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A Mississippi River bonfire in the shape of an alligator ready for lighting. (Special to The Washington Times/courtesy of Stephen Peytavin.)

Christmas Eve bonfires set to light along Mississippi River

By James Varney - The Washington Times

FILE - This May 20, 2019 file photo shows the Border Patrol Station in Weslaco, Texas. A 16-year-old from Guatemala died of complications of the flu while in the U.S. Border Patrol custody, according to new preliminary autopsy findings, alarming doctors who questioned whether immigration authorities had missed warning signs or chances to save his life. Carlos Hernandez Vasquez contracted bacterial infections in addition to the flu that led to multiple organ failure, according to a report released by Hidalgo County authorities this week. He died on May 20. A full autopsy is still pending. (Joel Martinez/The Monitor via AP, File)

Doctors alarmed that flu killed detained migrant teen

By NOMAAN MERCHANT - Associated Press

This undated photo provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows Patrick Murphy. Lawyers for the member of the notorious &quot;Texas 7&quot; gang of escaped prisoners who is scheduled to be executed Thursday, March 28, 2019, say he should be spared because he never fatally shot a suburban Dallas police officer during a Christmas Eve robbery nearly 18 years earlier. Murphy is slated to die by lethal injection after 6 p.m. at the state penitentiary in Huntsville. (Texas Department of Criminal Justice via AP)

The Latest: Supreme Court blocks execution of Texas inmate

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FILE- In this Aug. 17, 2018, file photo Marcus Harris poses at his home in Spring, Texas. Harris is a 35-year-old internal-medicine physician in the Houston area. Last summer, when stocks were setting record after record, Harris felt confident that he would be able to handle a severe downturn, even though he had yet to experience one in his five years of investing. When the market started skidding on worries about a slowing economy and President Donald Trump’s trade war with China, though, Harris acknowledges he felt some trepidation. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, FIle)

For young investors, jumpy market presents first big test

By STAN CHOE - Associated Press

A migrant jumps into the United States to San Diego, from Tijuana, Mexico, in front of a border patrol officer on Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2018. Discouraged by the long wait to apply for asylum through official ports of entry, many Central American migrants from recent caravans are choosing to cross the U.S. border wall and hand themselves into border patrol agents. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)

DHS begs for help, orders full review after second migrant child’s death

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this Monday, Dec. 24, 2018, photograph, Phil Baca plays a guitar and sings during a Christmas Eve candlelight vigil and a tradition called Las Posadas, where churchgoers re-enact Mary and Joseph's search for a place to stay in Bethlehem, at Our Lady of Visitation Church in Denver. Members of the Denver Catholic church built by Hispanic families are fighting to re-open their parish over a year after it was closed by the archbishop. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Members fight to re-open small Denver Catholic church

By COLLEEN SLEVIN - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks on the phone sharing updates to track Santa's movements from the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) Santa Tracker on Christmas Eve, Monday, Dec. 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

The Latest: Trumps attend services at National Cathedral

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President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump arrive for a Christmas Eve service at the National Cathedral, Monday, Dec. 24, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Donald Trump answers Christmas Eve calls from children looking for Santa Claus

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This photo provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows death-row inmate Joseph Garcia, who is set to die by lethal injection Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018, for the December 2000 shooting death of 29-year-old Aubrey Hawkins _ a police officer with the Dallas suburb of Irving _ during a robbery. (Texas Department of Criminal Justice via AP)

The Latest: ‘Texas 7’ inmate executed for officer’s killing

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In this Sept. 17, 2016, file photo, T.I. performs during the BET Hip Hop Awards in Atlanta. Rapper T.I. spent Christmas eve spreading holiday cheer among some single mothers, helping them with their last-minute shopping for gifts. In a video T.I. posted on social media, the Grammy-winning artist entered an Atlanta-area Target on Sunday, Dec. 24, 2017, and called for all single mothers present to follow him. He strolled through the store alongside several mothers, went to the cash register with them and then paid for their Christmas presents. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

T.I. helps mothers with last-minute Christmas shopping

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President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump speak on the phone with children as they track Santa Claus' movements with the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) Santa Tracker on Christmas Eve at the president's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla., Sunday, Dec. 24, 2017. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Trump’s busy Christmas Eve: calls to troops, talk of Santa

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE - Associated Press

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania are escorted from their motorcade vehicle by the Rev. James R. Harlan, left, as they arrive for Christmas Eve service at the Church of Bethesda-by-the-Sea in West Palm Beach, Fla., Sunday, Dec. 24, 2017. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Donald Trump cheers troops, chat with children about Santa Claus

By Darlene Superville - Associated Press

This undated photo provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows death row inmate James Bigby. Bigby, who was convicted of killing a father and his infant son during a murder rampage on Christmas Eve 1987 that also left two other people dead nearly three decades ago, is scheduled to be executed Tuesday evening March 14, 2017, in Texas. (Texas Department of Criminal Justice via AP)

The Latest: Texas executes man convicted of killing 2

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Police ID man, 27, gunned down in Bridgeport

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New York National Guard to make Christmas Eve road march

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Even in death, daughter prompts Christmas acts of kindness

By BY BECCY TANNER - Associated Press

Goats take a break from feeding as they are milked on the Paula Olson farm, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2015, near Madrid, Iowa. Demand for goat milk, cheese and other products has steadily increased in recent years, and goat farmers and dairy producers across the country are grappling with meeting this demand while continuing to develop their products. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) **FILE**

Darryl Gene Scoggin, Oklahoma man, accused of having sex with a goat

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

A Christmas Tree stands among damage done to a home on Falcon Road in Selmer, Tenn., Thursday, Dec. 24, 2015, after a tornado passed through the area Wednesday evening. No deaths or injuries were reported. (Kenneth Cummings/The Jackson Sun via AP)

Christmastime tornadoes ravage South; at least 14 killed

By Phillip Lucas and Erik Schelzig - Associated Press