Mar. 15, 2025
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These rules keep theRocketteson their toes!
As the stars of theChristmas Spectacular, there’s a list of guidelines the dancers must follow to ensure that their performances are nothing less than perfect when they take center stage at Radio City Music Hall each holiday season.
How do you think their eight dance routines areeffortlessly executedin a nine-number show (complete with eight costume changes, of which one number requires 78 seconds to do so)?
Mar. 15, 2025
A stock photo of a Albany police car.Photo:Lori Van Buren/Albany Times Union via Getty
Lori Van Buren/Albany Times Union via Getty
An 11-year-old girl who was taken to a hospital in critical condition afterattempting to save her 12-year-old classmate’s lifewhen he fell through the surface of an icy upstate New York lake has died, authorities said.
“The Albany Police Department extends its heartfelt condolences and support to the families and friends of both children during this difficult time,” policesaid in a statement on Facebookon Tuesday, Dec.
Mar. 15, 2025
Compass Collective Dec. 6, 2024 Rescue Mission.Photo:Compass-Collective.org
Compass-Collective.org
One young girl survived a shipwreck off the Italian coast after being stranded at sea for three days, CompassCollective, a German charitable organization that performs sea rescue missions, said in a Dec. 11press release.
The 11-year-old girl was believed to be on a metal boat, which was caught in a storm that lasted several days in the central Mediterranean Sea. The ship departed from Sfax, Tunisia, and was destroyed off the Italian island of Lampedusa.
Mar. 15, 2025
Berkley; Soho Crime; Penguin Books
If you love filling your shelves with festive reading material this time of year but find Christmas-themed books don’t quite fit the bill, try these Hanukkah books on for size. Spanning genres fromheartstring-tugging romanceto cozy seasonal mystery, historical fiction to take you back in time and nonfiction to walk in someone else’s shoes for awhile, not to mentionkids booksto read to the little ones, there’s something for everyone on this list.
Mar. 15, 2025
A welcome sign in Moses Lake, Washington.Photo:AP Photo/Jeff T. Green
AP Photo/Jeff T. Green
A 12-year-old boy led police on a brief chase after he drove his grandfather’s stolen car over 160 miles across the Washington mountains.
Upon being informed that the boy had “connection to Moses Lake” and might head to the Grant County area, “The Sheriff’s Motor Traffic Unit went looking for the car and found it around 10:20 a.