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'The past gives comfort': Finding refuge on analog islands amid deepening digital seas 12/29/2025 07:27am • As technology distracts, polarizes and automates, people are still finding refuge on analog islands in the digital sea. The holdouts span the generation gaps, uniting elderly and middle-aged enclaves born in the pre-internet times with the digital natives raised in the era of online ubiquity. They Ancient meditation practices find new life in modern religious communities across America 12/29/2025 07:20am • On most Monday nights, the sanctuary of All Saints Episcopal Church — with its vaulted ceilings, stone arches and stained-glass windows — seamlessly transforms into a space of quiet contemplation. It’s in this Gothic Revival church in Pasadena, California, that Betty Cole, a longtime Zen prac Ronaldo wants to reach 1,000 goals before ending his soccer career. He's up to 956 12/29/2025 05:36am • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Cristiano Ronaldo has expressed his determination to score 1,000 goals by the end of his career. And the 40-year-old Portugal superstar is in no doubt he'll get there. “I will reach that number for sure, if no injuries,” Ronaldo said late Sunday at the Globe From 'lazy' to title challengers: Aston Villa is the big surprise in the Premier League this season 12/29/2025 05:21am • When Aston Villa was on a five-match winless run to start the Premier League season, the team looked more like a potential relegation candidate than a title contender. Manager Unai Emery was describing his players as “lazy.” Villa's big names — including England internationals Ollie Watkins an Pipe bomb suspect told FBI he targeted US political parties because they were 'in charge,' memo says 12/29/2025 04:57am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The man accused of placing two pipe bombs in Washington on the eve of the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol told investigators after his arrest that he believed someone needed to “speak up” for people who believed the 2020 election was stolen and that he wanted to target DOGE in review: Did the agency create opportunities for new government efficiencies in 2026? 12/29/2025 03:58am • President Donald Trump greenlighted the "Department of Government Efficiency" as a means to modernize information technology and slash federal spending while improving productivity, but now that the agency has since been quietly disbanded, how successful was it? To find out, WTOP turned to Terry Young Africans find hope in farming as urban life becomes too expensive 12/29/2025 03:22am • TAMBACOUNDA, Senegal (AP) — On a blazing afternoon in Senegal, 33-year-old farmer Filly Mangassa heaved peanut plants onto a horse-drawn cart, sending clouds of dust swirling. Ten years ago, he left his village for the capital, Dakar, dreaming of becoming a professor. But the high cost of living a South Korean President Lee returns to presidential palace avoided by predecessor 12/29/2025 02:40am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Monday commuted to Cheong Wa Dae, the country’s traditional presidential palace, for the first time since taking office in June, more than three years after his ousted predecessor Yoon Suk Yeol moved the presidential office to the Bears' heartbreaking loss to 49ers costs them chance at top seed in NFC playoffs 12/29/2025 01:15am • SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The game couldn't have started much better for the Chicago Bears after getting a pick-6 on the first play. The ending couldn't have been much more crushing with a potential game-winning pass from the 2-yard line falling short as the Bears couldn't complete a record seven Trevor Lawrence runs for 2 scores as Jaguars close in on AFC South title with 23-17 win over Colts 12/29/2025 12:57am • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Trevor Lawrence took the Jacksonville Jaguars back to the playoffs with his nearly flawless work through the air. On Sunday, he used his legs to put the Jags on the cusp of a division title. Lawrence ran for two scores, Cam Little made a tiebreaking, 42-yard field goal with 6:5 Philip Rivers is happy he got 3 'bonus games' even if he's made his last start for the Colts 12/29/2025 12:55am • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Philip Rivers has made the postgame walk to answer tough questions dozens of times over his previous 17 NFL seasons. This time seemed different. With the Indianapolis Colts having been eliminated from the postseason for a fifth consecutive year even before Rivers and his teamma Seahawks beat Panthers 27-10 for 6th straight win, still need to beat 49ers for No. 1 seed 12/29/2025 12:53am • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Seattle Seahawks are doing everything they can to wrap up the No. 1 seed in the NFC. The San Francisco 49ers are determined not to let them have it. Even after winning 13 games — including six straight — the Seahawks still need to beat the red hot 49ers in Week 18 to Brock Purdy and the 49ers hang on to beat the Bears 42-38 and have a shot at top NFC seed 12/29/2025 12:42am • SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Brock Purdy and the San Francisco offense did everything they could for the first 58 minutes in a nearly flawless performance. At the end, they were just spectators when the beleaguered defense finally came through with a stop. Purdy threw a 38-yard touchdown pass to Ja Out with the old: With 2026 nigh, here's some wide-ranging intel on managing transitions 12/29/2025 12:16am • NEW YORK (AP) — It's that time — December's waning days, when we prepare to turn the calendar page. Many Americans take stock, review goals accomplished and unmet, ponder hopes and plans. How's our health? What's up with our money? What about the country? Will the coming year look like the depar South Korea’s climate pledge to cut coal, lower emissions clash with US push for LNG purchases 12/29/2025 12:09am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea is promising to shrink its reliance on coal power as part of its pledge to reduce carbon emissions that contribute to climate change, but that ambition is at odds with the Trump administration’s push for more U.S. natural gas exports. At recent United Nation