Christmas

Katie Byrnes was born deaf, but this didn’t stop her from finding ways to relate to others.Her parents, Jayne and John Byrnes remember Katie’s earliest…

The hot, dry weather that dominated the region in late September and early October shouldn't have much of an effect on this year's Christmas tree crop....

This week, Christmas gifts and decorations were swiped in Pennsylvania, Idaho and Florida.

The explosion in online holiday shopping means billions of packages need to be delivered — and companies like UPS, FedEx and Amazon are under more pressure than ever.

An attempt to bring a little Christmas cheer has grown to capture the imagination of the Ohio city.

The Christmas shopping season is when millions of Americans are hoping to find bargains, but at least one holiday staple has gotten more expensive.…

If the English horn were a singer, it would be one of the great contraltos – Kathleen Ferrier, perhaps, or Marian Anderson.When an English horn sounds at…

Many workplaces, businesses, places of worship and schools have food donation drives to help those less fortunate during the holidays. For those of us...

Programmers have banned the song after fielding listener complaints that the song is offensive, only to face a backlash against that decision.

Once the traditional holidays of Black Friday and Cyber Monday are over, some Americans look forward to another tradition: the annual Christmas Bird Count. Since 1900 birders have picked one day — sometime around Christmas — to survey as many birds as they can find in a 15 mile diameter circle. Birder Mike Edgerton, a member of the Greater Akron Audubon Society, says it’s been a valuable form of crowd sourcing.