New York City nurses on strike say they have restarted contract talks with another one of the major hospital systems affected on the fifth day of the walkout.

A prosecutor has told a jury that a prison guard should be convicted of manslaughter for failing to intervene in the brutal beating of an inmate by other guards.

An appliance distributor is expanding a minifridge recall that now covers roughly 964,000 Frigidaire-branded products sold in the U.S., after multiple fire reports.

Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley have reported strong profits in the fourth quarter, driven by a surging stock market and increased deal making.

A federal judge has cleared the way for a New York offshore wind project to resume construction.

Scientists have uncovered mummified remains of cheetahs from caves in northern Saudi Arabia.

The final day to select Affordable Care Act health insurance for the year has arrived across much of the country.

Looking for the best bagels in Houston? From classic New York–style to local favorites, here’s where to celebrate National Bagel Day across the city.

Fewer Americans are signing up for Affordable Care Act health insurance plans this year.

Verizon says it resolved an outage that disrupted many U.S. customers’ calling and other cellular services for more than 10 hours on Wednesday.

Bilt has announced an overhaul of its credit cards, introducing an 10% introductory interest rate for one year.

Wall Street is seeing positive results as big banks report increased profits.

Shoppers increased their spending in November from October as holiday shopping kicked into full gear.

Luxury retailer Saks Global has filed for bankruptcy, preparing to reposition itself after obtaining about $1.75 billion in financing commitments.

An emotional plea by Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi and moving words from Ryan Coogler on the violence in Minneapolis have defined this year's National Board of Review Awards.

The BTS comeback is upon us.

News personality Chris Cuomo is returning to the satellite radio network SiriusXM, putting him on the air with both morning and evening talk shows.

JPMorgan Chase is reporting a 9% rise in adjusted profits for the fourth quarter, benefiting from a strong economy in both consumer and investment banking.

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Paramount Skydance is taking another step in its hostile takeover bid of Warner Bros.

Google is expanding the shopping features in its AI chatbot by teaming up with Walmart, Shopify, Wayfair and other big retailers to turn the Gemini app into a virtual merchant as well as an assistant.

Free agent outfielder Max Kepler has been suspended for 80 games following a positive test for a banned performance-enhancing substance in violation of Major League Baseball’s drug program.

A rare copy of the comic book that introduced the world to Superman and also was once stolen from the home of actor Nicolas Cage has been sold for a record $15 million.

U.S. flu infections are showing signs of a slight decline, but health officials say it is not clear that this severe flu season has peaked.

Rapper Fetty Wap has been released from a federal prison to home confinement after serving just over half a six-year sentence for drug trafficking.

U.S. stocks rose to more records following a mixed report on the U.S. job market.

Two-time AL Cy Young Award winner Tarik Skubal asked for a record $32 million in salary arbitration while the Detroit Tigers offered the left-hander $19 million.

Karl-Anthony Towns had 20 points, 11 rebounds and a season-high seven assists, Jalen Brunson scored 26 points and the New York Knicks snapped their four-game losing streak with a 123-111 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday night.

GameStop is providing details on a compensation package for CEO Ryan Cohen that depends on him meeting certain performance targets.

The New York Deli & Coffee Shop and Bagel Shop Bakery have been serving authentic, New York-style bagels and deli meals to several generations of the Houston community for over 50 years.

Pamela Smart, who is serving life in prison for orchestrating the murder of her husband by her teenage student in 1990, is seeking to overturn her conviction over what her lawyers claim were several constitutional violations.

Broad gains led by technology stocks pushed Wall Street to more records.

New York Rangers goaltender Igor Shesterkin left his team's game against Utah midway through the first period with an apparent left leg injury.

U.S. flu infections are still surging, and health officials say it's a severe season that's likely to get worse.

Aaron Gordon and Christian Braun returned from lengthy injury absences Sunday in Brooklyn, bringing good news to a Denver team desperate for healthy bodies after the loss of Nikola Jokic.

