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Gold, silver and platinum jumped to all-time highs to extend a historic end-of-year rally for precious metals, with support from escalating geopolitical tensions, U.S. dollar weakness and thin market liquidity.

Spot gold ...Read more

U.S. stocks wavered near a record high in thin holiday trading, as yields on 10-year Treasuries bounced and investors shifted attention toward commodities. Nvidia Corp. climbed as analysts viewed a licensing deal with ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Talks between Kaiser and a labor union representing health care workers ground to a halt late last week, raising concerns about another strike at California’s largest health care provider.

The union...Read more

NEW YORK — Christmas festivities are winding down while New Yorkers are gearing up for a major snow storm.

The fast-moving storm is poised to bring snow and ice to huge swaths of Northeast this weekend, with more than ...Read more

“Big Brother” contestant Mickey Lee died on Christmas Day following a “series of cardiac arrests.” She was 35.

The event curator’s family on Friday morning announced her death, which occurred just three days ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers in 2024 let lapse the authority for states to reimburse food stamp recipients who lost their benefits to fraud. Several lawmakers want to reverse course.

In the two years the Agriculture ...Read more

Homeless Nickelodeon alum Tylor Chase is on a 72-hour hold at a Southern California hospital after allegedly trashing the motel room his former “Ned’s Declassified School Survival Guide” castmate Daniel Curtis Lee ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — Rising young talents and revered veterans helped take jazz to a multitude of exciting new destinations in 2025.

But the most notable debut album of the year, the aptly titled “New Dawn,” came from a ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — Centennial celebrations, new breakthrough artists and notable anniversaries abounded in jazz in 2025. It was a year that saw America’s richest homegrown musical art form celebrated near — including at the...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A year ago, officials were sounding alarms about a bone-dry winter that days later would combine with wind gusts of up to 100 mph to bring about the worst fires in Los Angeles history.

Now, Southern ...Read more

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he expects to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump in Florida on Sunday in pursuit of a deal to end Russia’s nearly four-year invasion.

Zelenskyy told reporters on Friday ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A year ago, officials were sounding alarms about a bone-dry winter that days later would combine with hurricane-strength winds to bring about the worst fires in Los Angeles history.

Now, Southern ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — It takes a lot for sweet-tempered 28-year-old Nick Darnell to transform himself into Christmas' most sought-after sourpuss.

There's colored contacts and facial prosthetics, a protruding belly and at least ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The holiday season is Hallmark's Super Bowl.

This year alone, Hallmark has 80 hours of original holiday-themed programming, including two unscripted series, two scripted series, a holiday special and 24 ...Read more

A beloved grandfather died in what police are calling a “freak accident” at a Nebraska McDonald’s drive-thru.

Michael Dickinson, 69, suffered fatal injuries after he somehow became trapped between the payment window...Read more

[This article contains spoilers from Season 5, Vol. 2 , of "Stranger Things."]

LOS ANGELES — What could be more gulp-inducing than trying to defeat a nightmarish vine-covered villain and wipe out an eerie and horror-...Read more

DENVER — The Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation is suing Colorado for discrimination in federal court, alleging that a recently passed law denies the Tribe equal access to its ancestral lands.

That law...Read more

ATLANTA — By New Year’s Eve, the Trump administration is scheduled to award one-time grants to states to “transform” their rural health care, and Georgia is asking for $1.4 billion.

Gov. Brian Kemp’s ...Read more

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Hope Florida won’t be providing loneliness services anymore.

The state has scrubbed nearly 80% of the references to Hope Florida — the controversial DeSantis administration effort to move ...Read more

Dear readers, hi! Remember this?

Last year, alas, I was remiss —

My year-end poem took a break

But now it’s back, with rhymes to make!

It’s been my custom, at year’s close

To cast aside unmetered prose

And ...Read more