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‘A New Earth’ is Oprah’s book club encore
Oprah Winfrey is beginning 2025 with an old favorite. She selected Eckhart…
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U.S. population projections shrink due to fewer births, less immigration
The Congressional Budget Office shrunk its projections for the U.S. population…
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See best used all-wheel-drive cars for under $25G
All-wheel drive might not be a must-have, but it sure is nice if you live in…
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MLK’s daughter: Focus on teachings
As the holiday honoring slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.…
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Find ways to lower your dementia risk
About a million Americans a year are expected to develop dementia by 2060,…
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Experts: Here’s how booze can be bad for you
With the new year comes Dry January and a new surgeon general’s advisory on…
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Living fences among likely garden trends
What will our gardens look like in 2025? Katie Dubow’s Garden Media Group is a…
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Iodine deficiency comeback feared
The 13-year-old boy came to the clinic with a rapidly ballooning neck. Doctors…
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Beware perils of winter season
HOUSTON (AP) — Winter weather brings hazards people have to contend with to…
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Edmunds: Hybrid minivans are evenly matched
By JAMES RISWICK Edmunds Writer It was a bold move when the current-generation…
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The pickle dominated in 2024
SHARPSBURG, (AP) — When did we know for sure? Was it April, when Nature Made…
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Desai publishing ‘Inheritance’ followup
NEW YORK (AP) — A new novel from Kiran Desai, her first fiction since the…
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Many American presidents have planned their own funerals
WASHINGTON (AP) — Jimmy Carter’s memorial journey will end at his house in the…
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Data: Most U.S. teens are abstaining from drinking, smoking, pot
NEW YORK (AP) — Teen drug use hasn’t rebounded from its drop during the early…
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Manhattan holiday market briefly in flames
NEW YORK (AP) — An outdoor holiday market in New York City’s Bryant Park…
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Jay-Z’s ‘Book of Hov’ becomes a tome
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jay-Z ’s exhibit “The Book of Hov” in New York is an actual…
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NYE Ball is ready to go
NEW YORK (AP) — The last of the crystal triangles that make up this year’s…
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Remember, some good things happened this year as well
By the Associated Press The news can be tough in a world often marked by…
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Try a biblically accurate angel on Christmas tree
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — During the pandemic, the Rev. Kira Austin-Young and her…
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Edmunds: Honda Civic hybrid tops Hyundai Elantra
By JAMES RISWICK Edmunds Writer There’s big news for the 2025 Honda Civic: It’s…
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Elaborate light displays making spirits bright
By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press Writer CONCORD, N.H. — Tiny tots with their…
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Try a biblically accurate angel on Christmas tree
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — During the pandemic, the Rev. Kira Austin-Young and her…
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