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This year’s winter COVID-19 wave is off to a late start, and experts expect cases to keep rising. Here’s what to know.

As Christmas coincided with the start of the 2025 Holy Year celebration that he dedicated to hope, Francis called for broad reconciliation, “even (with) our enemies.”

There was no jackpot winner on Christmas Eve, raising the pot to $1.15 billion for the Friday drawing.

Bethlehem marked another somber Christmas Eve on Tuesday in the traditional birthplace of Jesus under the shadow of war in Gaza.

Swiss Olympic snowboarder Sophie Hediger has died following an avalanche at a mountain resort. The country’s skiing federation says the incident took place at the Arosa resort in Switzerland. The 26-year-old Hediger competed at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics in the women’s snowboard cross and the mixed team version of the same event. Hedige...

The bald eagle, a symbol of the power and strength of the United States for more than 240 years, earned an overdue honor on Tuesday: It officially became the country’s national bird.

The study found that bees in hives under lamp posts are staying up at night, which could impact people and the food they eat in the long run.

One of the world’s most active volcanoes spewed lava into the air for a second straight day on Tuesday.

The strike was expected to affect about 2% of all locations. A barista workers union is aiming to highlight alleged unfair labor practices.

The streaming giant is moving deeper into live programming but faces questions about its ability to host real-time events without a hitch.

Federal food regulators raised their alarm for recalled eggs sold from Costco stores over possible salmonella exposure, reclassifying the targeted product to their highest risk level.

The man arrested on murder and arson charges in the death of a woman who was set on fire inside a subway train has been arraigned, while police said the identity of the victim was still “pending.” Sebastian Zapeta was arraigned on Tuesday and has another court appearance set for Friday. Police say surveillance video from Sunday morning showed a......

A baby mammoth that lay almost perfectly preserved for 50,000 years in the now-melting permafrost of eastern Siberia has been unveiled by a team of scientists.