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  • deptRetail

    TikTok puts department stores in your phone. Macy’s and Nordstrom say not so fast

    By Anne D'Innocenzio and The Associated Press
  • Dinner BellArts & Entertainment

    ‘You sure don’t see too many of those anymore’: Miss. restaurant defies history, with only 4 tables, massive lazy Susans and wild popularity

    By Sophie Bates and The Associated Press
  • AI nudeCybersecurity

    13-year-old girl attacked a boy showing an AI-generated nude image of her. She was expelled

    By Heather Hollingsworth, Jack Brook, and others
  • Chuck Dietrick, left, and his wife, Lori Dietrick, sit for a portrait at their home in Anna, Texas, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/LM Otero)Personal Finance

    As Americans scale back on charitable giving, this Texas architect shares his unusual ‘shotgun approach’

    By James Pollard, Linley Sanders, and others
  • FILE – An instacart logo and an instacart webpage are seen in New York, Sept. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)Law

    Instacart ends a program that tested how much shoppers would pay by showing different prices for the same items

    By
  • A worker fulfills online pickup orders at a Walmart store on Black Friday in Columbus, Ohio, US, on Friday, Nov. 28, 2025. US consumers are heading into the official start of the holiday shopping season Friday with a host of economic concerns, including a cooling job market, stagnant wages, persistent inflation and the looming fallout from tariffs. Photographer: Brian Kaiser/BloombergRetail

    Here’s what’s open (and closed) on Christmas Day 2025

    By
  • Tyson Foods employee Lizeth Yanes cries during an interview in Lexington, Neb., Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)Economy

    Meet the American small town that’s becoming the ‘poster child for hard times’ as the largest employer shuts down

    By Jesse Bedayn and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Wind turbines operate at Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind farm off the coast of Massachusetts, July 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)North America

    Trump administration puts offshore wind projects on hold, citing mysterious Pentagon national security warning

    By Matthew Daly and The Associated Press
  • Erika Kirk greets Vice President JD Vance during Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest 2025, Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Jon Cherry)Politics

    After GOP fights about antisemitism, JD Vance rejects ‘purity tests’ and says there’s ‘more important work to do than canceling each other’

    By Jonathan J. Cooper, Sejal Govindarao, and others
  • Erika Kirk, left, and Nicki Minaj stand on stage during Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest 2025, Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Jon Cherry)Politics

    Nicki Minaj calls Trump and Vance ‘role models’ for young men in surprise appearance at Turning Point USA event

    By Adriana Gomez Licon and The Associated Press
  • FILE – A worker does checks on battery storage pods at Orsted’s Eleven Mile Solar Center lithium-ion battery storage energy facility Feb. 29, 2024, in Coolidge, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)Energy

    Solar power and battery storage are booming despite Trump policy whiplash as clean energy meets soaring data center demand

    By Jennifer McDermott and The Associated Press
  • President Donald Trump holds a cell phone with a call to Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang as he departs on Air Force One at Rocky Mount-Wilson Regional Airport, Friday, Dec. 19, 2025, in Elm City, N.C. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)Politics

    U.S. pursues another tanker skirting Venezuela sanctions as GOP senator calls seizures a ‘provocation and a prelude to war’

    By Aamer Madhani and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche speaks during an event with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office at the White House, Oct. 15, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell, file)Law

    Deputy AG Todd Blanche says Ghislaine Maxwell was transferred to a minimum-security prison because of ‘numerous threats against her life’

    By Aamer Madhani, Adriana Gomez Licon, and others
  • This image released by 20th Century Studios shows Varang, performed by Oona Chaplin, in a scene from “Avatar: Fire and Ash.” (20th Century Studios via AP)Arts & Entertainment

    James Cameron’s third ‘Avatar’ movie has big opening, but the weeks that follow could determine if parts 4 and 5 are ever made

    By Jake Coyle and The Associated Press
  • Attendees applaud during Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest 2025, Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Jon Cherry)Politics

    Turning Point USA gathering reveals more peril than promise for any Trump successor after Erika Kirk backs JD Vance for president in 2028

    By Jonathan J. Cooper, Sejal Govindarao, and others