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Mesa College students and administrators celebrate the opening of the school's first bachelor's degree program in this undated photo.

California Community Colleges To Hand Out First Bachelor's Degrees Next Year

Mesa College will graduate its first cohort of students earning four-year degrees in May. MiraCosta will hand out its first bachelor's degrees in 2019. But the programs' futures are uncertain.

Making ice wine requires the grape to be picked and pressed at below-freezing temperatures, like in this vineyard in southern Germany. So, only a few places in the world — mainly Canada and Germany — produce it. But now, vineyards in frigid parts of the U.S., are making their own ice wine, giving Americans a chance to buy domestically produced bottles.

New York Vineyard Takes A Risk On Ice Wine For A Sweet Reward

Most of the ice wine in the Unites States comes from Canada and Germany. But now, American wineries in places like upstate New York and Michigan are also starting to produce some of their own.

Kenneth and Irene Hernandez pay their respects as they visit a makeshift memorial with crosses placed near the scene of a shooting at the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs, Texas. A man opened fire inside the church in the small South Texas community in November, killing and wounding many.

After A Vow To End 'This American Carnage,' A Year Of Deadly Violence

Though America saw the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history in 2017, efforts to enact new gun laws, once again, stalled in Congress.

Abu Qader, 18, came to the U.S. from Afghanistan as a baby. Now a freshman at Cornell University, he has founded a medical technology company with the goal of improving diagnosis of breast cancer in poor countries.

Teenager Aims To Improve Breast Cancer Diagnosis In Poor Countries

Abu Qader came to the U.S. from Afghanistan when he was a baby. He wants to use his technology know-how to help the women of his birthplace.

Pope Francis Uses Christmas Message To Bring Up World Issues

Pope Francis appeared on the balcony of St Peter's Basilica to deliver a Christmas message. This pope has traditionally used these messages to focus on conflicts that are afflicting the world.

Morning News Brief

Christmas is celebrated in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Pope Francis to deliver Christmas message and President Trump celebrates Christmas in Florida but Washington politics are on his mind.

Rescue workers evacuate flood-affected residents in Davao on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao early on Saturday, after Tropical Storm Tembin dumped torrential rains across the island.

At Least 120 Dead, 160 Missing After Tropical Storm Hits Philippines

The southern Philippines were hit hard when heavy rains from Tropical Storm Tembin caused flooding, landslides and mudslides that carried people and houses away.

Cardinal Law celebrated mass in April 2005 inside St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City.

Fallen Kings: How Cardinal Law's Reign Cemented The Church's Fading Power

In the old days, the Catholic Church was almighty and the cardinal was closer to king. The sexual abuse scandal and church's rigidity on social issues changed that.

Whiskey And Fufu: What Kids Around The World Leave Out For Santa

The tradition of leaving a snack for Santa on Christmas Eve isn't unique to America. It would appear that Jolly Old St. Nick is quite well-fed long before he reaches our shores.

Civil defense workers carrying the body of a civilian retrieved from the rubble of a house destroyed in airstrike. They've collected almost 1,500 bodies so far in west Mosul – many of them women and children – and are still finding casualties.

More Civilians Than ISIS Fighters Are Believed Killed In Mosul Battle

A morgue in Mosul, Iraq, documented more than 5,000 civilians killed during the battle to free the city from ISIS — likely more than the number of ISIS fighters that died.

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