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Local News
NEW YORK — U.S. stocks eked out small gains on Wall Street Friday in a wobbly day of trading to kick off the new year. Markets were mostly quiet on the first trading day ...
January 02, 2026 Business
NEW YORK — Enhanced tax credits that have helped reduce the cost of health insurance for the vast majority of Affordable Care Act enrollees expired overnight Wednesday, c...
January 02, 2026 National News
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed a New Year's Eve proclamation delaying increased tariffs on upholstered furniture, kitchen cabinets and vanities for a year, ci...
January 02, 2026 Business
NEW YORK — Tesla lost its crown as the world’s bestselling electric vehicle maker on Friday as a customer revolt over Elon Musk’s right-wing politics, expiring U.S. tax b...
January 02, 2026 Business
On the local, statewide and national fronts, education has made the headlines repeatedly in 2025. In Butler County, nine school districts have seen a mix of changes in c...
January 02, 2026 Local News
For all the joy decorating the Christmas tree brings, it may bring an equal amount of pain to get the Christmas tree back outside without leaving a trail of water and nee...
January 02, 2026 Local News
Other News
A solo hiker who authorities believe was killed by a mountain lion on a remote Colorado trail on New Year's Day was not the first person to encounter one of the predators...
January 02, 2026 National News
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard said Friday it's still searching for people in the eastern Pacific Ocean who had jumped off alleged drug-smuggling boats when the U.S. m...
January 02, 2026 National News
CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland — Investigators said Friday that they believe sparkling candles atop Champagne bottles ignited a fatal fire at a Swiss ski resort when they cam...
January 02, 2026 International News
KYIV, Ukraine — President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday appointed the head of Ukraine's military intelligence as his new chief of staff, a move that comes as the U.S. lea...
January 02, 2026 International News
WESTERLY, R.I. — A yellow Labrador out for a walk with his owner in Rhode Island had to be rescued by firefighters on New Year’s Day after he wandered onto a thin layer o...
January 02, 2026 National News
MEXICO CITY — A strong earthquake rattled southern and central Mexico on Friday, interrupting President Claudia Sheinbaum’s first press briefing of the new year as seismi...
January 02, 2026 International News
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The FBI said Friday it disrupted a New Year’s Eve attack plot targeting a grocery store and fast-food restaurant in North Carolina, arresting an 18-year...
January 02, 2026 National News
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump defended his energy and health in an interview with The Wall Street Journal and disclosed that he had a CT scan, not an MRI scan, duri...
January 02, 2026 National News
Sports
Qualifying for the state wrestling tournament all four years of a high school career is a lofty goal. That was the standard Olympic Serrao set for himself as his freshman...
January 02, 2026 Sports
It’s time for resolutions. We look back at what we’ve done last year and resolve to do better in the next. But what exactly does it mean to “resolve?” My Webster’s New W...
January 02, 2026 Sports
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NEW YORK — They’re going to light up 2026 like dynamite: K-pop group BTS’ comeback has an official date. According to a note shared to social media by the entertainment c...
January 02, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
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