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Saturday marks the shortest day of the year and the official start of winter in the Northern Hemisphere. NPR has compiled plenty of expert tips for celebrating the solstice and weathering winter.

At least three people, including the suspect, are dead after a shooting at a Wisconsin grade school. Police talked to the family of the suspect and searched her home, but have no motive yet.

From charismatic macrofauna to tiny sea squirts, here are some species formally identified by scientists in 2024.

The man charged in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was critical of U.S. health care. Experts say the system's problems are complex and can't be pinned on one player or industry.

On Wild Card this week, Kate Bowler opens up about how she wants to waste her time, her feelings about God and how she talks about death with her child.

The kitten, which was found in Russia's northeastern Sakha Republic, still had fur and whiskers when it was discovered.

A program at a San Diego hospital is tackling the youth mental health crisis by integrating mental health care services into physical care settings.

Learn the latest advances in caring for patients with orthopedic and sports medicine injuries at a daylong symposium, featuring expert presentations and discussions. The event will bring together sports medicine physicians; former professional athletes and coaches from Major League Baseball, the National Football League and the National Basketball Association; local team general managers; athletic trainers; physical therapists; and others on the front lines of sports and athletic care. Topics will include a thorough analysis of overhead throwing athletes, such as baseball pitchers; considerations for contact sports such as football, rugby and hockey; tracking and managing mental stress in athletes; overall athletic development, performance training and injury risk reduction; and health preservation after an athletic career. Breakfast and lunch will be included. Presented by the San Diego Arthroscopy and Sports Medicine Fellowship. The symposium will be held Friday, July 26 from 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Alexandira at Torrey Pines, 10996 Torreyana Rd., San Diego 92121. Tickets for clinical providers, coaches and athletes are $175 per person now through July 25 (and $250 per person on July 26). Tickets for pharmaceutical and medical device representatives are $1,750 per person now though July 25 (and $2,000 per person on July 26). All proceeds will benefit the nonprofit San Diego Arthroscopy and Sports Medicine Fellowship. For more information, contact Deanna Guieb at 619-229-5018, or dguieb@synergysmg.com. Visit: San Diego Orthopedic & Sports Medicine Symposium

At Fivex3 Training, a gym in Baltimore, several mornings a week are reserved for older people to train.

Holiday music rules the pop charts once again this week, as Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" scores its 17th nonconsecutive week at No. 1 — the third longest run of all time.