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It will be a historic Christmas for theNotre Dame Cathedral. For the first time in 200 years, the Paris cathedral will not be holding its annual midnight mass on Christmas due to the aftermath ofthe devastating April fire that destroyed much of the famed landmark, including its roof. This will be the first time since the French Revolution that the Notre Dame Cathedral, which is currently undergoing a lengthy construction process, has not held a Christmas mass, cathedral rector Patrick Chauvet told theAssociated Press....

01of 09The Hunchback of Notre-Dame(1939)Snap/REX/ShutterstockWith several film versions based on the 1831 Victor Hugo novel, the 1939 installment was the first to feature sound. Starring Charles Laughton and Maureen O’Hara, the Notre-Dame Cathedral is front and center in this film that features changes from the novel, namely censoring the portrayal of the priest as a villain, as the filmmakers felt that it would violate the Hays Production Code. 01of 09...

A Queens critical care nurse has become the first New Yorker and is among the first in the United States to receive thePfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine. The entire room burst into applause after Lindsay received the vaccine. “It didn’t feel any different from taking any other vaccine,” she said after, adding, “I hope this marks the beginning to the end of a very painful time in our history.” Gov. Cuomo, 63, celebrated the vaccination on Twitter, writing, “HISTORY....

1. The Audience Going Wild for Michelle Obama via GIPHY Leave it to the former First Lady to steal the show! Alicia Keys redefined squad goals when she kicked off the 61st annual Grammy Awards alongside some fierce females, taking the stage withLady Gaga, Jada Pinkett Smith, Obama andJennifer Lopezfor a moving monologue about the power of music. The audience gave a rowdy round of applause when it was Obama’s turn to talk....

Photo: GoFundMe The godmother of a 4-year-old boy whose remains were found in the backyard of an Ohio home is accused along with her boyfriend of murdering the child. The couple had allegedly been on the run since a Cuyahoga County Grand Jury indicted them in January on murder charges. On Sept. 20, 2017, Eliazar’s skeletal remains were found in a garbage bag in the backyard of a vacant Cleveland, Ohio, home, according to the statement....

Photo: 5ABC An Ohio mother is desperate for answers after she allegedly found her infant daughter “lifeless” when she picked her up from daycare. At around 2 p.m., Bush said she texted the daycare operator that she was on her way to pick up her kids, she explained to News 5. The daycare operator explained that she was not at the facility, but her sister was, the outlet reported....

Photo: FaceBook A 44-year-old mother in Oklahoma is dead after a tragic skydiving accident. Heather Glasgow died following her first solo skydive on Saturday after her parachute went into a spin and caused her to fall to the ground, according to local officials. The Sallisaw Police Departmentshared on their Facebook pagethat they are working closely with the Federal Aviation Administration and the Oklahoma Medical Examiner’s Office to determine the cause of the fall, which is currently described as “an unknown issue....

Old Dominionband membersMatthew Ramsey, Trevor Rosen, and Brad Tursi are opening up about everything from their latest single to their celebrity crushes. Sitting down withPEOPLE Now,the bandmates revealed they wrote and recorded “Make It Sweet” in just one day, and they all agreed that that’s what made the hit so special. Rosen explained, “We’ve never done anything like that before, but we just booked studio time and we were like, ‘Let’s not go in with any songs in mind....

Joshua “J.J.” Vallow, at left, and Tylee Ryan.Photo: Rexburg Police Department (2) The older brother of two siblings who apparently disappeared from Idaho in September says he’s “done” with their mother, who has refused to cooperate in the investigation and last week defied a court order to turn the missing kids over to police or child welfare officials. “I’m done. I’ve been done. The day that I saw them without the kids walking around Hawaii, that was it,” Ryan toldFox10 Phoenix....

Olivia Newton-John’s husband,John Easterling, is remembering the star with a sweet story about their engagement. Easterling, 70, paid tribute to Newton-John alongside hundreds of fans and family members at herstate memorial service in Australiaon Sunday, where he detailed how the pair became engaged in a candid speech. Stating that he andhis late love “had some hard times in our life before, like everyone has,” Easterling said that he and Newton-John had openly talked “about how lucky we were to have found each other, and how in love we were and how much happiness we were experiencing” in their relationship, adding, “I mean, [it was] an order of magnitude we thought maybe we should feel guilty [about], because we were so happy....

Photo: Courtesy Madison Chock and Evan Bates Olympic ice dancer Evan Bates just landed his most impressive trick yet: his marriage proposal to Madison Chock! Theice-dancing couplegot engaged during a vacation in Thailand last weekend, their rep confirms to PEOPLE exclusively. “I was planning to propose since we went ring shopping in April,” Bates tells PEOPLE. “Madi wanted a vintage ring and we found the perfect one from Victor Barboné in NYC....

After decade ofunsuccessful attemptsto use soundwaves to fight disease - carry mosquito , a team of scientist claims to have find the secret ingredient : Skrillex . A recent scientific study , published in the journalActa Tropicaon March 25 ( not April Fool ’s 24-hour interval , apparently ) , has enquire whether the singleScary Monsters and Nice Spritesby Skrillex could represent as a repellent forAedes aegypti , a mosquito mintage that spreads dengue fever , Zika , and yellow febricity ....

Shan’ann Watts (center) and her daughters.Photo: Shanann Watts /Facebook On August 13, 2018,Chris Wattsmade a series of decisions that ultimately ended in the murders of his 34-year-old wife, Shanann, and their two daughters, Bella, 4, and Celeste, 3. A year later, friends and family are still mourning the tragic and violent killings — and remembering the vibrant young mother and two adorable girls who were taken too soon. On the one-year anniversary, the family will spend the day in “reflection” of Shanann and the girls, a family source tells PEOPLE....