Chicago Bears star linebacker Khalil Mack is spreading Christmas joy by paying off all the holiday layaway accounts at a Walmart in Florida. The store in Fort Pierce, Florida, Mack’s hometown, shared the news on Facebook on Friday. “We here at Walmart would like to thank the Khalil Mack Foundation for your generosity, and for…… MORE
Students and officials at Rowan University in southern New Jersey are grappling with grief and anger after an unusual recent spike in student suicides. The most recent suicide — the third of the current semester — happened the day after Thanksgiving, rocking the 19,600-student university in Glassboro. “Losing three students in one semester is beyond…… MORE
A Fayetteville, Arkansas, police officer was shot and killed in the police station’s parking lot Saturday night, the department said in a statement. Evidence shows Officer Stephen Carr, a patrol officer who had served the department for more than two years, was “ambushed and executed while sitting in his patrol vehicle,” the Fayetteville Police Department…… MORE
The College Football Playoff picture is set. The top four teams in the playoff field are LSU, Ohio State, Clemson and Oklahoma, in that order, the selection committee announced Sunday. In the semifinals, LSU (13-0) will face Oklahoma (12-1) at the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, while Ohio State (13-0) will take…… MORE
Three US Navy sailors were killed when they “didn’t run from danger” after a gunman opened fire at a US Navy base in Florida, US Navy officials said. “When confronted … they ran towards it and saved lives. If not for their actions, and the actions of the Naval Security Force that were the first…… MORE
Should children be required to learn cursive? A New Jersey legislator says so. Assemblywoman Angela McKnight has introduced a bill that would require elementary schools to teach kids how to read and write in the graceful, flowing loops taught to previous generations as a matter of course. You remember cursive handwriting. It’s what we use…… MORE
At least one Saudi national filmed the deadly shooting at Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida, US Defense Secretary Mark Esper confirmed on Sunday. Friends of shooter Mohammed Alshamrani were detained after the killing of three US Navy sailors Friday. Esper said one or two of those friends recorded the attack. Esper told “Fox News…… MORE
A Houston police officer has died after being shot in the line of duty, police said. Sgt. Chris Brewster, 32, was shot and killed while responding to a call with a team Saturday, Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo said. “I’ve lost a sergeant, we’ve lost a friend,” Acevedo said. Brewster graduated from the academy in…… MORE
What has 5,500 tons of snow, a 160-foot vertical drop, and 28-degree weather year round? Suburban New Jersey, thanks to North America’s first indoor ski and snowboard park. The winter sports center, Big Snow American Dream, opened its doors on Thursday to four Olympic gold medalists and a skier dressed as Santa Claus. The park…… MORE
Jessika Carr made history Friday with her debut on WWE’s SmackDown, according to the entertainment company’s Twitter page. Carr, WWE’s first full-time female referee, officiated the match between wrestlers Alexa Bliss and Mandy Rose. “There are no words for this day and night. So incredible grateful, thank you. #SmackDownOnFox,” Carr tweeted. Carr’s parents surprised her…… MORE
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