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Festive gatherings with loved ones and friends are a hallmark of the holiday season, but research worth remembering reveals all that cheer can come with serious risks depending on where Americans celebrate. Vermont, despite its picturesque winter landscapes, ranks as the most dangerous state to spend Christmas, according to data compiled by healthcare staffing platform…

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What should have been a peaceful December evening filled with the warmth of Christmas celebration turned into a life-altering nightmare for a Georgia woman who had just left a church event when she was brutally attacked in a public park. Ashley Wasielewski, a 46-year-old Savannah resident, went for a walk through Forsyth Park on December…

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Selling Sunset alum Christine Quinn publicly criticized conservative activist Erika Kirk, drawing renewed attention to the widowed mother’s expanding public role following the death of her husband, Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk. “Erika Kirk be everywhere but with her kids,” Quinn, 37, wrote in a post on X on Wednesday, December 10. The comment…

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McDonald’s thought it was trying something new for the holidays. Instead, it ended up pulling a Christmas commercial after viewers across social media called it unsettling, depressing, and downright “creepy.” The 45-second ad, which debuted Saturday on McDonald’s Netherlands YouTube channel, was created using artificial intelligence. It was set to the familiar Christmas tune “It’s…

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