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How to Set Realistic New Year's Resolutions for Health and Weight Loss Success 12/17/2025 07:00pm • In 2024, 3 in 10 Americans made a New Year's resolution with just 9% actually sticking to their resolutions throughout the year according to Drive Research. In addition, 79% of New Year's goals involve improving health including increasing fitness levels (48%), boosting mental health (36%) and impro More drops for AI stocks drag Wall Street to its worst day in nearly a month 12/17/2025 05:28pm • NEW YORK (AP) — More drops for AI stocks dragged the U.S. market lower Wednesday, and Wall Street sank to its fourth straight loss. The S&P 500 fell 1.2% for its worst day in nearly a month, though it’s still not far from its all-time high set last week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dipp How major US stock indexes fared Wednesday, 12/17/2025 12/17/2025 04:22pm • More drops for AI stocks dragged the U.S. market lower, pulling Wall Street to its fourth straight loss and its worst in nearly a month. The S&P 500 fell 1.2% Wednesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.5%, and the Nasdaq composite dropped 1.8%. The majority of stocks within the S&P 5 'Buck Rogers' star Gil Gerard dies at 82 12/17/2025 11:03am • Gil Gerard, who played television's hunky sci-fi hero William “Buck” Rogers soon after the Star Wars franchise took hold in the late 1970s, has died. He was 82. Gerard died Tuesday in hospice as a result of a rare, aggressive form of cancer, said his manager, Tina Presley Borek. His wife, Janet Good news: Behind the scenes of some of the most uplifting stories of 2025 12/17/2025 08:19am • It was one of the year’s biggest stories — the selection of the first American pope — and an Associated Press journalist was interviewing the pope's brother at his home in suburban Chicago. Suddenly, they heard a ringing coming from the basement. “That might be the pope,” the new pontiff� Olympic champ and new mom Lindsey Jacobellis will be in NBC booth, but she's not retiring 12/17/2025 08:00am • Olympic snowboard champion Lindsey Jacobellis will enjoy her sixth Winter Games from the TV booth. Jacobellis, who recently had a daughter, Ayla, has decided to skip a run for yet another Olympics and instead serve as an analyst for snowboardcross on NBC's announcing team in Italy. The 40-year-old, Terence Crawford, boxing's top pound-for-pound fighter, retires on top with 42-0 record 12/16/2025 10:18pm • Terence Crawford, who claimed the title of best pound-for-pound boxer with a convincing victory over Canelo Alvarez in September, announced his retirement on Tuesday. The 38-year-old Crawford is the only male boxer to capture three unified division titles, which he accomplished with that unanimous d What Is Postpartum Family Planning? 12/16/2025 07:00pm • If you are meticulously preparing for your pregnancy, don't wait until your first postpartum checkup to think about what you do after giving birth. Postpartum family planning involves the use of contraceptives during the first 12 months after giving birth to prevent unintended pregnancies that occur From grandpa to gridiron: Philip Rivers' inspiring NFL return 12/16/2025 06:15am • The “ Gridiron Grandpa ” thrilled both young and old alike with his return to the NFL 1,800 days after last throwing a touchdown pass. Philip Rivers nearly helped the injury-riddled Colts (8-6) pull off the upset at Seattle, completing 18 of 27 passes for 120 yards and a touchdown with one sack US Army names 2 Iowa National Guard members killed in attack in Syria 12/15/2025 11:29pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The two Iowa National Guard members killed in a weekend attack in Syria that the U.S. military blamed on the Islamic State group were identified Monday and remembered as dedicated soldiers. The U.S. Army named them as Sgt. Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar, 25, of Des Moines, and Sgt. Wil The Latest: Trump sues BBC for defamation, asks for $10 billion in damages over Jan. 6 speech edit 12/15/2025 09:47pm • President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit Monday seeking $10 billion in damages from the BBC, accusing the British broadcaster of defamation as well as deceptive and unfair trade practices. The lawsuit accuses the BBC of broadcasting a “false, defamatory, deceptive, disparaging, inflammatory, and mal Judge orders release of Iranian bodybuilder after nearly 5-month detention 12/15/2025 08:50pm • SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A federal judge is ordering the release of an Iranian migrant and bodybuilder held by U.S. immigration authorities for over five months. Attorneys for Hamid Ziaei said Monday he was detained without apparent progress on deportation to a country other than Iran, where he fears Conservative Kast's victory in Chile suggests a hard-right, pro-Trump surge across Latin America 12/15/2025 08:36pm • SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chile has become the latest country in Latin America to veer toward the right, electing a deeply conservative veteran politician who has long attracted comparisons to Donald Trump. The president-elect, José Antonio Kast, has expressed nostalgia for the 17-year military dict Jimmy Lai's daughter says he'd focus on family, not activism, if he's freed in Hong Kong 12/15/2025 05:23pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Jimmy Lai, a pro-democracy former Hong Kong media mogul who has come to symbolize defiance to Beijing, would devote himself to God and his family rather than political activism if he were released, his daughter said Monday after he was convicted in a national security case. Clair Older adults may struggle to learn a new language but classes are a worthwhile exercise 12/15/2025 08:38am • TOKYO (AP) — I speak decent Spanish, picked up working several decades ago as a news and sports reporter in Spain, Mexico and Argentina. Now I report from Tokyo. After seven years, I still can't grasp Japanese. My weekly language classes have taught me humility more than anything else. Ayaka Ono,