Your 2025 holiday movie guide: Time travel, pickleball and fa-la-la-la franchises
We're taking stock of this year's notable holiday movies, with titles including such gems as Oy to the World!, Christmas at the Catnip Cafe, A Merry Little Ex-Mas, and A Pickleball Christmas.
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Why health care for pets has been surging
The cost of health care for pets has been surging. It has almost doubled over the past five years. What is behind these rising costs? -
Where each of Trump's National Guard deployments and related court battles stand
While courts have halted the use of troops in Portland and Chicago, operations are well underway in other cities. Most recently, the Guard's presence in Washington, D.C. has been extended through next February. -
Social Security workers say the shutdown has them unable to help with benefit letters
Employees at Social Security field offices say the government shutdown has left them unable to carry out an important service: help recipients with benefit verification letters. -
In the age of algorithms, one Irish town still does love the old-fashioned way
Most won't leave the town of Lisdoonvarna with a partner. But for a few nights each fall, they find something rarer — company, ritual and the comfort of not looking for love alone. -
Israel says it has completed a pullback of troops in Gaza
Israeli forces have completed a pullback of troops from Gaza on Friday after Israel's Cabinet approved a plan for a ceasefire aimed at ending the devastating two-year war. -
'Kiss of the Spider Woman' works, even when the music doesn't
Jennifer Lopez is the marquee name, but this adaptation of the Kander and Ebb Tony-winning musical belongs to Tonatiuh and Diego Luna. -
This 4-year-old's heart is failing. A federal grant that might help him was canceled
A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down. -
Need a laptop? This retiree refurbishes laptops, gives them away to those in need
Craig Clark, 79, calls himself the "Tech Fairy." Clark spends his time refurbishing old laptops and giving them away for free to people who need them.
