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Mourners can now pay their final respects to the deceased loved ones from sitting inside their cars using the drive-through service.

Hospital officials told police that the deaths "do not seem to have originated from a contagious cause."

The festive season also happens to be a time with the most mishaps. Check out these tips to keep in mind for a safe and happy celebration.

Chan Han Choi, born in South Korea and now a naturalised Australian citizen, was suspected of helping North Korea to earn more money beating sanctions.

"The Aquatic Park Cove has been closed to swimming due to reports of an aggressive marine mammal biting swimmers in the area," San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park said.

Ruth Espiricueta, a teacher at Monte Cristo Elementary school, in Texas, shared a letter to Santa from a student who asked for food and a blanket.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been issued a list of words which its employees will not be able to use in any documents being prepared for next year's budget.

Prime Minister previously committed to leaving the European Union on 29 March 2019 but a delay would appease MPs.

World Animal Protection estimates that over 100,000 whales, dolphins, seals and sea turtles are caught in ghost gear annually.

"You misspelled #NetNeutrality, you genetically altered butternut squash," one Twitter use fired back.

"Was this Trump's performance review?" one Twitter user questioned.

David John Carroll, along with several others, has accused the district government of denying basic human rights.

The group was arrested after a man from the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh alleged they offered him money to convert to Christianity.

Moscow had dismissed hacking allegations as "baseless" while Trump has continued to denounce the ongoing Russia probe as a "witch hunt".

Former president of the United States, Barack Obama surprised children at an after-school club in Washington DC dressed as Santa with a large sack of presents.

A strong earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale has rocked Indonesia's main island of Java leaving one person dead and sparking fears of a tsunami.

Javier Morales, 28, was arrested on charges of rape, sex abuse, resisting arrest and obstructing for a case in New York City.

Local media in Bali reported that 23-year-old German tourist Alina Kuroczik fell to her death after slipping off the edge of a cliff after urinating.

Translations of Imam Elkasaby's sermons in New Jersey showed him making anti-semitic comments. The president of the centre said Elkasaby would sit down with interfaith scholars.

US House Speaker Paul Ryan has urged Americans to produce more babies to prevent a collapse in the welfare system.

Australian commission publishes report that finds "catastrophic failures" by Catholic Church to address child sex abuse allegations and calls on Vatican to overhaul celibacy rule.

The revelation that the Simpsons predicted the Disney-20th Century Fox deal 19 years ago went viral online.

Sarah Idan, otherwise known as Miss Iraq, has been bombarded by death threats following an Instagram post alongside Adar Gandelsman, Miss Israel.

His post to Instagram seemed to suggest Charles Dickens's novel A Christmas Carol is a book about Christmas hymns.

Linda Wenzel, who was 15 years old when captured fighting for Isis, is facing the death penalty after being arrested in Mosul in July.

Israeli police troopers shot a man wearing what looked like a suicide bomb vest after he stabbed an officer near the Palestinian city of Ramallah in the West Bank.

A 94-year-old woman was handcuffed and thrown in jail after she refused to leave her care home in Lake County, Florida.

Aryton Little, 16, was filmed as he found out he got into Harvard University surrounded by his classmates at TM Landry College Prep in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana.

A 27-year-old New York woman is facing decades in prison for allegedly converting money stolen from banks into bitcoin and using the funds to aid the Islamic State.