Holiday helpers have been busy, as plenty of organizations and individuals have been working to make the days a bit brighter for troops and their families.
A New Mexico man counted scores of instances Thursday of sexual abuse by a former Roman Catholic priest and Air Force chaplain in the early 1990s, including at Kirtland Air Force Base.
About 100 Marines and sailors began working on the island this month under an agreement with the I Marine Expeditionary Force at California’s Camp Pendleton and the Catalina Island Conservancy.
With the sudden roar of a motorcycle, an instant Christmas celebration appeared, complete with a sleigh full of presents for all, and visits from Frosty the Snowman, The Grinch and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.
When Col. Harry Shoup answered the hotline from the Pentagon in December 1955, a small boy asked for Santa Claus. What happened next started a beloved, six-decade-plus tradition.