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Nascar Phelps Resignation

NASCAR commissioner Steve Phelps resigns after inflammatory texts revealed in trial

Obit Doug Lamalfa

Rep. Doug LaMalfa of California dies, reducing GOP’s narrow control of the House to 218-213

Venezuela Us

Maduro says ‘I was captured’ as he pleads not guilty on drug trafficking charges

Vance

Man arrested after breaking windows at JD Vance’s Ohio home

Panthers Falcons Football

Carolina Panthers win NFC South title and earn playoff spot with Atlanta Falcons’ 19-17 win over New Orleans Saints

Hollywood starts 2026 with ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ No. 1, as James Cameron’s sci-fi epic crosses $1B

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio visits the Abrahamic Family House in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Feb. 19, 2025. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Rubio says US won’t govern Venezuela but will press for changes through oil blockade

Panthers

Canales says ‘there’s still hope’ after Panthers fail to clinch NFC South for 2nd straight week

Trump Army Navy Football

What we know about a US strike that captured Venezuela’s Maduro

Alert

US plans to ‘run’ Venezuela and tap its oil reserves, Trump says, after operation to oust Maduro

Aptopix Trump

What to know about Trump administration freezing federal child care funds

Tesla Investor Day

Tesla loses title as world’s biggest electric vehicle maker as sales fall for second year in a row

Rams Panthers Football

Panthers, Buccaneers battle for NFC South title in matchup of teams going in opposite directions

Worst Day On Wall Street Ap 08

Early gains mostly fade as Wall Street wobbles into 2026

Trump Kennedy Center

Kennedy Center renaming prompts new round of cancellations from artists

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Duke Energy submits early site permit application for potential new nuclear development in North Carolina

Watch On World

Saudi Arabia bombs Yemen port city over weapons shipment from UAE for separatists

Israel Palestinians

Israel to halt several humanitarian operations in Gaza in 2026

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Out with the old: Advice on managing New Year’s resolutions and goals

Worst Day On Wall Street Ap 08

Stocks slip on Wall Street as 2025 winds down

Aptopix Trump

Trump’s return brought stiff headwinds for clean energy. So why are advocates optimistic in 2026?

Counselor to the President Hope Hicks, left, with White House senior adviser Jared Kushner,

Trump is leaning on son-in-law Jared Kushner for difficult diplomacy

Mideast Wars Trump

Trump holds an event with Rubio and Hegseth during vacation as tensions with Venezuela mount

Netflix Warner Bros

Netflix and Paramount are fighting over Warner Bros. Discovery. Here’s the regulatory outlook

Saints Panthers Football

Bryce Young throws 2 TDs, Panthers finally beat Bucs 23-20 to take over first place in NFC South

Watch On Health

Doctor’s orders? ‘Belly laugh at least two to five days a week’

‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ launches with $88M domestically, $345M worldwide

Jeff Epstein Mugshot For Feature Image

At least 16 files have disappeared from the DOJ webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein

Aptopix Trump

Trump insists during North Carolina visit he’s bringing down costs, but residents say they’re squeezed

North Carolina Plane Crash

NTSB unclear who was at controls in jet crash that killed ex-NASCAR driver Greg Biffle and 6 others

Brown University Shooting

Brown attack suspect died the two days before his body was found, autopsy finds

NASCAR’s Brad Keselowski breaks leg in skiing accident, expected to recover for Daytona 500

Jeff Epstein Mugshot For Feature Image

Justice Department begins releasing long-awaited files tied to Epstein sex trafficking investigation

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Voice recorder recovered at site of deadly plane crash involving NASCAR’s Greg Biffle

Erika Kirk Endorses Jd Vance

Erika Kirk, widow of Charlie Kirk, endorses JD Vance’s potential 2028 presidential bid

Brown University Shooting

Man suspected in shooting at Brown University has been found dead in New Hampshire, officials say

Pakistan Social Media

TikTok signs deal to form new US unit with investors, including Oracle, Silver Lake

Obit North Carolina Jim Hunt

Four-term North Carolina Gov. Jim Hunt, a leader in education reform, dies at 88

Trump Kennedy Center

Trump’s handpicked board votes to rename Washington performing arts center the Trump Kennedy Center

North Carolina Plane Crash

NASCAR legend Greg Biffle, family among 7 killed in Statesville plane crash

Financial Markets Wall Street

Wall Street rises after an encouraging inflation update

Brown University Shooting

AP: Police investigating link between Brown University shooting and killing of MIT professor

Aptopix Trump

Trump in White House speech announces $1,776 bonus for US troops, as he says economy is strong

Aircraft Down Lawsuit

US government admits negligence in helicopter-plane collision that killed 67 in Washington

Brown University Shooting

Investigators seek older video that might show the Brown campus shooter days before the attack

Aptopix Congress Jack Smith

Jack Smith tells lawmakers his team developed ‘proof beyond a reasonable doubt’ against Trump

Awards Season

The Oscars will move to YouTube in 2029, leaving longtime home of ABC

Addition Obit Rob Reiner

Prosecutors will charge Rob Reiner’s son Nick with 2 counts of murder in killing of his parents

Trump

Trump expands travel ban, adding 5 more countries and imposing new limits on others

Obit Matthew Perry

A doctor who helped sell ketamine to actor Matthew Perry gets less than a year of home confinement

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