January 2025 Archives

Where to watch AP’s 2024 top music docs

January 3, 2025 Maria Sherman

NEW YORK — Once you’ve made your way through AP’s list of 2024’s best films and dried those tears after bingeing “I Am: Celine Dion” — we won’t judge — it’s time to hand over […]

BECKSTEIN: Destiny defined by debt

January 3, 2025 Karl Beckstein

As 2025 begins, Americans are expecting meaningful change. Voters in November demanded a stronger economy and greater government accountability. The most pressing challenge to achieving these goals is our runaway national debt. Now exceeding $36 […]

JOHNSTON: Make DOGE BRAC

January 3, 2025 Kelly D. Johnston

As the 118th Congress wrapped up business, with a primary focus on funding the federal government until March 2025, it passed the misnamed Social Security Fairness Act, a huge Christmas present to 2.4 million retired […]

MILLER: Bet on the horses

January 3, 2025 Nan Miller

Fans of the old “The Far Side” cartoons might remember the one that captures exactly what the American people were thinking on Nov. 5. Picture a trio of “king’s men” standing helpless over a shattered […]

This week in history: Jan 2 -8

January 2, 2025 The Associated Press

Jan. 2 1942: The Philippine capital of Manila was captured by Japanese forces during World War II. 1959: The Soviet spacecraft Luna 1 launched, becoming the first spacecraft to escape Earth’s gravity. 2016: An armed […]

Birthdays this week: Jan. 2 – 8

January 2, 2025 The Associated Press

These celebrities have birthdays this week: Jan. 2. TV host Jack Hanna (“Jack Hanna’s Into the Wild”) is 78. