Dozens of Christmas carolers gathered at Portland International Airport to greet and send travelers off with a holiday song, "O Holy Night."

For the first time since July's deadly floods in Texas, Camp Mystic plans to sign up campers in January, forging ahead with a reopening that has divided families and stunned some lawmakers.

Every winter day in a Maine backyard, dozens of deer eat oats, apples and acorns from wooden troughs.

Unbeknownst to the deer, four cameras live-stream their every move to thousands of people.

Two people are dead and others are missing after a fire and explosion tore into a nursing home on the outskirts of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, spurring local responders, bystanders and staff to rush the elderly population to safety, Gov. Josh Shapiro said. https://cnn.it/49dfU2R

“Go outside” they said. “You’ll love the fresh air” they said. Photo from my collection, no date/info.

The murder of CBS News by Trump operative Bari Weiss means it even more important for the BBC to contest Trump's specious "defamation" lawsuit in Florida. American journalism has collapsed. The rest of us need to double down.

On Christmas Day, more than 100 individual high temperature records are forecast to be neared, tied or broken across 23 states from California to Indiana as Santa rides into some towns wearing shorts and a T-shirt.

As authorities investigate the motives behind last week’s deadly Bondi Beach attack, leading criminologists note an unusual characteristic differentiating this mass shooting from others: the suspected gunmen were family members working together. https://cnn.it/4qnB5WM

September 11, 2001: The moment the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York collapsed.
This day is forever etched in human history, reminding us of the fragility of life and the preciousness of peace.
Never forget history; cherish peace.

Some agitators on Thursday, the final night of the DNC, handed out flyers saying, 'Globalize the Intifada,' as demonstrators expressed discontent with the Democratic Party's convention.

Kamala Harris is talking about forging a 'new path forward,' but she has been in the White House for the past 3 1/2 years digging the very potholes she now promises to fill.

My friend just rescued a cat who had been in a hoarder’s house and then in a shelter’s cage for five months. Came home today.

I haven’t wanted to hug something more in my entire life than I want to hug Bob.

Jeffries: This is the same group of people who raced back to Washington so they could enact the largest cut to Medicaid in American history.

Phang: I call it the big bullshit bill.

Jeffries: You’re a little more direct than what we’ve been politely calling it—but you ain’t wrong. You ain’t wrong.

Suspended LAFD union president struggles to get into union office as he fights to clear his name
https://abc7.la/4kcKkWI

Hola beauteous babies. Catching the last sun slivers of the day. Heading in for sleepy snuggles soon. Hope your week started off well. Thinking about you all. This family sends love & hugs. Sleep sweet 💤💙💤

Wrong.

The First Amendment protects our right to record law enforcement activity in public — full stop.

People passing around the 60 Minutes CECOT piece like teenage boys from the 1980s passing around their dad's Playboy issues, and YouTube cannot take down ripped copies fast enough.

Here's one that's interesting: a video of the video.

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Tonight's sunset clouds. Holy mackerel.