- Santa Claus may be coming to towns across the world this December, but in Iceland children await not just one Santa Claus, but 13 trolls known as the \'Yule Lads\' who come to town during the 13 days before Christmas.
The Yule Lads Are Coming To Iceland This Christmas
- It\'s been said that moms will do anything for their children and Jennifer Harrison proves that. What started as an invention to help her daughter now helps others just like her.
Parents Invent Coat To Keep Kids In Wheelchairs Warm And Dry
- A marine conservationist has been filmed releasing an endangered sea turtle held captive in Indonesia.
Conservationist Releases Endangered Turtle From Captivity
- Fire officials in Ohio say five children are dead after a house caught fire late Sunday.
5 Children Dead In Ohio House Fire
- Christmas came early in Madrid this year as thousands of Santa Claus were spotted running through the Spanish capital to complete a three-mile race for charity.
Christmas Comes Early In Madrid For Santa Fun Run
- Police in Hong Kong say a school bus has ploughed into pedestrians on a pavement, killing two people and injuring at least 12 others.
Hong Kong School Bus Accident Kills Two
- A massive winter storm brought snow, sleet and freezing rain across a wide swath of the South on Sunday, causing dangerously icy roads, immobilizing snowfalls and power losses to hundreds of thousands of people.
Southern US Hit With 'Mammoth' Snow Storm
- Football fans clashed with police in Buenos Aires Sunday in the aftermath of celebrations after River Plate beat historical rival Boca Juniors in the Libertadores Cup final.
Police, Football Fans Clash In Buenos Aires
- Hundreds of Santas in San Francisco stripped down to their underwear on Sunday to help raise money for HIV treatment and prevention.
Scantily Clad Santas Run The Streets Of San Francisco
- Teddy bears rain down on ice for charity as Calgary Hitmen beat Kamloops Blazers.
29,635 Teddy Bears Invade Ice Rink
- One officer in a South Dakota police department had a little trouble walking in his new snow boots.
Hilarious: Police Dog Struggles To Walk In New Snow Boots
- Surveillance video shows the dramatic moment an elderly woman in Florida was almost run over by a driver who allegedly had just stolen her purse.
Elderly Woman Almost Run Over By Purse Thief
- Hundreds of runners, dressed up as Santa Claus, took to the streets of Michendorf, Brandenburg on Sunday to participate in the city\'s 10th Santa Run.
Santa Run Gets Into Festive Spirit In Germany
- Aerial footage from Oklahoma City shows a wild police chase come to a dramatic end when the vehicle rolls over and crashes into a telephone pole. Several passengers were inside the car when it crashed.
High-Speed Chase Ends With WILD Crash
- A Russian music group has abandoned traditional instruments, instead making music from salvaged scrap. Fanta Wind believe music can be made out of anything, now they just need to persuade audiences.
Meet Russia's Junkyard Band
- UK\'s Rarest Mammal Born At Chester Zoo
UK's Rarest Mammal Born At Chester Zoo
- Four-year-old Sutton has a rare form of neuropathy that makes things like holding objects very difficult. On Friday, volunteers helped make her wish of having her very own home theater come true.
4-Year-Old With Rare Disease Gets Home Theater
- A Salvation Army volunteer found a rare, pure gold coin from 1904 in their kettle on Thursday. The coin is worth an estimated $1,350.
Coin Worth $1,350 Dropped Into Salvation Army Kettle
- The Kansas City Symphony set a new Guinness World Record for most tubas in concert together. On Friday, 835 musicians played "Silent Night" for five minutes, breaking the previous record of 504 tubas in concert together.
World Record Broken For Most Tubas In Concert At Once
- A man was arrested at a church in Cleburne, Texas for telling children that Santa Claus isn\'t real.
Man Arrested For Yelling 'Santa Isn't Real'
- The 18th annual Santa Speedo Run kicked off on Saturday morning in Boston. The runners donned their speedos, as well as other creative swimwear, for a holiday sprint through the city\'s chilly streets.
Santas Run Through Boston's Chilly Streets In Speedos
- Swarms of festive drinkers sporting white beards, boots, and jolly red suits hit the streets in New York City for Santacon on Saturday.
Naughty Or Nice? Santacon Invades NYC
- Thousands of stuffed animals flew from the stands at Hertz Arena Saturday night as a Southwest Florida tradition continued: The Teddy Bear Toss.
