BBC Verify has been tracking the Marinera for weeks. Housing, Europe ties, economy... what Canadians are hopeful for in 2026 The BBC spoke to people in Toronto and Montreal to find out what they're optimistic about heading into the new year. The powerful storm system brought blizzard conditions to areas of the Midwest and East Coast causing some travel delays. Governor Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency for parts of California, including Los Angeles, San Bernardino and San Diego. The White Settlement Police Department is searching for two suspects.

With Christmas right around the corner, Santa is loading up his sleigh and getting ready to make his gift-giving trek around the world. Waiting for Santa's arrival is easier said than done (especially for kids). However, you and your family can enjoy holiday fun together by using smart assistants like Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant to track Santa's location. A smart display, like the Google Nest Hub (second-gen) or the Amazon Echo Show 8 (second-gen), provides the most engaging Santa tracking experience with fun on-screen holiday visuals for both kids and adults. You can also keep tabs on Santa's arrival using a smart speaker like Google's Nest Audio or Amazon's Echo Dot, or by using the Amazon Alexa or Google Assistant app.

Delivering presents to every child around the world in a single evening is an exhausting task, with only one man fit for the job - Father Christmas. But his outdated techniques seem more antiquated now than ever before. MailOnline spoke to a forward-thinking industry expert who offered Father Christmas some helpful advice to make his arduous task more efficient. Dr Carl Diver, academic lead at Manchester Metropolitan University in industry 4.0, said a hydrogen-powered sleigh, AI algorithms and elf-assisting robots could help. As well as streamlining production and making the manufacturing and delivery process more efficient, Dr Diver thinks the old methods would benefit from a sprucing up to make things easier, more cost-effective and better for the environment.

Christmas Eve is a busy time for some, but for others, it's a day to relax and watch TV. Luckily, there are plenty of Christmas movies and TV specials to watch on Dec. 24. Marathons are always big on the holidays. The first three "Home Alone" movies will air back-to-back on Encore all day long on Christmas Eve. Meanwhile, CMT will kick off their "Love Actually" movie loop at noon.

An advertisement in a Colorado Springs newspaper that year invited kids to call Santa, but it mistakenly listed the number for the hotline at the U.S. Continental Air Defense Command. CONAD, as it was called, had the job of monitoring a vast radar network from a combat operations center in Colorado Springs, searching the skies for any hint of a nuclear attack by the onetime Soviet Union.

Finish strong and make everyone happy on Christmas with these 10 Amazon deals. If you make a purchase by clicking one of our links, we may earn a small share of the revenue. However, our picks and opinions are independent from USA TODAY's newsroom and any business incentives. Christmas is three days away, but that means you can still take advantage of free two-day shipping for Amazon Prime members to get the last of your holiday shopping done and have everything you need by Christmas Eve. There are even some great deals still going strong to help you make the most of your remaining Christmas present budget, so long as you have Amazon Prime (or want to sign up for the free 30-day trial).

To get in the holiday spirit, Google has released a countdown for its Santa Tracker Christmas Eve launch, which includes games and activities for those who can't wait. For more than a decade, Google has held its Santa Tracker on Christmas Eve, which lets people see where Santa is delivering gifts on the night. The Santa Tracker opens up exclusive games on Dec. 24 for users who download the app from the Play Store for free, or by using Street View on their desktop on Christmas Eve. While there are still 16 days left until Santa starts delivering presents, people can take part of the activities that lead up to the day by downloading the app or going to google.com/santatracker. The games can be found in Santa's village, where elves prepare for the big day at the North Pole.

Call it moviegoers hungry for a sassy robot and some daring acts of galactic rebellion. For the second Christmas movie season in a row a "Star Wars" franchise film has dominated the holiday box office. Also for the second year in a row, North American ticket sales are projected to exceed $11 billion, according to the entertainment data firm ComScore. And as the year comes to a close, 2016 is expected to see a 1.5% increase in ticket sales over 2015 ($11.3 billion versus $11.1 billion). That puts the Gareth Edwards-directed action flick, set just before the events of George Lucas' 1970s trilogy, well above the Disney film's approximately $200-million production budget.

University of Toronto researchers tasked an A.I. with looking at a picture of a Christmas tree, writing a song about it, and then singing the results for the world to hear. The song that came out of it is definitely a Christmas song, but it's an extremely unsettling one. It's no "Santa Baby," but it does show just how far A.I. has come. Nvidia revealed some more details about the project, which runs on its hardware, on Wednesday. The company said the neural network used to create the video was trained on 100 hours of online music.

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