Cheap is the new chic for holiday gifts. Jana Montero, who has in the past bought loved ones iPods and tablets for Christmas, has changed her attitude about gift giving: This holiday season, she’s grabbing candle sets and serving dishes that cost under $30 to give to family and friends…. Read More

U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer says federal officials need a new plan to assess how would-be extremists use social media. The New York Democrat is expected to formally announce his support Sunday for the “Combat Terrorist Use of Social Media Act of 2015.” Schumer will sponsor the legislation in the Senate…. Read More

SpaceX sent a Falcon rocket soaring toward orbit Monday night with 11 small satellites, its first mission since an accident last summer. Then in an even more astounding feat, it landed the 15-story leftover booster back on Earth safely. It was the first time an unmanned rocket returned to land… Read More

A Texas group that helps children has received a surprise $50,000 donation left under a baby Jesus figure. Officials with The Children’s Home in Amarillo found the check Wednesday after a caller advised staff to check the Nativity scene outside the building. A receptionist discovered an envelope beneath the infant… Read More

President Barack Obama says a Tennessee high school football player who was killed shielding three female friends from gunfire died a hero. In a Twitter post on Sunday, Obama said: “Zaevion Dobson died saving three friends from getting shot. He was a hero at 15. What’s our excuse for not… Read More

Is it a dime? Or is it a nail? In probably one of the oddest items to come to the world of coin collecting, New York-based Heritage Auctions has announced the sale of a Roosevelt dime that was accidentally (or some say deliberately) struck onto a zinc nail. Yes, that… Read More

The Colombian contestant was already wearing this year’s Miss Universe crown when host Steve Harvey returned to announce on live television that he had mistakenly read from a cue card, and that the contestant from the Philippines was actually this year’s winner. In the following moments, the crown was removed… Read More

Mother Teresa, the tiny, stooped nun who cared for the poorest of the poor in the slums of India and beyond, will be declared a saint next year after Pope Francis approved a miracle attributed to her intercession. The Vatican on Friday set no date for the canonization, but it… Read More