MENDON – Up a gravel driveway about an hour from downtown Boston, rows of Christmas trees of all sizes rise from a stone-strewn field that is also riddled with stumps as harvest season comes to a close at Vandervalk Farm & Winery.
"Everybody is looking for the perfect Christmas tree," said Casey Vandervalk, the owner of the farm. "And every perfect Christmas tree is different for everybody."
LAS VEGAS – The fifth Republican presidential debate of the 2016 election cycle, which on Tuesday drew roughly 18 million viewers to cable news giant CNN, promised to be a showdown on national security and remained true to its billing.
The night's most memorable moment, however, came as two senators, Ted Cruz of Texas and Florida's Marco Rubio, squared off over a bill that limited some government surveillance methods that had been used under the 2001 USA Patriot Act.
