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Updated on: December 25, 2024 / 6:52 AM EST / CBS/AP Kyiv, Ukraine — Russia launched a massive missile and drone barrage targeting Ukraine’s energy infrastructure on Wednesday, striking a thermal power plant and prompting Ukrainians to take shelter in metro stations on Christmas morning, Ukrainian officials said. People take shelter at a metro station during an air raid alert, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Dec. 25, 2024. Thomas Peter / REUTERS Russia’s Defense Ministry said it had carried out a “massive strike” on what it said were critical energy facilities in Ukraine that support the work of Kyiv’s military-industrial complex, Reuters reported. The Russian attack left half a million people in the Kharkiv region without heat with temperatures just a little above zero Celsius and there were blackouts in the capital, Kyiv, and elsewhere, Reuters added. The strikes wounded at least six people in Kharkiv and killed one in the Dnipropetrovsk region, the governors there said, according to Reuters. In a statement on X, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said over 70 missiles, including ballistic missiles, and over 100 attack drones

What to know about holiday travel What to know about holiday travel before Christmas Day 01:21 Those in search of last-minute gifts or who find that they’re missing a Christmas dinner ingredient may be in luck if they’re located near one of the few retailers and chains that are open today. Most stores, restaurants and grocery chains are closed on Christmas Day across the U.S. Is anything open on Christmas Day? Unlike Thanksgiving, most stores, restaurants and grocery chains shut their doors on Christmas Day in order to give their employees the day off. Even so, there are some options for people who are in need of basics, with the Sheetz convenience store chain among those that will keep their doors open on Dec. 25. What superstores and department stores are open on Christmas Day? You’re probably out of luck if you want to shop at a superstore or department store on Christmas Day. The following retailers will be closed on Dec. 25: Costco Kohl’s Sam’s Clubs Target Walmart What grocery stores are open on Christmas Day? You’re likely to have a better chance of

Updated on: December 25, 2024 / 4:53 AM EST / CBS/AP Moscow — An Azerbaijani airliner with dozens on board crashed Wednesday in the western Kazakhstani city of Aktau and Kazakhstan’s Emergency Ministry said at least 28 people survived and were hospitalized. The ministry confirmed in a Telegram statement that 67 people, including five crew members, were on the aircraft. The Russian news agency Interfax cited the ministry as saying there may be more survivors. The Embraer 190 aircraft made an emergency landing some two miles from Aktau, Azerbaijan Airlines said earlier. Map shows site of Dec. 25, 2024 plane crash in Kazakhstan. Murat Usubali / Anadolu via Getty Images Kazakhstan’s Emergency Ministry initially said 25 people survived the crash, later revising that number to 27 and then to 28 as the search and rescue operation continued at the crash site, bringing the possible death toll down. The plane was originally scheduled to travel from the Azerbaijani capital of Baku to the Russian city of Grozny in the North Caucasus. A spokesperson for Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency said preliminary information showed the pilot had

Updated on: December 25, 2024 / 4:08 AM EST / CBS/AFP An Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet with dozens on board crashed Wednesday in western Kazakhstan, the Kazakh transport ministry said. It was flying from the capital of Azerbaijan, Baku, to Grozny, the capital of Chechnya in Russia, when it went down near the city of Aktau, the ministry said. The Kazakh emergency ministry said the plane had 62 passengers and five crew members on board and 25 people survived. Twenty-two were hospitalized, the ministry said. Azerbaijan Airlines, that country’s flag carrier, said the Embraer 190 had “made an emergency landing” around two miles from Aktau, an oil and gas hub on the eastern shore of the Caspian Sea. Map shows site of Dec. 25, 2024 plane crash in Kazakhstan. Murat Usubali / Anadolu via Getty Images Crews put out a fire at the site, the emergency ministry said. A drone view shows the crash site of an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane near the city of Aktau, Kazakhstan on Dec. 25, 2024. Azamat Sarsenbayev / REUTERS Unverified video of the crash showed the aircraft bursting into

