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FACT FOCUS: Trump says he's ended eight wars. His numbers are off 12/29/2025 01:16pm • U.S. President Donald Trump continues to claim he has ended eight wars this year, but that is exaggerated. His meeting this week with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu highlights that far more work remains before any declaration of an end to the war in Gaza. Meanwhile, fresh fighting broke o The stories of 2025 that gave us hope and made us feel good 12/29/2025 12:56pm • A lot of us over the last 12 months would hear a story on WTOP or read a headline and then shake our heads in disbelief while thinking, "This can't be real." There were other times when we would hear about someone in the news that would cause us to have a lump in our throats or a tear in our eye Trying to improve your health and wellness in 2026? Keep it simple 12/29/2025 08:42am • The new year is a time when many try to start new good habits and commit to improving health and wellness. But resolutions, lofty as they may be, can turn daunting quickly with all the advice and sometimes contradicting information coming at you from news reports, advertisers, influencers, friend A scrapyard worker injured in the UPS plane crash dies on Christmas, raising deaths to 15 12/26/2025 02:54pm • LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Cuban immigrant who had built a new life working at a Kentucky scrapyard died on Christmas Day from severe burns suffered in last month’s UPS cargo plane crash, raising the death toll to 15, officials said. Alain Rodriguez Colina was on the ground when the plane, fully l Data Doctors: Tips for a smooth smartphone upgrade 12/26/2025 06:57am • Q: I’m about to get a new smartphone and want tips to make sure everything is transferred from my old phone before getting rid of it. A: Upgrading to a new smartphone is exciting, but it comes with some trepidation as it pertains to transferring your personal data and files. Photos, messages, Brazilian ex-President Jair Bolsonaro undergoes double hernia surgery 12/25/2025 03:13pm • SAO PAULO (AP) — Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro underwent double hernia surgery on Thursday at a hospital in the national capital, Brasilia, his doctors said. The procedure lasted about 3½ hours and was completed without complications, according to the medical team at the DF Star Hosp King Charles III calls for kindness and unity in Christmas message amid global conflicts 12/25/2025 12:20pm • LONDON (AP) — On a Christmas Day when the war in Ukraine casts a shadow over Europe, concerns over immigration divide societies, and some politicians fan anger and resentment, Britain’s King Charles III called on people to focus on kindness instead of conflict. Delivering his annual holiday addr A helicopter on a rescue mission crashes on Tanzania's Mount Kilimanjaro, killing all 5 on board 12/25/2025 02:28am • DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (AP) — Five people have died after a helicopter crashed on Africa’s highest mountain, Mount Kilimanjaro, in Tanzania. The accident Wednesday evening happened on one of the most popular tourist climbing routes, in what police said was a rescue mission to pick up patients o 'The best gift ever': Baby is born after the rarest of pregnancies, defying all odds 12/24/2025 05:20pm • Suze Lopez holds her baby boy on her lap and marvels at the remarkable way he came into the world. Before little Ryu was born, he developed outside his mom’s womb, hidden by a basketball-sized ovarian cyst — a dangerous situation so rare that his doctors plan to write about the case for a medica Pediatrics group sues HHS for cutting funds for children's health programs 12/24/2025 04:03pm • The American Academy of Pediatrics sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Wednesday, seeking to block nearly $12 million in cuts to the group. Earlier this month, the federal government “abruptly terminated” grants to the group, the lawsuit says. The funding supported numerous US defender Chris Richards optimistic about quick Palace return after foot injury 12/24/2025 12:04pm • LONDON (AP) — United States defender Chris Richards said it “won't be long” until he's back for Crystal Palace. The American was taken off on a stretcher with a nasty cut to his right foot in the second half of Palace’s match against Arsenal in the English League Cup quarterfinals on Tuesday Why hearing loss should be on your radar as you age to maintain cognitive health 12/24/2025 09:18am • Getting older often comes hearing loss, and a local audiologist says there are quite a few reasons why you should get that hearing checked sooner rather than later. "We don't need to wait till we're 80 years old, or when we feel that we have diminished hearing to address it," said Ana Anzola, an More than a third of states sue HHS over a move that could curtail youth gender-affirming care 12/23/2025 10:40pm • NEW YORK (AP) — A coalition of 19 states and the District of Columbia on Tuesday sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, its secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and its inspector general over a declaration that could complicate access to gender-affirming care for young people. The dec Voluminous new Epstein document release includes multiple Trump mentions, but little revelatory news 12/23/2025 06:05pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department has released tens of thousands more documents related to Jeffrey Epstein, a tranche that included multiple mentions of President Donald Trump but added little new revelatory information to the long-anticipated public file on the late financier and conv A daring scene on Broadway this season has audiences talking, in more ways than one 12/23/2025 04:47pm • NEW YORK (AP) — On any given evening as the lights come up on Act 2 of “Liberation,” Bess Wohl's intergenerational Broadway play about a women’s consciousness-raising group, you can hear supportive cheers of “Whoo!” and “Yeah!” — and sometimes, a round of applause. All before a sin