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Romina Bergman, 2, left, reaches her hand out to chimpanzee Yoshi's newborn at the Los Angeles Zoo on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025 in Los Angeles, CA. Earlier this month, the Los Angeles Zoo welcomed the birth of a baby gorilla, the fifth and latest addition in a recent baby boom of adorable great apes that includes three chimpanzees and an orangutan. (Kayla Bartkowski / Los Angeles Times)

Well, some time back he visited Texas and bought some cowboy boots. Well, now some kind of urban cowboy switch was turned on, and he has gone full-on cowboy! The cowboy aesthetic is not my thing and honestly looks out of place where we live (DMV) and his work. Maybe he got really into the television show “Yellowstone”; maybe he just likes the feel of cowboy boots. I know this sounds like I am playing the victim, but I honestly do not know what to say or do.

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We all know that we could and should be doing more to help others but with busy work lives, busy home lives and attempting to make time for self-care, there often just aren’t enough hours in the day. AdvertisementThis is essential as according to Alzheimer’s Research UK, 982,000 people are estimated to be living with dementia in the UK and this number is predicted to rise to 1.4 million by 2040. AdvertisementNotably, the most consistent benefit was found when people spent around two to four hours per week helping others. So, even a few hours one evening or an hour here or there could make a significant difference. Don’t overstretch: work out what you can confidently commit to and start there – you can always build on it later.”

Everywhere you turn, there’s another study ranking California drivers as among the worst. In fact, there’s just about only one thing California drivers all agree on: Everybody else on the roads has lost their minds. We identified seven of the most frustrating things people do while driving, and we’re here, with the California Driver’s Handbook, to correct them. Then after we all come to a stop, turn on their signal. Improper merging is also one of the most common reasons California Highway Patrol officers stop drivers on the road.

Both President Donald Trump and Argentine President Javier Milei are charismatic and confrontational. Understanding what has worked for Milei can help Trump sharpen his own program for U.S. renewal. Milei used executive authority to immediately deregulate large swaths of the economy, slash ministries and reduce discretionary spending. One of the clearest areas where Trump could benefit from Milei’s example is resisting the temptation of state ownership. Trump should also abandon his campaign to induce the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates even as inflation rekindles.

That's especially true this week, with a tripleheader on Christmas Day and two more games on Saturday ahead of the usual Sunday slate. Perryman appealed the suspension, stating in a post on X that he apologized to Fluornoy and it was accepted. Watson has missed the entire 2025 season due to a ruptured Achilles that he suffered last season and later aggravated. Watson is entering the final season of a five-year, $230 million fully guaranteed deal. They'll need to win out and for the Bears to lose their final two games in order to win the division.

Paramount makes new hostile offer for Warner Bros. DiscoveryParamount has upped the ante in its hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, announcing Monday that Oracle founder Larry Ellison will personally guarantee over $40 billion. The announcement comes after the Warner Bros. board of directors has rejected Paramount’s bid multiple times, opting instead to go with an offer from Netflix, which WBD, the parent company of CNN, says is more valuable. CNN's David Goldman reports.

New-car registrations for BYD models, a reflection of sales, surged to 16,158 units in November from 4,821 a year earlier. - ina fassbender/Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesChinese auto giant BYD posted a more than threefold jump in European sales last month, continuing to outpace both domestic and foreign rivals. When including the U.K., Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland, sales more than tripled to 21,133 vehicles. Most Read from The Wall Street JournalACEA began including BYD in its July data, showing a steady stream of European sales growth for the Chinese group ever since. BYD sold 159,869 vehicles in Europe between January and November compared with Volkswagen’s 3,263,542 and Tesla’s 203,382, according to ACEA data.

I wanted to create an ethical holiday season through my purchasing power, but with what time? (And we’re making sure we don’t run out of toilet paper or dish soap while we’re at it.) It definitely wasn’t my husband up at 11 p.m. making marshmallows for teacher gifts while on the verge of tears. Of course, I want an intentional holiday season that isn’t steeped in blind consumerism. I want to make cookies with my kids, but I’m not sure I’m physically or mentally capable of turning that endeavor into homemade gifts for everyone on my list.

During a meeting this month with his German and British counterparts in London, French President Emmanuel Macron said the latest sanctions were weakening the Russian economy. As a result, investment has stalled, output in some sectors has plummeted, and nonpayments have soared across the economy. The Russian economy “was benefiting from many positive factors like high global commodity prices and the spending-driven boom. The Russian oil industry is also facing a growing crunch. Likewise, Russia’s metallurgy sector is in decline, despite high demand from military production plants.

The Justice Department charged him with sex trafficking in 2019. The Justice Department later labeled the card a “fake” and said it will continue to release Epstein file documents as required by law. The Department of Justice has officially released nearly 30,000 more pages of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein. The new transparency law, overwhelmingly passed by Congress last month, mandated the disclosure of all Epstein files, despite Trump’s months-long effort to keep them sealed. AdvertisementRepublican Representative Thomas Massie, who helped spearhead the law requiring the files’ release, responded late on Monday to Trump’s comments expressing dislike for the release of Epstein documents.

AdvertisementThe bonds will be paid off with state sales and liquor tax revenues generated in a defined area around it. “The location of Chiefs games will change,” Chiefs owner Clark Hunt said after the meeting, “but some things won’t change. Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesAdvertisementThe Chiefs intend their $3 billion stadium project to be built in Kansas City, Kansas, near the Kansas Speedway and a retail district known as The Legends. The area includes Children’s Mercy Park, the home of MLS club Sporting Kansas City, and Legends Field, the home of the Kansas City Monarchs minor league baseball team. The Chiefs also plan to build their $300 million practice facility in the Kansas City-metro suburb of Olathe, Kansas.

The Justice Department now says a handwritten letter it released Tuesday that was signed by “J. Epstein” and addressed to convicted sex offender Larry Nassar is “fake,” asserting that the handwriting did not appear to match that of Jeffrey Epstein. An envelope addressed to Larry Nassar from a "J. Epstein," released by the US Justice Department. US Justice DepartmentThe statement debunking the letter from the Justice Department noted that it was postmarked not in New York, was Epstein was imprisoned, but in Virginia, and the return address was for a jail different than the one holding Epstein. It was also updated after the Justice Department released more information about the veracity of the letter.