The El Camino Homeless Organization, or ECHO, hosted a Christmas Eve dinner for the unhoused community, and those living in their shelter. Employees at ECHO said they have free dinners every night of the year, but Tuesday’s dinner was special, because in addition to a hot meal, people are feeling the holiday spirit, and receiving a gift bag. “I wasn’t expecting to get gifts. I knew they were getting gifts for the kids, but I’m glad the moms got gifts too. Got gift cards, things like that. It was really nice,” said Miya Guillory. She and her 2-year-old daughter CeCe have been living at the ECHO location in Atascadero since October. “I’ve never been in a shelter before. This is our first time in this situation, and they’ve helped me with so much more than I ever expected to get help with,” said Guillory. Employees at ECHO said every gift bag is filled with items donated by the community, including jackets, blankets, beanies, and other necessities. The kids at the dinner also received toys and other goodies. “I’m so excited for her because her first

A recent survey done by the Entertainment Software Association shows video games are at the top of many childrens wish lists this year. As your loved ones open up their gifts this holiday season, there are three things you should be asking before they begin their play: Is the rating appropriate for my child? Are parental controls set up on the device? Have I had a conversation with them about talking to strangers online?Senior Vice President Aubrey Quinn says there’s a rating board on their website, allowing parents to look up video games and their age ratings, while providing ‘how-to’s’ for parental controls depending on the device. When your kids start accessing online worlds, whether that’s through social media or other platforms, it’s important that we talk to them about what good conversations and good dialogue is,” said Quinn, You can set screen time limits. You can set limits by time of day. I love it when [my kids] play video games Saturday mornings, but then the time limit shuts it down. That’s when the video games have to stop. It’s also possible to have

Updated on: December 25, 2024 / 2:58 AM EST / CBS/AFP An Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet flying from the Kazakhstan capital, Baku, to Grozny in Russia crashed on Wednesday in western Kazakhstan, the Kazakh transport ministry said. Azerbaijan Airlines, that country’s flag carrier, said the Embraer 190 had “made an emergency landing” around two miles from Aktau, an oil and gas hub on the eastern shore of the Caspian Sea. Google Maps The Kazakh transport ministry said there were 62 passengers and five crew members on the plane and the country’s emergency situations ministry said preliminary information indicated there were survivors. Crews were putting out a fire at the site, the emergency situations ministry said. In: Plane Crash kazakhstan

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LOS ANGELES (KTLA) – Some 40,000 Southern California Edison customers were without power on Christmas Eve after a transformer failed in the Downey-Norwalk area earlier in the afternoon. According to SCE’s outage map, the problems began around 1:30 p.m., with Kathleen Dunleavy, a spokesperson for Southern California Edison, telling KTLA that the utility company did not have a timeframe for when power would be restored.   “Our crews are on scene working to restore power as quickly and as safely as possible. We recognize that this is a tough time to be without power, right before a holiday,” Dunleavy said. “We recognize that this is an incredibly important situation, and we want to get the power back up for our customers.”   A view from Sky5 of a power outage in the Downey-Norwalk area affecting some 40,000 customers on Dec. 24, 2024. (KTLA) Metro’s C (Green) Line trains were temporarily halted between the Norwalk and Willowbrook/Rose Park stops as a result of the outage, though normal C Line train service resumed right around 5 p.m., Metro officials said in a post to X, formerly Twitter.

The numbers in Tuesday evening’s draw of the multi-state Mega Millions lottery are 11, 14, 38, 45, 46 and the Mega number is 3. The estimated jackpot is $1 billion. The drawing was the 29th since the last time a ticket with all six numbers was sold. The odds of matching all five numbers and the Mega number is 1 in 302,575,350, according to the California Lottery. The overall chance of winning a prize is 1 in 24. The Mega Millions game began in 1996 as The Big Game and was given the new name Mega Millions in 2002. The Mega Millions game is played in 45 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. Virgin Islands.