Seven-time Grand Slam singles champion Venus Williams has received a wild-card entry for the Australian Open beginning Jan. 18 in Melbourne.

The Puerto Rican superstar Bad Bunny has redefined what it means to be a global giant.

The NBA announces its best Christmas Day viewership numbers in 15 years.

Wall Street fell on the final day of trading for 2025, a banner year for markets that was driven by both optimism and uncertainty.

They’re ready to embark on 2026.

A surge of arctic air is bringing strong winds, heavy snow and frigid temperatures to the Great Lakes and Northeast, a day after a bomb cyclone that hit the northern U.S. Tens of thousands of customers were without power early Tuesday, with Michigan hardest hit.

It’s that time again when we turn the calendar page on one year and meet another.

Stocks slipped on Wall Street, while crude oil prices rose and gold and silver prices pulled back after recent sharp gains.

A strengthening bomb cyclone is barreling across the northern United States, unleashing severe winter weather in the Midwest and aiming at the East Coast.

The shopping rush leading up to Christmas is over and in its place, like every year, another has begun as millions of people hunt for post-holiday deals and get in line to return gifts that didn’t fit, or didn’t hit quite right.

Soprano Asmik Grigorian is to sing the title role in Georges Bizet's “Carmen,” a mezzo-soprano touchstone, for the first time at the Salzburg Festival this summer.

Stocks closed slightly lower as investors returned from the Christmas holiday.

Fernando Dávila, a 72-year-old artist in Florida, paints vibrant works despite being colorblind.

Jalen Brunson scored 34 points, reserve Jordan Clarkson had 25 and the New York Knicks came from 17 down in the fourth quarter to beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 126-124 on Thursday and win on Christmas Day for the third straight year.

Asian shares are mixed in thin holiday trading, with most markets in the region and elsewhere closed for Christmas.

The end of the year brings fewer new streaming options, but it's a great time to catch up on 2025's best movies, TV, music, and games.

US stocks drifted higher to more records on a holiday-shortened day of trading.

Venus Williams and Andrea Preti are married.

U.S. consumers were less confident in the economy in December as Americans remain anxious about still-high prices and the impact of President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs.

In a breathless year of tariffs unleashed by the administration of President Donald Trump, perhaps no one has had to live the reality of every fluctuation of trade policy than customs brokers.

Instacart is ending a program where customers saw different prices for the same product ordered at the same time from the same store.

Wall Street closed at another record following a surprisingly strong report on economic growth over the summer.

Sports were turned upside down 50 years ago Tuesday by a man who never threw or kicked a ball.

Stocks closed higher on Wall Street at the start of what’s expected to be a relatively calm holiday week.

Christian Anderson scored 23 of his 27 points in the second half, including the tiebreaking free throw with 3.4 seconds left, and No. 19 Texas Tech rallied from 17 down to beat third-ranked Duke 82-81 at Madison Square Garden.

President Donald Trump says he’s endorsing Nassau County’s Republican executive for governor in next fall’s New York race.

Cannabis companies like Tilray Brands and Canopy Growth could soon face a more mellow path ahead following President Donald Trump’s move to help reclassify the drug’s status.

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has gotten a rare peek at the aftermath of two cosmic collisions — and helped scientists solve a decades-old mystery.

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A national survey shows teen use of alcohol, nicotine and marijuana remains at record lows.

Four centrist Republicans have broken with their party's leadership over health care.

The founder of Tricolor Holdings and other company executives have been charged with what federal authorities say was a massive fraud that led to the subprime auto lender's bankruptcy.

Tennessee Williams' early radio play, “The Strangers,” is featured in The Strand this week.

More drops for AI stocks dragged the U.S. market to its worst day in nearly a month.

OG Anunoby scored 28 points and Jalen Brunson added 25 as the New York Knicks rally to beat the Spurs 124-113 and win the NBA Cup.

In a story published Dec. 16, 2025, about sales for Virginia Roberts Giuffre’s memoir, The Associated Press spelled her last name ‘Giuffre’ incorrectly as ‘Guiffre.

