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I walked into the ramen shop already carrying a diagnosis: bipolar II disorder, with psychotic features. At the ramen shop, all I had to do was take orders, carry hot bowls of ramen, smile at customers and wipe tables. However, when you have bipolar disorder, feeling good isn’t always a comfort. I remember crying, screaming, and begging my mom not to make me go to a mental health facility. I don’t know how long I will work at the ramen shop, but whether it’s temporary or more long term doesn’t matter.
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The president’s righteous strike against Islamic State targets in Nigeria is a reminder that America is capable of much more. Having lost the territory they once controlled in Iraq and Syria, the terror groups have found fertile soil in West Africa. The Islamic State’s history shows that when the group establishes a stable presence, it’s only a matter of time before it looks to wreak havoc around the world. It’s tempting to want to pretend that the chaos in West Africa isn’t an American problem, but the world isn’t that simple. The Pentagon has also been considering merging Africa Command back into European Command, which it spun off from in 2008.
The chatbot encouraged Adam to call 988 - a national suicide lifeline - 74 times between December and April. The company’s claims will be put to the test as more people turn to chatbots for intimate discussions, mental health experts say. That suggests chatbot providers like OpenAI could be “the largest providers of mental health in America,” he said. The attorneys also provided an estimate of how long Adam used ChatGPT each day, based on message time stamps. - - -Graphics:https://washingtonpost.com/documents/15c23ff9-db33-41fa-b96e-9c7a3bb2da2d.pdfhttps://washingtonpost.com/documents/67d77933-e3ec-4f4d-94fd-9fc286a6f3bf.pdfhttps://washingtonpost.com/documents/4a60dd2a-b186-40d2-b920-e43694668a77.pdfHelp Nitasha Tiku report on mental health and AI by contacting her securely on Signal at nitasha.10.
In an age of energy-hungry data centers, countries around the world have raced to install solar panels and wind turbines. One unexpected bottleneck: aging electricity grids that can’t handle the power. In the U.S., decades-old transmission lines have been blamed for hindering the rollout of new energy projects. Meanwhile, China’s rollout of ultrahigh-voltage transmission lines is now seen as giving it an edge in the artificial-intelligence race. But it didn’t build the transmission lines needed to move all that clean energy around.
The night was warm and muggy over New Castle Air Force Base in Delaware, the kind of heat that clung to the metal skins of the alert fighter jets lined along the runway. Bettmann Archive/Getty Images“I have no idea what the Air Force is doing,” Ruppelt told the reporter. The Air Force found itself flooded with telegrams, letters and calls from the public demanding information. By afternoon, with the demand for clarity reaching a fever pitch, Air Force Director of Intelligence Maj. Gen. John Samford convened the largest and longest Air Force news conference since World War II. The mystery persistsThe authoritative tone from the Air Force panel seemed to placate the press, even though officials never actually offered a definitive explanation.
JD Vance is Republicans’ 2028 pace carWOLF: Democrats will have a wide-open field with no clear leader in 2028. BRADNER: I’m not sure President Trump is actually joking. He is attached to President Trump for all four years. Who do you think Republicans view as the most likely non-White-House Republican that could make a run against somebody like Vance? And then I think political moves that are designed to allow potential presidential candidates to stake out some of their own ground, the way (California Gov.)
LOADING ERROR LOADINGA Florida man fatally shot his wife and critically wounded his stepdaughter earlier this week after the couple got into a “heated” argument over turning off “Monday Night Football,” the Polk County Sheriff’s Office said. “Three days before Christmas, this man shot and killed his wife, shot his stepdaughter, and then shot and killed himself. Crystal Kenney was fatally shot by her husband, Jason Kenney, following an argument over "Monday Night Football." Facebook/Crystal RoureTowards the end of the game, his wife, 38-year-old Crystal Kenney, suggested the family watch something else, which sparked a heated argument between the two, Judd said. The fight escalated to the point where the wife told her 12-year-old son to call 911.
