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Bucket ListersThe magic of the North Pole has landed at the Big Apple again, courtesy of Bucket Listers, the folks who have brought fans real-life pop-up environments from movies and shows including Barbie, Saved By the Bell and The Golden Girls. Theyve partnered with Disney+ for a peek into Santa Claus HQ as seen in The Santa Clauses, the second season of which is now streaming. Located at The Rooftop at Pier 17, the 65,000-square-foot venue has been transformed into an immersive winter wonderl...

Awartani Family via Reuters(BURLINGTON, Vt.) -- One of the three students of Palestinian descent shot during an attack in Vermont spoke out in a text message read to his Brown University classmates during a vigil for him that turned raucous at the Ivy League campus, saying, "I am but one casualty in this much wider conflict." Hisham Awartani, a 20-year-old junior at Brown University, who was the most seriously injured victim in Saturdays shooting in Burlington, Vermont, issued a text ...

David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Since Tesla unveiled a prototype of its Cybertruck four years ago, the electric pickup truck has remained in the realm of preorders and earnings-call updates -- until this week. On Thursday, the company will make its first deliveries of the Cybertruck at a high-profile event sure to be closely watched by consumers and Wall Street investors alike. Encased in stainless steel, the Cybertruck boasts a payload and tow capacity that rival some ...

Xijian/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The number of suicides in the United States has hit a record high, new provisional federal data shows. In 2022, an estimated 49,449 people died by suicide, which is 3% higher than the 48,183 people who died in 2021, according to a report published early Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions National Center for Health Statistics. The suicide rate increased by 1% in 2022 to 14.3 deaths per 100,000 from 14.1 per 100,000 in 2021, marking this a...

Onurdongel/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Travel Tuesday is taking off, and that next great vacation could be just a click away. "Were expecting to see more deals available today than on Black Friday and Cyber Monday combined," Hayley Berg, lead economist for the travel app Hopper, told ABC News Good Morning America. "There will be great deals on flights, hotels, rental cars and vacation homes today," Berg said. "If youre planning a trip for 2024, today is one of the best day...

CBS/Mary Ellen MatthewsStephen Colbert will be taking an extended Thanksgiving break from The Late Show, but for all the wrong reasons.  The host apologetically explained on the shows Instagram that he needed a week away for medical reasons. "Im sure you’re thinking, Turkey overdose, Steve? Gravy boat capsize? Actually, Im recovering from surgery for a ruptured appendix," he noted. Colbert continued, "I’m grateful to my doctors for their care and to [wife] Evie and the ...

Www.fuchieh.com/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- More than 40,000 Oregon students returned to classes Monday for the first time this month as Portland teachers ended the longest U.S. teachers strike in 2023. Over the weekend, Portland Public Schools (PPS), the largest school district in the state, reached a tentative agreement to end the more than three-week strike that started on Nov. 1. However, the $175 million contract agreement still needs to be approved by the union as classes resume. "This ...

Tetra Images - Henryk Sadura/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Lawmakers returned from their Thanksgiving break Monday with much work to accomplish and relatively little time to accomplish it in. Here are five things to watch for as Congress rolls back to Washington for the end-of-the-year legislative sprint: Ukraine funding faces its toughest test yet Congress has gone nearly a year without rubber-stamping additional aid to Ukraine, and theres a growing sense from lawmakers on both sides that the win...

Cavan Images/Getty Images(BIRMINGHAM, Ala.) -- She delivered a healthy child, but left the maternity ward traumatized and ashamed. "The most happy moment in my life is at the same time the most terrible moment in my life because of what they did to me," said a California mother who alleges hospital staff physically restrained her against her will and coerced her into accepting interventions to expedite her delivery at a hospital last year. "I said, No, I dont want to. Im full of e...

Yui Mok - WPA Pool/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Prince William briefed the press about his younger brother Prince Harry amid the ongoing rift between the two brothers, according to a new book about Britains royal family. In his new book Endgame, author Omid Scobie, also an ABC News royal contributor, claims that Williams alleged press briefing is among the things that have caused "irreparable damage" between William and Harry, the only children of King Charles III and the late Princess Di...