How to pay for promising medications like Ozempic
By RONITA CHOUDHURI-WADE of NerdWallet Semaglutide medications like Ozempic have been a breakthrough for health and diabetes management, but the…
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Tom Smothers, one half of famed comedy duo, dies at 86
CNN, KRON By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Comedian Tom Smothers, who with his brother performed as the singing comedy duo the Smothers…
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‘It brings me peace’: El Paso guitar player, Julián Kalel Almanzán, helping mental health & migrants
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Music has a long history with therapy and improving the mind, and today, an El Paso teenager is sharing his story of how…
Continue Reading Head-on crash kills 6 and critically injures 3 on North Texas highway
Associated Press CLEBURNE, Texas (AP) — A pickup truck slammed head-on into a minivan on a north Texas highway, killing six people and critically…
Continue Reading A lifestyle and enduring relationship with horses lends to the popularity of rodeo in Indian Country
By FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Kicking up a cloud of dust, the men riding bareback were in a rowdy scramble to be the…
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Fishermen spotted something shiny near a creek. It was the first step toward a ‘miracle’
CNN, WLS By Amanda Jackson and Nouran Salahieh, CNN (CNN) — The two men had gone out the day after Christmas, scouting for fishing holes at a…
Continue Reading Comedian Tom Smothers, one-half of the Smothers Brothers, dies at 86
By FRAZIER MOORE and ANDREW DALTON Associated Press Tom Smothers, half of the Smothers Brothers and the co-host of one of the most socially conscious…
Continue Reading Man charged with hate crimes over stabbing at New York’s Grand Central Terminal
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City man has been charged with hate crimes following the Christmas Day stabbing of two teenage tourists from Paraguay at…
Continue Reading Argument over Christmas gifts turns deadly as 14-year-old kills his older sister, deputies say
LARGO, Fla. (AP) — A Florida woman holding her 11-month-old son in a baby carrier was fatally shot by her 14-year-old brother while trying to…
Continue Reading Man awaiting trial for quadruple homicide in Maine withdraws insanity plea
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A man charged with killing his parents and two of their friends days after being released from prison in Maine no longer…
Continue Reading Trapped in his crashed truck, an Indiana man is rescued after 6 days surviving on rainwater
PORTAGE, Ind. (AP) — A 27-year-old man survived for six days on only rainwater while pinned tightly inside his crashed pickup truck beneath a…
Continue Reading Young Russian mezzo bids for breakout stardom in Met’s new ‘Carmen’
By MIKE SILVERMAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Aigul Akhmetshina says she’s a fighter — and she’s had to be to make it to the…
Continue Reading In its 75th year, the AP Top 25 men’s basketball poll is still driving discussion across the sport
By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer When it was introduced 75 years ago, the purpose of the AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll was to…
Continue Reading Neighboring New Jersey towns will have brothers as mayors next year
GIBBSTOWN, N.J. (AP) — Two neighboring New Jersey towns may feel even closer next year when they’re governed by two brothers. John…
Continue Reading Prosecutors seek to bar Trump from injecting politics into federal election interference trial
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Jack Smith is asking a judge to bar Donald Trump’s lawyers from injecting…
Continue Reading What to know about the 2024 Golden Globes
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — The Golden Globe Awards are back on Sunday, with plenty of behind-the-scenes changes aimed at cementing a yearslong…
Continue Reading Trump says he didn’t know his immigration rhetoric echoes Hitler. That’s part of a broader pattern
By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump has centered his unlikely rise from reality television star to onetime — and…
Continue Reading Was 2023 a tipping point for movies? ‘Barbie’ success and Marvel struggles may signal a shift
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Eight years ago, Steven Spielberg predicted that the superhero movie would one day go “the way of…
Continue Reading The New York Times sues OpenAI and Microsoft for using its stories to train chatbots
By HALELUYA HADERO and DAVID BAUDER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Times is striking back against the threat that artificial…
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The year in clean energy: Wind, solar and batteries grow despite economic challenges
By ISABELLA O’MALLEY, JENNIFER McDERMOTT and ALEXA ST. JOHN Associated Press Led by new solar power, the world added renewable energy at…
Continue Reading Former Turkish club president released on bail after punching referee at top league game
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s state-run news agency says the former president of a top division soccer team who was jailed for punching a…
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Bodies of missing pregnant teen and boyfriend in Texas may have been found in car with gunshot wounds, police say
KSAT, LEON VALLEY POLICE DEPARTMENT, CNN By Paradise Afshar and Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — Two bodies found inside a car, believed to belong to…
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Police: Wife shoots, kills husband in South-Central El Paso
Update: Police arrived at the scene at 4:30 Wednesday morning. A police spokesperson said a woman had shot her spouse. The man died. The Crimes…
Continue Reading Woman pregnant in each of her two uteruses gives birth to twins
Originally Published: 24 DEC 23 11:50 ET By Sara Smart and Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — An Alabama woman with…
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Charlie Sheen attacked by neighbor inside his Malibu home
Originally Published: 22 DEC 23 15:35 ET By AMY MAETZOLD Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KCAL) — The Los…
Continue Reading Michigan Supreme Court will keep Trump on 2024 primary ballot
By COREY WILLIAMS and NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press Michigan’s Supreme Court is keeping former President Donald Trump on the state’s primary…
Continue Reading Heat exhaustion killed Taylor Swift fan attending Rio concert, forensics report says
By MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Heat exhaustion is the cause of death of a Brazilian fan who attended a concert of…
Continue Reading US ambassador thanks Japan for defense upgrade and allowing a Patriot missile sale to US
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel has praised Japan’s contribution to their military…
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Key Trump dates to watch in January
CNN By CNN staff (CNN) — The 2024 GOP presidential primary kicks off in January with Republican front-runner Donald Trump campaigning to win…
Continue Reading Add an old English twist to your holiday cocktails with sloe gin. Here are 4 recipes
By LOUISE DIXON Associated Press LONDON (AP) — It’s a festive old English drink that you can have fun experimenting with. Sloe gin can be used in…
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