1000s of Teddy Bears Tossed At Florida Hockey Game
- A giant Christmas cake was unveiled in Dresden on Saturday as part of the German city\'s 25th annual \'Stollenfest\'. The huge stollen, which weighed in at 8488 pounds (3850 kilograms), was paraded through the streets accompanied by a marching band.
Giant Christmas Cake Paraded Through Streets Of Dresden
- The Mayor of Rome, Virginia Raggi on Saturday turned on the lights of Rome\'s Christmas tree. The city has tried to make a Christmas tree comeback after last year\'s disastrous experience, when the tree earned the nickname "Spelacchio" (Mangy) by Roman citizens.
Lights On Rome Christmas Tree Switched On
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The quick action of a Johnson County sheriff's deputy helped save the life a newborn baby. Deputy Doran Williams noticed the baby was not breathing properly, so he moved the umbilical cord, and that helped the baby start breathing.
Deputy Meets Baby He Helped Deliver On Side Of Road
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For years, a local Santa has asked kids what they want for Christmas, but now he needs something for himself. Something that could save his life.
Santa's Very Own Christmas Miracle, Receives Kidney Donation
- The Disgusting Food Museum is opening its doors to the public in Los Angeles on Sunday December 9 for visitors to see, smell, and even taste (if they dare) international foods.
Disgusting Food Museum Coming To Los Angeles
- Normally about 9,500 Chinook Salmon make it up the Mokelumne River to spawn, but last year about 20,000 fish made it upstream. That marked the highest number of fish on record since 1940.
Record Number Of Chinook Salmon Returning To Mokelumne River
- Riverside police are asking for the public\'s help to track down an armed robbery suspect who shot and wounded a Circle K clerk in Riverside.
VIDEO: Armed Robbery Suspect, Dubbed 'Silver Revolver Bandit,' Shoots Clerk In Arm, Flees
- Cats, dogs and other household pets have long been used by healthcare organisations as a form of therapy to support patients. But now, an Australian hospital in Queensland is taking things one step further. They\'re bringing alpacas into patients\' rooms to provide them with both smiles and healing.
Ed Sheeran And Pancake The Alpacas Bring Joy Hospital Patients
- A Texas sheriff\'s deputy and several Good Samaritans teamed up to rescue a man from his burning pickup truck following a crash in north Texas.
Deputy Frees Man From Burning Truck
- Law enforcement in Santa Cruz were able to take a real life Grinch into custody last week when an attempt to swipe a piece from a church nativity scene went very wrong for the suspect.
Grinch Steals Nativity Element From Church
- Video released by the Polk County Sheriff\'s Office in Florida on Friday shows a mother coaching her teenage daughter through a fist fight with another girl.
Video: Mother Coaches Her Daughter To Fight Other Girl
- A lemur surprised a Florida Highway Patrol trooper when it crawled from a trailer being pulled by a pickup truck that had been stopped for driving erratically and hitting other cars.
Lemur Escapes During Traffic Stop
- Southern California neighborhoods scorched by recent wildfires got pounded today by rain and powerful mudslides. Mandatory evacuation orders were issued for parts of Riverside and Orange Counties.
Mud, Debris Flows Wreak Havoc In Southern California
- In south Florida, the parents of a 2-year-old girl battling cancer sent out a worldwide call for help on Thursday. Their daughter has an extremely rare type of blood and needs not one donor but a team of them.
Two-Year-Old Cancer Patient Needs Rare Blood To Survive
- The U.S. Capitol Christmas tree is lit by House Speaker Paul Ryan with the assistance of Brigette Harrington of Hillsboro, Oregon who won an essay contest about Oregon\'s outdoors and the role to light the tree.
Lights Shine On Capitol Christmas Tree
- Christmas trees, holiday lights and festive candles can be found in homes across the country. But some of those decorations can also lead to a disaster.
Your Christmas Tree Could Be A Big Fire Hazard
- A Southwest Airlines jet came to a skidding stop Thursday during heavy rain at Burbank Airport near Los Angeles. The plane stopped just a few feet from a fence and a highway.
Plane Skids Off California Runway, Narrowly Avoiding Tragedy
- A helicopter crew from Coast Guard Sector San Diego was called out to rescue two men stranded on a disabled sailing yacht about 30 miles west of Oceanside, California, after an intense storm pounded the south of the state on December 6.
Coast Guard Helicopter Rescues Sailors From Stranded Yacht
- In a beloved annual tradition, the Pittsburgh Zoo has let its penguins hop and waddle outside to meet the adoring public.
'Penguins On Parade' At Pittsburgh Zoo
