President Donald Trump signed an executive order extending the Christmas federal holiday to three days — including Christmas Eve and the day after Christmas. But that doesn't mean the mail will stop in Rhode Island.

Discover the best family-friendly Christmas movies streaming on Tubi this holiday season, from comedies to heartwarming tales perfect for cozy nights in.

Scientists attribute these extreme weather swings to climate change, warning of intensifying "hydroclimate whiplash" patterns globally.

The Christmas holiday is always a busy time for movie theaters, and some popular new releases are raking in the dough.

The sisters, wearing candy cane-striped ribbons in their hair and matching red sweaters emblazoned with reindeer and hearts, had made the traditional trek to Times Square from the Upper East Side of Manhattan with their parents. They posed for annual pictures with Santa Claus – and assured him they had been very good this year.

Household waste increases by 25% between Thanksgiving and New Years. Rules vary by municipality on what you can recycle and what needs to go into the trash.

The S&P 500 edged up 0.1% in the early going Friday. The index is holding on to a modest gain for the week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was little changed, and the Nasdaq composite rose 0.2%, helped by gains in several Big Tech stocks like Nvidia. Crude oil fell, while gold and silver continued to rise.

Christmas doesn't end at the tree — for many, it ends at the return counter. Why it matters: Americans return tens of billions of dollars worth of unwanted Christmas gifts every year, turning good intentions into one of retail's biggest annual money sinks.

The Dow Jones set a record close and the S&P 500 hit an intraday high heading into the Christmas holiday. Palantir, Tesla, Google and Nvidia are in buy areas.