Repeated attempts by The Post to reach Tufiño by telephone, email and social media were unsuccessful. Hegseth gave his approval to kill the passengers, sink the boat and destroy the drugs, according to three people familiar with the operation. A follow-up strike sank the vessel, and commanders determined the mission was over, according to a person familiar with the attack. In that investigation, authorities recovered GPS units with coordinates, satellite phones, cellphones and the markings on the cocaine, according to Warren, Tufiño’s former attorney. None appear to have been deterred by the recent U.S. boat strikes, Ecuadorian intelligence authorities say.
Over the Christmas holiday, the Trump administration threw its weight against the U.S. Constitution in favor of Christian nationalist authoritarianism. They recognized that the establishment of one religion over others attacked a fundamental human right—an unalienable right—of conscience. And yet, on December 25, 2025, a religious holiday for many Christians, the Trump administration attacked that American principle to claim the U.S. is a Christian nation. In the northwest, The Guardian explains, heavily armed criminal gangs kidnap both Muslims and Christians and raid both Christian and Muslim communities. Merry Christmas, snowflakes!”Notes:https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/01-08-02-0163https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/admin/trump-administration-religion-christmas.htmlhttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/26/nigeria-why-did-trump-order-us-strikes-bomb-attack-isis-christianshttps://www.cnn.com/2025/12/26/africa/trump-christmas-strike-jabo-nigeria-latam-intlhttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/26/trump-supporters-nigeria-airstrikeshttps://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-presidential-pardon-process-dda97c15https://abc3340.com/news/nation-world/ice-uses-ai-artificial-intelligence-video-of-santa-claus-to-encourage-illegal-immigrants-to-self-deport-ice-homeland-security-secretary-kristi-noem-holidays-christmas-cbphttps://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/chris-garten-indiana-christmas-post-b2890729.htmlhttps://alabamareflector.com/2025/12/22/dont-ignore-the-threat-that-is-tommy-tuberville/X:DHSgov/status/2003915864769507838DHSgov/status/2003862964336759062DHSgov/status/2004208041605128250RepFine/status/2004335614616027610DHSgov/status/2002424827798585786Bluesky:justinbaragona.bsky.social/post/3matxm52a2222anneapplebaum.bsky.social/post/3mavzh3rsu22yShare
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. (WESH) - The life of a 13-year-old was cut short on Christmas Day. She would never get to go to college.”Emony Jackson was shot at this home on Okada Court in Orange County. Deputies said a 15-year-old boy went to investigators on scene, saying he was responsible for the shooting and that it was an accident. “He’s a child, but at the end of the day, his family will get to see him,” Henderson, Jackson’s cousin, said. “My family won’t get to see Emony anymore.”Jackson’s death was a tragic ending to a short life that’s seen its share of pain.
There have been reams of pages utilizing “One Battle After Another” as an illustration of a failure of the audience, that people just won’t come out to see a great movie. Do I think “One Battle After Another” would be best seen on a big screen? Am I going to think about “One Battle After Another” tomorrow? Do I think they spent a lot of money on “One Battle After Another”? And if you think “One Battle After Another” is an allegory about today’s political scene… Yeah, right.
Companies are looking to stay lean into 2026 while relying on technology to take on more tasks. Forecasters at jobs site Indeed expect relatively minimal hiring growth in 2026 and e-commerce platform Shopify and Chime Financial are already vowing to keep the size of their employee bases roughly flat. At a gathering of CEOs in Midtown Manhattan this month organized by the Yale School of Management, 66% of leaders surveyed said they planned to either fire workers or maintain the size of their existing teams next year. Only a third indicated they planned to hire.
Intensive work has been underway by American envoys to finalize a proposal both Ukraine and Russia can agree on. Trump has frequently pointed to both Ukraine and Russia as obstacles to peace. Zelensky said Saturday morning that while Russian officials are engaging in talks to end fighting, the ongoing violence speaks for itself. Sunday’s meeting is not expected to include any European leaders, according to US and European officials, unlike previous meetings between the two presidents. European officials said they expected a positive meeting, describing the current dynamic between the US and Ukraine as productive.