The International Luge Federation has withdrawn the eligibility of three Russian athletes who intended to compete in Lake Placid, New York, this weekend.

Donna Summer has been posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, the hall said.

The U.S. stock market drifted through a mixed day of trading after reports on the economy did little to clear uncertainty about where interest rates may be heading.

Director-actor Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Reiner, are the latest celebrities to meet violent ends over the years.

New York Jets coach Aaron Glenn has fired defensive coordinator Steve Wilks.

A weekend storm has dumped heavy snow on parts of the Northeast, causing flight delays and creating slick roads.

“Zootopia 2” has regained the No. 1 spot at the box office with $26.3 million in its third weekend of release.

Jalen Brunson scored a season-high 40 points to lead the Knicks past the Orlando Magic 132-120.

Comedian Amy Schumer says she and her husband, chef Chris Fischer, have decided to end their marriage.

Americans are feeling the strain already with less than three weeks to go until the expiration of COVID-era tax credits that have helped many people pay for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act.

If you're feeling overwhelmed by the pressure to spend money on gifts, parties, and travel this holiday season, you're not alone.

Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza has won the Maxwell and Davey O’Brien awards on the eve of the Heisman Trophy presentation, with the redshirt junior heavily favored to take the top prize in college football.

It may feel like you are surrounded by sniffles and coughs, but flu season activity is still low in many parts of the U.S. New government data posted Friday shows that as of last week, flu activity was high in four states — Colorado, Louisiana, New Jersey and New York — and minimal or low in most others.

Country star Jelly Roll is ready to win a Grammy.

The “Architects of AI” were named Time magazine’s person of the year for 2025.

Coca-Cola said Wednesday that its chief operating officer will become its next CEO in the first quarter of 2026.

The next Met Gala co-chairs have been announced, and it's a high-powered quartet: Beyoncé, Venus Williams and Nicole Kidman will join Vogue's Anna Wintour in hosting the starry event next May.

The U.S. stock market neared its all-time high after the Federal Reserve cut its main interest rate to bolster the job market, and hopes strengthened for more cuts to come in 2026.

U.S. prosecutors have told the Supreme Court that they want to give up their fight to preserve the convictions of a former Fox executive and a South American sports media company in a corruption case related to the TV rights for international soccer tournaments.

Federal prosecutors announced Monday the first-ever conviction in an artificial intelligence technology smuggling case, uncovering a sophisticated scheme to illegally export over $160 million worth of advanced computer chips to China through a network of shell companies and falsified shipping documents.

Eric Dane, known for his roles in “Grey's Anatomy” and “Euphoria,” has announced a memoir titled “Book of Days.”.

Pollstar has ranked the top 25 “Most Popular Touring Artists of the Millennium” based on ticket sales from Jan. 1, 2001, to the end of 2025.

Miami Heat player Terry Rozier has pleaded not guilty to charges he helped gamblers placing bets on his performance in NBA games.

The Buffalo Bills have won their second straight, rallying from a 10-point fourth-quarter deficit to beat the Cincinnati Bengals 39-34.

Hungarian author and Nobel Prize for Literature 2025 winner László Krasznahorkai, known for his surreal and anarchic novels, gave a rare public lecture in Stockholm on Sunday.

The New York Knicks jumped on the Utah Jazz with a 23-0 lead Friday night, the largest game-opening run in the NBA since the league began keeping detailed play-by-play for all four quarters.

Vanity Fair is parting ways with West Coast editor Olivia Nuzzi amid controversy over her past coverage of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. A statement Friday from Nuzzi and the magazine says they have mutually agreed to let her contract expire at the end of the year.

A pretrial hearing on Luigi Mangione’s bid to exclude evidence from his state murder case has been postponed because his lawyers and the judge say he's sick.

The U.S. Treasury has imposed a $7 million fine on a New York property management firm for allegedly violating Russia-related sanctions.