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Millions celebrate Orthodox Christmas

Millions of people around the world celebrated Orthodox Christmas on Wednesday, nearly two weeks after much of the world marked the holy day. Certain Eastern Orthodox churches, including those in Russian and other traditions, follow the ancient Julian calendar. It runs 13 days later than the Gregorian calendar, used by Catholic and Protestant churches as well as by much of the secular world for everyday use. The Ethiopian Orthodox Church and some other Oriental Orthodox churches — which are distinct from Eastern Orthodox but share many traditions — also celebrated Christmas on ...

Putting in the work

Bob Daly, owner of Daly Electric, Bellwood, works hard to pull wiring during the installation of a light on the back steps of the First English Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tyrone on Wednesday afternoon. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski

Drone helps locate missing dog

A dog escaped from a rest stop along the New Jersey Turnpike and wandered for about 25 miles before she was found safe the next day with help from a drone. Abbie, a 9-year-old golden retriever mix, was traveling from a South Carolina shelter to a planned new home in Maine. She was one of ...

Indonesia’s panda cub thriving at 40 days

CISARUA, Indonesia — Indonesia’s conservation park on Tuesday released a video showing the progress of a giant panda cub, 40 days after his birth in the country. The panda named Satrio Wiratama and nicknamed “Rio” was examined for the first time outside the incubator while ...

Nothing biting

A lone ice fisherman checks his line as he relaxes in his chair at Canoe Creek State Park on Tuesday afternoon. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski

Holocaust survivor Eva Schloss, stepsister of Anne Frank, dies at 96

LONDON — Auschwitz survivor Eva Schloss, the stepsister of teenage diarist Anne Frank and a tireless educator about the horrors of the Holocaust, has died. She was 96. The Anne Frank Trust UK, of which Schloss was honorary president, said she died Saturday in London, where she lived. Britain’s King Charles III said he was “privileged and proud” to have known Schloss, who co-founded the charitable trust to help young people challenge prejudice. “The horrors that she endured as a young woman are impossible to comprehend and yet she devoted the rest of her life to overcoming ...