• More thrifting and fewer returns, the early trends that defined shopping this holiday

  

• Thousands pass through Midway Airport amid holiday travel rush

  

• Zion family loses everything in Christmas Eve house fire

  

• Sideshow turns destructive in San Francisco's Sunset District, leaving neighbors shaken

  

• California mother pleads not guilty to murder of 9-year-old daughter Melodee Buzzard

  

• Company in Denver hopes to help home buyers purchase houses for as little as $5

  

• More rain still expected for Southern California after brunt of winter storm passes through

  

• Cardinal Dolan leads Christmas Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral for final time