A roundup of top news stories including the Mega Millions jackpot exceeding $1 billion, Shohei Ohtani winning his third AP Male Athlete of the Year award, and a look at major events from politics, climate change, and religion.
The Afternoon WireJackpot for Mega Millions surges past $1B after no numbers match on Christmas Eve drawingFate of Trump's Cabinet picks unclear as Republicans prepare to take power in SenateShohei Ohtani wins 3rd AP Male Athlete of the Year awardRichard Perry, record producer behind 'You're So Vain' and other hits, dies at 82Undersea power cable linking Finland and Estonia hit by outage, prompting investigationGiant sloths and mastodons lived with humans for millennia in the...
Pope Francis delivers the Urbi et Orbi Christmas’ day blessing from the main balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2024. A soldier with the call sign OREL, the Ukrainian commander of 211th battalion, said he had forgotten it was Christmas Day. In Massachusetts, school children came up with names for a dozen hardworking snowplows, including “Taylor Drift,” “Control-Salt-Delete” and “It’s Snow Problem.” The Massachusetts Department of Transportation this week announced the winners of its competition to name the snowplows, which was open to elementary and middle school students. Other winning names included “Meltin’ John,” “Ice Ice Baby” and the “Abominable Plowman.
Some Germans participated in joyful holiday traditions despite tough times. Members of the winter and ice swimming club Seehunde Berlin, or the Berlin Seals, waded into Oranke Lake wearing Santa hats as part of their annual Christmas Day swim. Meanwhile, rabbis gathered in town to watch the set-up of a giant Hanukkah menorah in front of the Brandenburg Gate.
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