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'Avatar' soars at Christmas box office while 'Babylon' struggles

The Christmas weekend's biggest disappointment was the star-studded "Babylon," starring Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie.

Vladimir Putin says his country is ready for peace talks

Putin said in a state television interview that Russia is “prepared to negotiate some acceptable outcomes with all the participants of this process.”

'I want what everybody wants,' Afghan refugee says after a year of safety in US

The Army veteran who helped the family relocate to the Ozarks said the last year has been traumatic as escapes slowed.

Migrants dropped near VP Harris home on bitter cold Christmas Eve

The three buses were carrying around 110 to 130 people, according to Tatiana Laborde of SAMU First Response, a relief agency.

Frigid storm across US claims at least 34 lives

Millions of people hunkered down against a deep freeze Sunday to ride out the winter storm that has killed at least 34 people across the United States and is expected to claim more lives after trapping some residents inside houses with heaping snow drifts and knocking out power to tens of thousands of homes and businesses.