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I played “Carol of the Bells” on a public piano while shoppers were rushing through the holiday season — and for a moment, the music brought everything to a pause. The energy changed, and it turned ...

DENVER (KDVR) – Veronica Suazo has worked in animal care for a handful of years, but what she saw on Christmas morning was a first. “I was just a little emotional,” said Suazo, who works at the Wheat ...

Clashes broke out between two groups of Christmas carol singers on Wednesday (December 24, 2025) night in the coastal district of Alappuzha, leaving several people injured, including several women and ...

Group P1Harmony member Kiho released a special Christmas carol cover video. Kiho surprised fans on Dec. 24 by releasing a cover video of Olivia Dean's "The Christmas Song" on P1Harmony's official ...

Like many young girls, Mara Berton and June Higginbotham both knew from an early age they wanted families and to become mothers. But as lesbians, they were excluded from accessing the same fertility ...

BOULDER, Colo. — A Boulder artist is creating removable stickers featuring her nature paintings to cover the 2026 America the Beautiful annual pass. Jenny McCarty said she learned recently what the ...

Like many young girls, Mara Berton and June Higginbotham both knew from an early age they wanted families and to become mothers. But as lesbians, they were excluded from accessing the same fertility ...

Jenny McCarty is a national parks junkie—her water bottle is covered in stickers from the NPS sites she’s visited over the years. So when the U.S. national parks became a political football this past ...

Experience Rob Landes' electrifying live violin cover of Carol of the Bells! Trent Parke accompanies on piano for this Trans-Siberian Orchestra inspired performance. ‘I’m sick of it’: Chip Roy erupts ...