Homicide detectives and loved ones are searching for a missing Los Angeles County woman. Maria Benitez, 41, was reported missing on Dec. 21, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. The woman, who is considered at-risk, was last seen on the 5500 block of Lindsey Avenue in Pico Rivera around 12:30 p.m. Maria Benitez, 41, was reported missing on Dec. 21, 2024. (Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department) Maria Benitez’s gray 2008 Nissan Altima sedan with California license plate number 6EPB787. (Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department) Family members said Benitez suffers from medical conditions and requires medication. They haven’t heard from her since her disappearance concerned for her well-being and asking for the public’s help. She is described as a Hispanic woman standing 5 feet tall and weighing around 100 pounds. She has brown hair, brown eyes and a scar on her right ankle. She was last seen wearing a black shirt and black pants. Her vehicle is described as a gray 2008 Nissan Altima with California license plate 6EPB787. Anyone who knows Benitez’s whereabouts or has information on her disappearance is urged to call

El simple hecho de que la película lo tuviera al frente garantizaba ya que los resultados de la misma fueran cuando menos interesantes, y causaron el interés inmediato de la comunidad cinéfila apasionada por el terror. A fin de cuentas, no es cosa de todos los días que un director consagrado en el género, pero todavía joven y conectado con las sensibilidades actuales, decida comandar una nueva producción sobre uno de los monstruos más célebres de todos los tiempos. Con una diferencia, claro, porque si bien Nosferatu -el nombre de la criatura, así como de la cinta que se estrena el día de Navidad- es una figura firmemente relacionada a Drácula, hasta el punto de que se creó originalmente para una película ya clásica que plagiaba descaradamente la novela de Bram Stoker sin contar con los permisos necesarios, posee también características propias y un aura salvaje que se aleja considerablemente de la figura elegante y atractiva que ha tratado de imponer Hollywood. Estas cualidades resultaban ciertamente atractivas para Robert Eggers, el cineasta neoyorquino que debutó en el largometraje con “The Witch” (2015), la emblemática cinta

A former deputy sheriff with the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department has taken his own life after his arrest earlier this month for trying to have sex with a minor, the Los Angeles Times reported.   Anthony Russo, 52, had been out on $50,000 bail after his Dec. 11 arrest at the Smith Correctional Facility in Banning where he worked at the time he was ensnared by undercover investigators.   After receiving a tip on Dec. 10, an RCSD investigator posing as a 15-year-old contacted Russo, who “shared explicit material and communicated his intent to meet with the supposed minor to engage in sexual acts,” the sheriff’s department said at the time of his arrest.   The 52-year-old was taken into custody by RCSD’s Special Investigations Bureau, booked on two felony counts and ultimately charged by the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office with one felony count of knowingly distributing harmful material.   Death sentences of 2 ruthless Southern California serial killers commuted He also resigned his role as a deputy in the corrections division of the sheriff’s department.  The San Bernardino County Coroner’s office confirmed to

A transformer failure at a Southern California Edison substation in the Norwalk/Downey area led to a widespread power outage in the area Tuesday, but a spokesman for the utility said most customers had their power quickly restored. The outage occurred sometime after 2 p.m., although the cause was not immediately known. SCE spokesman Jeff Monford told City News Service it was unclear how quickly electrical service would be fully restored. “We understand having a power outage on a holiday is a hardship,” Monford said. “We continue to work to restore power to customers safely and as quickly as possible. This outage is a major priority for us.” Crews were able to re-route power to get most impacted customers back online relatively quickly. As of 7:30 p.m., SCE’s online outage map indicated that as many as 24,000 customers were affected by the outage. Metro C (Green) Line trains were halted between the Norwalk and Willowbrook/Rosa Parks stations when the power issue began. Buses were brought in to shuttle passengers between the stations, but electrical service on the light rail line was restored and trains began running