To celebrate this monumental occassion, the actor released ’100 Rules to Living to 100: An Optimist’s Guide to a Happy Life’, a book filled with life advice, stories, and reflections on how he has lived a happy, healthy life for so long. One of the key components to a happy life, he says, is being an optimist and it turns out, the science is on his side with this one. Additionally, another study also found that people who were more optimistic lived between 11% and 15% longer than their pessimistic counterparts. Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement Advertisement“But for best results, the goals need to be both positive and reasonable, rather than just wishful thinking. Similarly, simply thinking about positive future events can also be effective for boosting optimism.”Brb, I need to envision my dream life.

More details have emerged about Chevy Chase‘s “near-fatal heart failure,” which led him to be hospitalized for five weeks in 2021. In the upcoming documentary, I’m Chevy Chase and You’re Not, which premieres New Year’s Day on CNN, Chase’s daughter, Caley Chase, recalled the scary experience. “He had heart failure.”Chase’s wife, Jayni Chase, also recalled that time in their family’s life. “He woke up, all he could do was use his voice.”Following the coma, Chase took a long time to “reorient himself,” Aaron described. So, I have to be reminded of things.”Among many things, Chase is known for being a part of SNL‘s season one cast.

A selection of the must-listen albums released in 2025 BMG/Interscope/Columbia/RCA/Capitol/Polydor/WarnerAs the New Year celebrations approach, many of us will be pausing for some reflection in the next few days. Meanwhile, on stand-out Vanish Into You, it feels like Gaga has found a perfect balance between the more organic-sounding rock and jazz-inspired music she’s expressed love for in the past and the all-encompassing pop she’s now synonymous with. Audrey Hobert is one of our absolute favourite musical discoveries of 2025, and we’ve had her debut album Who’s The Clown? AdvertisementShe may have made us wait for it, but Jade’s debut album That’s Showbiz, Baby! Lily Allen – West End GirlThe album that spawned a million headlines, if you’d actually not listened to Lily Allen’s West End Girl, it’d be easy to dismiss it as simple tabloid fodder.

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ICE officials say the documents are not valid and she is in the country illegally. Justice delayed is justice denied. On one flight in 1993, he and Epstein are the only two listed passengers; on another, the only three passengers are Epstein, Trump, and then-20-year-old [redacted]. The Radical Left doesn’t want people talking about TRUMP & REPUBLICAN SUCCESS, only a long ago dead Jeffrey Epstein—Just another Witch Hunt!! !”“I love the smell of panic in the evening,” former representative and Trump critic Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) posted over Trump’s screed.

Reuters —A group of Venezuelans who were sent to a maximum-security El Salvador prison from the US and then returned to Venezuela called on Friday for the United States to comply with a ruling that would allow them to challenge their deportation in US courts. Under the ruling, the Trump administration must present a plan to allow their return within two weeks. “The court ruling now orders that we be granted the opportunity for a fair hearing in accordance with the law in the United States,” Ysqueibel Peñaloza, a former detainee, said on behalf of some 252 former prisoners. “We call on the governments of the United States and El Salvador to fully comply with the court order. The deportations drew strong criticism from human rights groups and spawned a legal battle with the Trump administration.

Israeli soldier rams Palestinian man while he’s prayingAn Israeli reservist soldier ran over a Palestinian man while he was praying in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, according to the Israeli military and CNN’s review of the footage, hours after the soldier fired gunshots in the area.

Dear Eric: About 14 years ago our son was seriously dating a woman whom both my wife and I really adored. They broke up, yet remained friends, but she claimed she had adopted us as her parents. My son was sort of okay with this, and she still came to family dinners, events, even when my son brought a new girlfriend along. Then she moved far away for work, but we kept in touch all the time over the phone and internet. Dear Eric: A beloved member of my close friend group has joined a drum troupe that plays at events through the city.

Dear Miss Manners: I was in my friend’s wedding a year ago, and now her anniversary is coming up. Some of us found it to be inappropriate, but we are curious what Miss Manners thinks. Miss Manners suggests they put up a sign-up sheet. New Miss Manners columns are posted Monday through Saturday on washingtonpost.com/advice. You can send questions to Miss Manners at her website, missmanners.com.

The United States hasn’t given up its pursuit of the massive, rusted oil tanker it chased into international waters near Venezuela last weekend, and officials are now contemplating moving additional resources into the area to forcibly board the ship, people familiar with the matter said. The pursuit stems from President Donald Trump’s order of a “blockade” on sanctioned Venezuelan oil tankers. That’s in contrast with the other two tankers successfully intercepted by the Coast Guard — the Skipper and the Centuries. The US piloted both to Texas and is planning to seize their oil cargoes. The ship has been linked to sanctioned Iranian oil and various Iranian proxy groups.

Satellite view of a sweeping dust storm over the Strait of Hormuz, extending across the Gulf of Oman. Iran seized a foreign oil tanker as it traveled the strategic Strait of Hormuz, state media said Friday. Mojtaba Ghahramani, a provincial chief of the justice department, said the oil tanker was carrying some 25,000 barrels of smuggled fuel when the Revolutionary Guard naval forces seized the vessel, the official IRNA news agency reported. In November, Iran seized a ship as it traveled through the narrow Strait of Hormuz over what it said were violations, including carrying an illegal consignment. AdvertisementTehran has long threatened to close off the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf through which 20% of all traded oil passes.

This matters now because developers and smaller device makers had been planning launches and SDK work tied to Horizon access. What this sudden Horizon OS pause means for headset makers in 2025Meta paused Horizon OS sharing on Dec 17, 2025; third‑party access is now uncertain. With IDC forecasting a 39.2% rise in AR/VR shipments in 2025, platform access is the difference between a device that ships with apps and one that struggles for traction. Buyers may see fewer Horizon‑enabled devices in 2025, and developers lose a unified target for optimization. If Meta reopens Horizon access quickly, some launches may recover, but a prolonged pause hands advantage to rivals like Google or Samsung developing alternate stacks.

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… For hours and hours while I was lying in that shell-hole I thought I had only a short time to live. The story went out nationally as “the longest taxi ever.”Teresa Ogden, New OrleansMy father spent most of World War II on the Aleutian Islands. My cousin found an article from our parents’ hometown about the five brothers in World War II. Anne Golembeski, Cheyenne, WyomingCleaning out my grandmother’s house, I discovered my dad’s World War II footlocker. Stephen Sauls, St. Augustine, FloridaOur family knew my grandfather served with the Ontario Regiment of the Canadian Armoured Brigade in Europe during World War II.

Why We Are Going to the Fastest-Melting GlacierHow much time does the Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica have left? Our reporter Raymond Zhong and our photographer Chang W. Lee are joining scientists and engineers who measure how much sea levels could rise as a result of melting ice. By Raymond Zhong, Chang W. Lee, Christina Thornell, Kassie Bracken, Jon Miller, Thomas Vollkommer, Leila Medina and Stephanie SwartDecember 26, 2025