Americans ramped up spending during holidays despite some financial anxiety, higher costs

Mastercard SpendingPulse said Tuesday that holiday sales rose this year. The indicator found sales from the beginning of November through Christmas Eve climbed 3.1%, a slower pace than the 7.6% increase from a year earlier.

An Arkansas man visited a state park with his girlfriend. He picked up the largest diamond discovered there in 3 years

Murfreesboro, Ark. -- An Arkansas man who picked up what he thought was a piece of glass at a state park says he later

How to give your Christmas tree a second life after the holiday

Atlanta (cnn) -- For weeks, your Christmas tree has sat twinkling quietly in a corner of your home, carefully decorated

First southern white rhinoceros born in Atlanta's zoo arrives on Christmas Eve

Zoo Atlanta just welcomed the cutest Christmas miracle: a baby rhino.

2023 was a year of many votes, few bills passed in Congress; not the same in Utah

Congress in 2023 passed fewer bills than it has in decades, while Utah lawmakers passed a record number.

How Trump says he would crack down on US immigration in a second term

Former U.S. President Donald Trump, the leading candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024, has promised to crack down on illegal immigration and restrict legal immigration if elected to a second four-year term in office.

Arkansas man picked up the largest diamond discovered there in 3 years

An Arkansas man who picked up what he thought was a piece of glass at a state park says he later learned his jelly bean-sized find was something much more valuable: It was a 4.87-carat diamond.

Ohio woman arrested in southern Utah is accused of kidnapping baby across state lines

Cedar City -- A woman suspected of kidnapping a baby from Ohio is in police custody in Utah. Shari Dolores Gould, 32,