from last year, according to figures from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). The TSA said that 846,520 people passed through American airport security checkpoints on Dec. 24 this year, compared to 2,009,112 on the same day last year. The nation’s leading…
5 Arkansas Family Members Found Dead in Apparent Christmas Day Murder-Suicide: Authorities
Officials in Arkansas said they discovered the bodies of five people inside a home in Atkins on Friday, Christmas Day. The Pope County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that five members of the same family—five women and girls—were found dead. The ages ranged from 8 years old to 50 years old, officials said. When deputies arrived after…
Hit-and-Run Driver Strikes Stroller; Baby Dies on Christmas
NEWARK, Ohio—A hit-and-run driver struck a woman pushing her 1-year-old grandchild in a stroller, putting the grandmother in critical condition and causing the baby to die Christmas morning, authorities said. The child, Amara White, was being pushed on Londondale Parkway in Newark, Ohio, just before 3 p.m. Wednesday when both were struck by a vehicle….
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