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FILE – NORAD Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. Charles D. Luckey takes a call while volunteering at the NORAD Tracks Santa center at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colo., Dec. 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)

NORAD鈥檚 Santa tracker was a Cold War morale boost. Now it attracts millions of kids

December 24, 2024 at 4:33 p.m.

On Christmas Eve, volunteers in Colorado Springs are fielding questions like, 鈥淲hen is Santa coming to my house?鈥� and, 鈥淎m I on the naughty or nice list?鈥�

Baltimore County Police Chief Robert McCullough and other local officials speak at a news conference in Towson, Maryland, on Thursday April 25, 2024. The officials discussed the arrest of a high school athletic director on charges that he used artificial intelligence to impersonate a principal on an audio recording that included racist and antisemitic comments. (Kim Hairston/The Baltimore Sun via AP)

Athletic director used AI to frame principal with racist remarks in fake audio clip, police say

May 4, 2024 at 6:00 a.m.

Dazhon Darien faked the voice of Pikesville High School鈥檚 principal in response to conversations the men had about Darien鈥檚 poor work performance and whether his contract would be renewed, Baltimore...

A member of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, also known as The Old Guard, places flags in front of each headstone for “Flags-In” at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Thursday, May 25, 2023, to honor the Nation’s fallen military heroes ahead of Memorial Day. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

5 things to know about Memorial Day including its controversies

May 28, 2023 at 6:36 p.m.

Memorial Day is supposed to be about mourning the nation’s fallen service members. But it’s come to anchor the unofficial start of summer and a long weekend of retail discounts....

Law enforcement work the scene of a mass shooting at a Walmart, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022, in Chesapeake, Va. The store was busy just before the shooting Tuesday night with people stocking up ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

‘Bodies drop’ as Walmart manager kills 6 in Virginia attack

November 23, 2022 at 6:28 p.m.

CHESAPEAKE, Va. (AP) — A Walmart manager pulled out a handgun before a routine employee meeting and began firing wildly around the break room of a Virginia store, killing six...

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Safety app for drivers debuts in flood-plagued Virginia city

February 12, 2022 at 6:00 a.m.

NORFOLK, VA. --聽The sun was shining when Kim Williams hopped in her Honda Odyssey to visit a friend at a nursing home. But an unexpected downpour on the drive back...

Roger Strukhoff 67, poses for a portrait Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022, in his DeKalb, Ill., home. Strukhoff was being treated for intestinal bleeding at a hospital outside Chicago this month when he suffered a mild heart attack. Normally, the medical staff would have sent Strukhoff to the intensive care unit, but, overrun with COVID-19 patients, the staff instead had to wheel a heart monitor into his room and quickly administer nitroglycerin and morphine. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Omicron surge is undermining care for other health problems

January 21, 2022 at 9:25 a.m.

Roger Strukhoff was being treated for intestinal bleeding at a hospital outside Chicago this month when he suffered a mild heart attack.

John Hinckley, who shot Reagan, to be freed from oversight

September 27, 2021 at 3:37 p.m.

A federal judge said Monday that John Hinckley Jr., who tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan four decades ago, can be freed from all remaining restrictions next year if he...

EXPLAINER: Why are earthquakes so devastating in Haiti?

August 15, 2021 at 6:02 p.m.

The powerful earthquake that hit Haiti on Saturday killed hundreds and injured thousands more. The destruction comes just 11 years after a temblor killed tens of thousands of people, if...

Colonial Pipeline restarts operations days after major hack

May 12, 2021 at 5:10 p.m.

The nation's largest fuel pipeline restarted operations Wednesday, days after it was forced to shut down by a gang of hackers.

Flowers arrive ahead of the funeral for Andrew Brown Jr., Monday, May 3, 2021 at Fountain of Life Church in Elizabeth City, N.C. Brown was fatally shot by Pasquotank County Sheriff deputies trying to serve a search warrant. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

Calls for justice at N.C. funeral of Andrew Brown Jr.

May 3, 2021 at 2:57 p.m.

ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. (AP) — The Rev. Al Sharpton issued a powerful call for transparency and the release of body camera footage at the funeral Monday for Andrew Brown Jr.,...

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