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FILE - A shopper leaves the Big Lots store on Dec. 4, 2012 in Berlin, Vt.

Big Lots reaches deal to keep hundreds of U.S. stores open

Big Lots said Friday it will be sold to Gordon Brothers Retail Partners, a firm that specializes in distressed companies.

Juan Cuevas, 79, a retired farmworker, from Potrero, Calif. on May 30, 2024.

Program aims to reduce hospital readmissions among San Diego County's rural patients

A new initiative by local health care teams, firefighters and public health nurses supports rural patients discharged from Sharp Grossmont Hospital.

Mike Cupo, a systems operator for Public Service Electric and Gas Company, uses a special red phone to talk via radio to PSE&G staffers in the field, during a simulated Y2K drill at company headquarters in Newark, N.J., on April 9, 1999. Power plant operators across the country held drills to make sure they could keep electricity flowing if year 2000 computer glitches prevented them from communicating with each other.

Y2K seems like a joke now, but in 1999 people were really freaking out

People feared the computer glitch would mean "the end of the world as we know it." Thankfully, Y2K didn't live up to the hype after years and billions of dollars were spent on painstaking preparation.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks during a visit to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network in Vienna, Va., on Jan. 8.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says U.S. could hit debt limit in weeks

Yellen told Congress her agency will need to start taking "extraordinary measures," or special accounting maneuvers intended to prevent the nation from hitting the debt ceiling, as early as Jan. 14.

Palestinians carry white sacks containing the bodies of those killed in overnight Israeli airstrikes on the Maghazi refugee camp, at Al-Aqsa Hospital, in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, on Saturday.

Israel detains a Gaza hospital director, Palestinian medical officials say

Gaza's Health Ministry said the head of Kamal Adwan Hospital was arrested along with dozens of other staff. Israel's military alleged Hamas militants were using the facility.

How to fight ageism in the world around you — and in yourself

Discrimination based on someone's age is so ingrained in society that most of us don't notice it. Yet it affects us all and fighting it not only helps make a better society, it also helps us live longer, healthier lives.

Scott Simon's Christmas tree and Hanukkah candles.

Opinion: Prayers are messages for our own hearts

Hanukkah began on Christmas this year. A reflection on celebrating both holidays in a multi-faith family.

Charlotte, a male green sea turtle, wears a 3D-printed harness to help him overcome "bubble butt syndrome" — a condition caused by a boat strike. Charlotte lives at the Mystic Aquarium in Connecticut.

A sea turtle plagued by 'bubble butt' condition is helped by a 3D printer

"Bubble butt" can leave turtles struggling to swim normally — or unable to submerge at all. A 3D-printed harness can help.

A tanker ship enters the Panama Canal on Oct. 25, 2024. President-elect Donald Trump raised the idea that the U.S. should reclaim ownership of the canal.

With Trump's Panama Canal talk, it feels like 1976 all over again

It's unclear how the issue of ownership of the Panama Canal became a talking point for President-elect Donald Trump this week, but the question has a long political history.

A zero-proof cheers to an alcohol-free month. Make sure to give yourself "sober treats" along the way, says Casey Davidson, a sobriety coach. They're "nice things you do for yourself that give you something to look forward to."

Curious about Dry January? What to expect — and how it works

If your New Year's resolution is to give up drinking for the month of January, this expert guide can help you get to Day 31 alcohol-free.

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