Bald eagles are finally getting the formal recognition most people probably already thought they had. Plus, a Paris Hilton-backed bill becomes law.

Here is what to know after President Joe Biden signed an executive order making Christmas Eve a federal holiday in 2024.

President Biden celebrated the holidays with a bill-signing blitz on Christmas Eve. The 50 measures becoming law include the "Stop Institutional Child Abuse Act," championed by Paris Hilton, the "Stop Campus Hazing Act" and a law prohibiting Congress members from receiving retirement payments if they are convicted of certain crimes.

News of the second Delta stowaway comes after a Russian woman was caught stowing away on a flight from the United States to France in November.

Athena, a 4-year-old German Shepherd and Husky mix, escaped her home in Green Cove Springs, Florida, on Dec. 15, prompting a search among the community and nearby towns for her.

A dog who survived for two weeks on his own returned to his foster home on Christmas Day, according to Rhode Home Rescue.

Friday’s Mega Millions jackpot is $1.15 billion, or $516.1 million in cash. The prize surged since its last drawing on Christmas Eve, when no winner took home the estimated $1 billion jackpot. If won Friday,

A lottery retailer in Beaver County sold a winning Mega Millions ticket worth $1 million on the Christmas Eve drawing.

The estimated jackpot for Friday’s drawing is $1.15 billion, potentially the fifth-largest jackpot in the game’s history.