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13+ min ago (456+ words) It's the perfect time of year to cozy up with a blanket and some hot chocolate and watch Christmas movies and holiday specials with those you love most. Here's what you can watch on WXII 12 this December. Watch the annual Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony before being transported to Music City for a country-style Christmas. Sing along or just kick back and enjoy this Christmas classic double feature. Start the first weekend in December off right with Rudolph, Hermie, and the gang. In case you missed him the first time, Frosty is back on the air, followed by a holiday adventure in the Kingdom of Far Far Away. Join Shrek on a quest to discover the true meaning of Christmas in this half-hour short. Smokey Robinson and Halle Bailey host while Motown legends perform holiday classics alongside today's biggest…...

51+ min ago (349+ words) A Durham-based catering company is spreading holiday cheer by offering free Thanksgiving meals to those in need. This heartwarming initiative aims to support the community during tough times." According to Katie Featherstone, many people in the Durham area are struggling to recover financially following the government shutdown, and some are still scared to leave their homes amid Border Patrol Enforcement. That's why her company,"White Clover Catering, stepped in to provide free holiday meals for people in the area." "It's really important for us to give back to our communities whenever we can," said Featherstone. "We are fortunate enough to have been really well blessed this Thanksgiving and had some people who donated to help us do this." Featherstone, alongside her family, spent the evening cooking and packaging food for anyone who stopped by, no questions asked." "We had a…...

1+ hour, 9+ min ago (25+ words) First Christian Church, located at 1151 East 6th Street in Salem, held its annual free Thanksgiving dinner between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m....

2+ hour, 34+ min ago (338+ words) The United States Postal Service is preparing for an influx of holiday shipping and mail, expecting higher-than-usual volumes this season. This holiday season, the USPS is gearing up to handle as many as 88 million packages per day to millions of households and businesses nationwide. Philip Bogenberger, communications specialist for the U.S. Postal Service, said, "It's the busiest time of year for the Postal Service, but it's also the most exciting time of year." To keep up with the demand, the USPS has made improvements to its processing systems. "We've installed more than 600 high-speed package sorting machines across the country," Bogenberger said. "Many of those were installed in plants and post offices right here in North Carolina, so we are well prepared to handle the holiday volume." This holiday season, the postal service is recommending to pack your patience when you visit…...

2+ hour, 44+ min ago (669+ words) The most-played series in major college football history, the bitter border-state rivalry between Minnesota and Wisconsin, is punctuated each year with a postgame ritual by the winning team that could be described as jubilant yardwork. Video above: Taking a deeper dive in NIL rules and impact on college athletics There's hardly a richer " or quirkier " tradition in college football than rivalry trophies, one of the few elements of the game that remains the same in the new era of revenue sharing and the transfer portal. From the small schools to the powerhouse programs, nothing captures a sports fan's attention quite like a traveling trophy. Minnesota fared better at the beginning with Floyd of Rosedale, a 98-pound bronze pig named after the state's governor in 1935 who suggested the trophy to his Iowa counterpart as a way to deescalate tension between two…...

3+ hour, 16+ min ago (421+ words) Cybersecurity experts are warning about scammers using QR codes to take advantage of unsuspecting victims. Short for "quick response" code, the small barcodes are ubiquitous, getting scanned using a phone's camera to link to restaurant menus, online payment systems or any other digital task. "We're all familiar with these things," said Jean-Paul Bergeaux, the federal chief technology officer for GuidePoint Security. "The concept is, 'How do we give people a way to get to a link, where they don't have to enter it, to simplify our life,' which it does very well." Unfortunately, like most things, scammers are finding ways to use QR codes as part of a scam that's known as "Quishing." "You're just scanning it and hitting it and saying go, and so you can go anywhere, and the bad guys can send you anywhere," Bergeaux said. "That's…...

3+ hour, 23+ min ago (315+ words) The Parigi family knew adoption was the answer. SURRY COUNTY, N.C. " The Parigi family has given 4-year-old Jasper his forever home. "We really wanted to be there and help kids, just to give them a stable home for however long they needed," Sarah Parigi said. The little boy is surrounded by love and a forever place to call home. He also gained three older brothers, 14-year-old JP, 11-year-old, Wade and 10-year-old Liam. "They have learned so much compassion, they've been open to any and every child that we've brought, and we always include them in the discussion," Sarah said. The Parigis recently adopted Jasper after a kinship placement turned into fostering and then guardianship. "After going through the court system and everything, a lot of it was determined upon the birth parents and set up for reunification. That's the main goal,…...

3+ hour, 34+ min ago (107+ words) Soleil, a Belgian sheepdog registered as GCHS Prairiewind's Sxongs of Summer at La Neige, captured Best in Show Thursday at the National Dog Show. "Soleil was just "on' today," said her handler, Daniel Martin of Princeton, NC. "I knew that this would be a fierce, intense competition. Soleil loves the energy, and she feels it. That's her magic. She'll do whatever we ask of her. She's a winner." Soleil won the Herding Group competition. National Dog Show contestants were judged based on overall appearance, temperament, and structure according to their breeds' official standards. For more on this story, visit our news partner WRAL....

3+ hour, 45+ min ago (523+ words) The U.S. will reexamine all green cards issued to people from 19 countries "of concern" at President Donald Trump's direction, as the Trump administration intensifies its immigration crackdown following the shooting of two National Guard members in Washington, D.C. Related video above: National Guardsmen injured in Washington, D.C., shooting in critical condition "At the direction of @POTUS, I have directed a full scale, rigorous reexamination of every Green Card for every alien from every country of concern," Joe Edlow, the director of US Citizenship and Immigration Services, wrote in a post on X Thursday. Asked for additional details, including which countries are considered to be "of concern," USCIS pointed CNN to 19 countries listed in a June presidential proclamation. The 19 countries include Afghanistan, Burma, Chad, the Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen, Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo,…...

4+ hour, 28+ min ago (500+ words) SAN FRANCISCO " A 2-year-old wolverine at the San Francisco Zoo became the first of his kind to have a custom-made artificial lens implanted in his eye." Edward the wolverine had a cataract surgery after his caretakers noticed his right eye was cloudy. Cataracts are a "clouding of the lens of the eye" that can impact vision, according to the Mayo Clinic. Animals and humans can get cataracts, but are typically much older than Edward when they develop." "We were surprised to see what appeared to be a cataract forming in the eye of such a young animal," said Dr. Nick Dannemiller, clinical veterinarian at the zoo. "So, we called an ophthalmologist to further evaluate Edward's condition." The taco seasoning loving wolverine's surgery was successful but his left eye was forming a cataract. Because the surgery leads to far-sightedness, or blurry…...