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Sober curious, gray-area drinkers and more terms to know this Dry January 01/02/2024 08:00am • ▶ Watch Video: People who drink frequently may be "gray area" drinkers The arrival of the new year means many people are gearing up for Dry January, the increasingly popular challenge of quitting alcohol for the month. As the sober curious movement gains traction, with more 8 Top-Performing Fidelity Funds for Retirement 01/01/2024 07:00pm • The investment landscape of the past two years has served as a reminder to investors of the fickle nature of market sentiment and the challenges inherent in predicting the best-performing themes or individual stock picks. In 2022, amid rising interest rates and a bearish bond market, durable dividen The New Year offers a clean slate for long-elusive resolutions. Will 2024 be the year to keep them? 01/01/2024 05:53pm • NEW YORK (AP) — It’s an annual end-of-year exercise in futility for many. But a clean slate awaits at the stroke of midnight for the next round of resolutions. From the first spray of fireworks to the closing chorus of “Auld Lang Syne” 366 days into the future — 2024 is a leap year — it Dolphins pass rusher Bradley Chubb done for season with torn ACL 01/01/2024 05:45pm • MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Miami Dolphins pass rusher Bradley Chubb has a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee and will miss the rest of the season, coach Mike McDaniel said Monday. Chubb suffered the injury in the final minutes of a Sunday's 56-19 loss at Baltimore. He went down afte The year in review: Influential people who died in 2023 12/31/2023 06:30pm • Yevgeny Prigozhin rose from being an ex-con and hot dog vendor to winning lucrative Kremlin contracts and heading a formidable mercenary army. But it all came to a sudden end when the private plane carrying him and others mysteriously exploded over Russia. Prigozhin's Aug. 23 death put an exclamatio U.S. border officials on track to process over 300,000 migrants in December, the highest monthly tally on record 12/31/2023 10:30am • ▶ Watch Video: U.S. border officials on track a record 300,000 migrants in December Washington — U.S. immigration officials along the southern border are on track to process more than 300,000 migrants in December, an all-time monthly high that will likely Raducanu feeling "reborn" as she starts 2024 season in Auckland 12/31/2023 03:17am • WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Former U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu says she feels “reborn” as she prepares to play her first match of 2024 at the Auckland tennis classic. The 21-year-old Raducanu has been out of action since April after wrist and knee operations and says she feels reinvigo Today in History: December 30, Lenin proclaims establishment of the USSR 12/30/2023 12:01am • Today in History Today is Saturday, Dec. 30, the 364th day of 2023. There is one day left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Dec. 30, 1922, Vladimir Lenin proclaimed the establishment of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, which lasted nearly seven decades before dissolving in Dece Hintz completes hat trick with 7.9 seconds left in OT as Stars beat Blackhawks 5-4 12/29/2023 11:44pm • DALLAS (AP) — Roope Hintz completed a hat trick with 7.9 seconds remaining in overtime giving the Dallas Stars a 5-4 win over the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday night. Hintz stood at the crease behind Blackhawks goalie Petr Mrazek and tapped home a pass from Jason Robertson for the winner. “I just Perspective: Children born poor have little margin for mistakes or bad decisions, regardless of race 12/29/2023 03:02pm • ALEXANDRIA, La. (AP) — Alfred King was lying in the parking lot of a small apartment building, mortally wounded when police in Alexandria, Louisiana, got to the intersection of 12th and Magnolia streets shortly before 1:30 a.m., Jan. 20. The 34-year-old was the first fatal shooting of 2023 in the Switching from one side of the offensive line to the other is among the NFL's underrated tough tasks 12/29/2023 06:00am • TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Driving a car with the opposite foot or shaving with the other hand would be major challenges for anyone. That’s how offensive linemen describe moving from right tackle to left tackle and vice versa. It’s a new position that requires different footwork, hand-and-eye coordina Flag football gives female players sense of community, scholarship options and soon shot at Olympics 12/28/2023 11:26pm • DENVER (AP) — There were times when Jo Overstreet felt all alone as a standout flag football player on boys teams growing up in Texas. Sure, she was accepted. Considered just one of the boys. She longed for something more — a sense of sisterhood. These days, the 40-year-old receiver for Team USA Is AI Affecting College Admissions? 12/28/2023 07:00pm • As artificial intelligence has become increasingly prevalent, so have discussions about its place in higher education. A growing number of college professors say they're embracing tools like ChatGPT in their classrooms, and many admissions offices are incorporating some form of AI in the decision-ma Personal Loan Statistics and Trends to Watch in 2024 12/28/2023 07:00pm • Consumers are increasingly turning to unsecured personal loans to achieve their financial goals, whether they want to knock out home improvement projects, consolidate high-interest credit card debt or simply pay for an unexpected car repair. Personal loan balances have ballooned -- both at the indiv How to Navigate Student Loan Repayment in 2024 12/28/2023 07:00pm • After three years of COVID-19 forbearance expired in October 2023, transitioning millions of Americans back into student loan repayment has been a logistical nightmare. More than 14 million borrowers had their loans transferred to a new servicer during the pandemic payment pause, according to the Co