Kodak Black donates $20,000 from prison to Christmas Eve toy drive for Florida kids

Kodak Black sponsored a toy drive for Florida kids on Christmas Eve – to the tune of $20,000 – to bring joy to children this holiday season.

      

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Coronavirus updates: Pope urges ‘vaccines for everybody’ in Christmas message; Italy enders lockdown; Japan has 5 cases with UK variant

Pope Francis makes Christmas plea, urging “vaccines for everybody, especially for the most vulnerable.” UK travelers face COVID test. Latest news.

      

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Let’s give thanks to Tom Hanks: His 10 essential feel-good roles (including ‘News of the World’)

Tom Hanks not only beat COVID-19 in 2020 but gave us good stuff to watch. Here are his 10 essential feel-good roles, including ‘News of the World.’

      

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Make a homemade snow globe

Get crafty this holiday season with a homemade snow globe

      

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You just got a smart speaker as a holiday present. Here’s what you need to know.

With Amazon, Google and Apple speakers, you can listen to music, set timers, check the weather and store closings, use an an intercom and much more.

      

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Spoilers! Why ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ is now and forever officially a Christmas movie

‘Wonder Woman 1984’ not only helps Gal Gadot’s heroine grow personally but also makes its case as a Christmas movie with a holiday coda. (Spoilers!)

      

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‘We’re heartbroken’: CNN reporter Andrew Kaczynski reveals 9-month-old daughter died on Christmas Eve

CNN political reporter Andrew Kaczynski revealed his 9-month-old daughter Francesca died on Christmas Eve after a cancer battle.

      

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Duke women’s basketball ends season after 4 games amid coronavirus concerns

The Duke women’s basketball team is ending its 2020-21 season over concerns about the coronavirus pandemic, the school confirmed Friday.

      

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NFL playoff picture as Week 16 begins: New Orleans Saints finally clinch NFC South

New Orleans rules division for fourth consecutive season, still has shot at No. 1 seed.

      

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‘Evacuate now. There is a bomb’: Human remains reportedly found near explosion in Nashville that damaged 41 buildings, injured 3

An explosion in downtown Nashville on Christmas morning damaged at least 20 buildings and left three people hospitalized with injuries, police said.

      

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