Holiday sales jump 8.5% with gains in online shopping, Mastercard report says
Retail sales during the holiday season jumped 8.5% compared with 2020, according to a report published Sunday by the credit card company Mastercard.
Retail sales during the holiday season jumped 8.5% compared with 2020, according to a report published Sunday by the credit card company Mastercard.
"Spider-Man: No Way Home" is the No. 1 movie in North America for a second weekend, earning an additional $83 million in receipts, BoxOfficeMojo.com announced Sunday.
China replaced Chen Quanguo, the Communist Party chief for the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous region who was associated with alleged human rights abuses against ethnic Uyghurs and other Muslims.
AccuWeather forecasters say an active weather pattern may throw a wrench into the plans of some hoping to travel across the U.S. Northeast this week.
The Boulder Police Department has provided an update on the decades-long investigation into the 1996 murder of 6-year-old beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey on the 25th anniversary of her death.
Dr. Anthony Fauci warned Omicron COVID-19 cases will likely get "much higher" as a surge in the variant has caused airline cancellations and increased hospitalizations.
One month after the first COVID-19 Omicron variant was first reported in South Africa, cases have surged worldwide despite restrictions and vaccines though some nations haven't reported drastic increases.
Pope Francis penned a letter providing advice and encouragement to married couples and their families suffering through the COVID-19 pandemic.
President Vladimir Putin told Russian state media Sunday that the country's responses could "vary" if the United States and NATO refuse to make and stand by security guarantees relating to Ukraine.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the theologian and human rights activist who helped end apartheid in South Africa, died Sunday in Cape Town. He was 90.
Actor Jared Leto turns 50 and actor Eden Sher turns 30, among the famous birthdays for Dec. 26.
On Dec. 26, 1908, Jack Johnson, with a 14th-round KO of Tommy Burns in Australia, became the first African American to win the world heavyweight boxing title.
Three members of one family -- a dad and two sons -- died early Christmas Day in a house fire near Philadelphia that investigators say may have been caused by electrical issues and a dry Christmas tree.
A backcountry skier was killed into an avalanche near Cameron Pass in the Front Range zone in Colorado on Christmas Eve, the Colordo Avalanche Information Center said.
A backcountry skier was killed into an avalanche near Cameron Pass in the Front Range zone in Colorado on Christmas Eve, the Colordo Avalanche Information Center said.
The eruption of a volcano on La Palma in the Canary Islands in Spain was officially been declared over Saturday after 85 days of activity, including expelling tons of lava and gases.
More than 71,000 people have been hospitalized with coronavirus in the United States amid surging cases from the Omicron variant that have set daily records in several states.
About 50 vehicles were inviolved in a pileup amid snow conditions along Interstate-94 northwest of the Twin Cities on Saturday afternoon, according to the Minnesota State Patrol.
Christmas Day presented a mixed bag for shoppers and restaurant-goers looking for available locations on Saturday, with almost all big-box retailers closed but some restaurants chains open.
There's no question that December has been a month that's featured a host of anomalous weather, including a historic tornado outbreak and record-breaking temperatures, along with the first-ever December derecho.
Police in California's central coast said a surfer has died after he was attacked by a great white shark.