Tag Archives: Santa
50 years after the Santa Barbara oil spill: How the catastrophe sparked a modern environmental movement
The Latest: California storm cancels Santa Anita horse races
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Father who worked as Santa at Walmart arrested after bodies of 2 children found buried in yard
Military Santa tracker live despite US government shutdown
The US government shutdown may have temporarily dimmed Washington’s National Christmas Tree but never fear, Santa Claus still came to town — with the military tracking his path across the globe. Just as it has since the 1950s the Canadian and American defense agency NORAD delivered live updates on the man in the red suit’s international gift delivery route. NORAD eased the fears of good little boys and girls concerned the tracker might be down, after US lawmakers failed agree on a budget, triggering a partial shutdown of federal services, including the maintenance of the Christmas tree outside the White House.
During gloomy Washington Christmas, Trump takes kids' Santa calls
It was the night before Christmas, and U.S. President Donald Trump was on the phone with children, peppering them with questions about whether they were looking forward to the holiday. Every Christmas Eve, the North American Aerospace Defense Command in Colorado Springs, Colorado, claims to track Santa Claus’ flight across the globe, a tradition dating to 1955, when a department store printed the phone number of a NORAD colonel in a Christmas newspaper ad by mistake. This year, though, the NORAD calls came at a precarious time for the president, who is mired in crises, from a government shutdown that has affected a quarter of federal agencies and departments to a stock market selloff amid Trump’s public criticisms of the Federal Reserve.
Why Santa should ditch his sleigh for a pair of Lamborghinis
NORAD will still track Santa, despite the government shutdown
Santa tracker will still run despite government shutdown
DENVER (AP) — The government may be partially shut down, but that won't stop hundreds of volunteers dressed in Christmas hats and military uniforms Monday from taking calls from children around the world who want to know when Santa will be coming.
Elementary school principal put on leave after banning Santa, candy cane decorations
Pilot, 4 passengers identified after being killed in Santa Ana plane crash
