We’ve reached that point on the calendar where many people reflect on what has come and gone and what they’re hoping for in the new year. If you’re a person who makes resolutions like “I’m going to lose 10 pounds” or “I’m going to spend more time with my family and friends,” January often feels...

Pope Leo XIV said Tuesday he was “very disappointed” after his home state of Illinois approved a law allowing medically assisted suicide. Leo, who grew up in Chicago, said he had spoken “explicitly” with Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker while the legislation was on his desk and urged him not to sign the bill into law, saying...

The report, produced each year by the Pentagon, warns Beijing is gearing up for conflict — potentially over Taiwan — within the next two years.

The assembly of the vessel is expected to take about four years.

Millions of Goodreads users voted, and these are some the best books of 2025.

A black-clad menace was caught on camera running up to a stranger on the Upper West Side and repeatedly whacking him in the face with a baseball bat, according to cops. The unsuspecting 24-year-old victim was walking near West End Avenue and W. 107th Street around 10:30 p.m. Sunday night when the maniac ran up...

"I'm glad I was an ugly kid, I'm glad I had braces, I'm glad I got the crap bullied out of me," Zack Ward told The Post.

"I just want to get through Christmas without crying," Kelly Osbourne shared while reflecting on her first Christmas without her father.

• Burkina Faso win 2-1 against 10-man Equatorial Guinea

• Two goals in three minutes of added time cap turnaround

Edmond Tapsoba headed Burkina Faso to a dramatic 2-1 Africa Cup of Nations victory over 10-man Equatorial Guinea as they struck twice in stoppage time to snatch the points.

The Stallions dominated the first half of the opening Group E encounter at the Stade Mohammed V in Casablanca, with Sunderland’s Bertrand Traoré and Brentford’s Dango Ouattara causing problems down the flanks, but ultimately had nothing to show for their efforts at the break.

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Ashley and his wife, Maria, purchased this 788 NE 23 St. nest in 2021 for $2.65 million.

From Copenhagen’s cycle lanes and Vienna’s shared parks to Barcelona and London’s unfulfilled potential, better living is close at hand

The angry rumble of a speeding SUV. The metallic smog of backlogged traffic. The aching heat of sun-dried neighbourhoods baking in an oven of concrete and asphalt.

For most people, the mundane threats that plague our environments are likely to annoy more than they spark dread. But for scientists who know just how dangerous our surroundings can be, the burden of knowledge weighs heavy each day. Across Europe, environmental risks cause 18% of deaths from cardiovascular disease and 10% of deaths from cancer. Traffic crashes in the EU kill five times more people than murders.

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All eyes are on Travis Kelce and a lingering decision about his football future.

The pop icon posed in corsets and lace alongside her twins Stella and Estere, 13, and boyfriend Akeem Morris, 29.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has agreed to demilitarize the roughly 30% of the Donbas still occupied by Kyiv, making it an "economic zone" to advance President Trump's peace plan.

The athlete chatted with brother Jason Kelce and sister-in-law Kylie Kelce about the holiday season on Wednesday's "New Heights" episode.

The city where Christians believe Jesus was born cancelled Christmas celebrations for the past two years.

• ‘It’s impossible to replace Bruno … we need more leaders’

• United host Newcastle in Premier League on Boxing Day

Ruben Amorim has described Bruno Fernandes as “impossible to replace” but has told Manchester United’s players the captain’s injury is a chance for them to step up.

Fernandes was forced off at half-time of Sunday’s loss at Aston Villa owing to a soft-tissue injury that will rule him out for a prolonged period. United host Newcastle in Boxing Day’s only Premier League fixture and Amorim was asked how he could compensate for Fernandes’s absence when the 31-year-old’s deputy, Kobbie Mainoo, is also injured.

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The late TV star also appeared in "The George Wendt Show" and "Seinfeld."

The two streaming giants envisioned three high-level NFL games filling their stockings — but this is what they ended up with instead.

Strikes were latest violation of year-long ceasefire and targeted what Israel said were Hezbollah sites

Israel has carried out several airstrikes in southern Lebanon on what it said was Hezbollah infrastructure, as a new year’s deadline for the Lebanese state to disarm the group in the south of the country loomed.

Israeli warplanes bombed the valleys of Houmin, Wadi Azza and Nimeiriya in the southern Nabatieh area on Wednesday morning. Residents reported that Israeli drones continued to hover over the area and other areas of south Lebanon and its eastern Bekaa valley after the strikes.

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Check out a livestream from North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), tracking Santa’s journey across the globe, as he delivers Christmas presents to children worldwide. The yearly tradition began in 1955 when a child phoned the Continental Air Defense Command Operations Center asking for Santa Claus.

Late software mogul's estate has agreed to shell out $750 million to settle what prosecutors said was largest individual tax-fraud case in US history.

The duo split for good after 12 years together.

France’s rule over Algeria from 1830 to 1962 is marked by mass killings and large-scale deportation

Algeria’s parliament has unanimously approved a law declaring France’s colonisation of the country a crime and demanded an apology and reparations.

Lawmakers, standing in the chamber wearing scarves in the colours of the national flag, chanted “long live Algeria” on Wednesday as they applauded the passage of the bill, which states that France holds “legal responsibility for its colonial past in Algeria and the tragedies it caused”.

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