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Opera Orlando will present the Pulitzer Prize–winning opera Silent Night at Steinmetz Hall at the Dr. Phillips Center for the ...

Houston Grand Opera has announced that internationally celebrated Finnish-American tenor Miles Mykkanen will perform the lead ...

Millions across the world sing it as the clock strikes midnight on New Year’s Eve, linking arms with friends and strangers alike to mark the end of one year and the beginning of another. But what does ...

In 1914, opposing forces of the Great War brokered a temporary truce on Christmas Day. People that had been shooting at each other the previous day sang carols, drank tea, and even played soccer ...

As the first Christmas of World War I approached, Pope Benedict XV on December 7, 1914, asked the leaders of all warring governments to agree to an official ceasefire. He begged “that the guns may ...

The 2025 NFL Christmas schedule concludes with a "Thursday Night Football" AFC West battle of teams in a surprising position as the Kansas City Chiefs host the Denver Broncos. The Broncos (12-3) lead ...

President Donald Trump said the U.S. launched airstrikes in northwest Nigeria on Christmas night targeting ISIS militants he accused of killing Christians, calling the operation decisive and warning ...

In the months after World War I erupted, young men in Europe were killing each other by the tens of thousands. Yet on a frozen Christmas Eve in 1914, the guns briefly fell silent. The Christmas truce ...