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LAUGHTER and mirth with no hint of tears is what many, if not most, people want during the holidays, from Christmas Eve to New Year’s Day or even Epiphany Sunday on Jan. 4. For those fun-only ...

Bethlehem Catholic’s A.J. Gomez wrestles Easton’s Jack Famularo in the 127-pound weight class Wednesday, Dec.17, 2025, in Bethlehem. (April Gamiz/The Morning Call) Easton’s Corey Keener coaches ...

Imtiaz Tyab is a CBS News senior foreign correspondent based in London and reports for all platforms, including the "CBS Evening News," "CBS Mornings," "CBS Sunday Morning" and CBS News 24/7. He has ...

Odette Al Sliby, a Bethlehem resident, has sung in choirs since she was seven years old, but she said few things compare to being able to sing in the grotto at the midnight Mass. “It’s very holy, the ...

Leslie and John Smith get their photo taken by the Christmas tree on Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025, during Christkindlmarkt in Bethlehem. The German-inspired holiday market, which closes Sunday, Dec. 21, ...

Christmas celebrations returned this year to both Bethlehem and Nazareth, but the season is unfolding very differently in the two cities that sit at the heart of Christianity — Bethlehem, the ...

BETHLEHEM, Pa. – A beloved holiday tradition is returning to the Christmas City. Three-hundred-sixty-three days a year, the neon red letters on top of Historic Hotel Bethlehem shine “HOTEL BETHLEHEM.” ...

Christmas started in Bethlehem more than 2,000 years ago, and now the celebration is bringing some much-needed holiday cheer right where it was born. After years in which the horrors of the war in ...

BETHLEHEM, Pa. - Historic Hotels of America recognized Historic Hotel Bethlehem’s George Gray Mural collection as one of the most magnificent hotel art collections in the United States. The Historic ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — At midnight on Christmas Eve, the words of the traditional hymn “The Night of Christmas” will ring out in the tiny grotto in Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity, built on ...