- Today in History: December 30, Saddam Hussein executed
- Linda Lavin, Tony-winning Broadway actor who starred in the landmark sitcom ‘Alice,’ dies at 87
- South Korea to inspect Boeing aircraft as it struggles to find cause of plane crash that killed 179
- A caucus of military veterans seeks to bridge the political divide in a polarized Congress
- How American presidents have planned their own funerals
- German government seeks to downplay Musk’s backing of far-right party ahead of general election
- At least 66 people die after a truck plunges into a river in southern Ethiopia
- Appeals court upholds a $5 million award in a sexual abuse verdict against President-elect Trump
- Biden announces nearly $2.5B more in military aid for Ukraine
- Trump endorses Mike Johnson to stay on as House Speaker after government funding turmoil
- The world population will be 8.09 billion on New Year’s Day after a 71 million increase in 2024
- Lessons from the elections held in 70 countries in 2024
- Value-seekers drove 2024’s retail trends and dead ends
- Warm up your hands with these top winter gloves
- The best snowboards for your next mountain adventure
- The Taliban say they will close all NGOs employing Afghan women
- Border arrests are little changed in December, ending Biden’s term at lowest level
- Jimmy Carter made eradicating Guinea worm disease a top mission
- Drought, fires and deforestation battered Amazon rainforest in 2024
- Boozy or not, that leftover eggnog makes a great milkshake
- ‘Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl’ review: Aardman hits a gnome run
- Abortions are up in the US. It’s a complicated picture as women turn to pills, travel
- Nasty norovirus is back in full force with US cases of the stomach virus surging
- PAYE and ICR student loan plans reopen: Should you enroll?
- Disney cut back accommodations. What’s it like to attend while disabled?
- Northern lights could be visible in upper fringes of the US this New Year’s Eve
- Times Square ball takes final test for New Year’s Eve
- South Korean court issues warrant to detain impeached President Yoon
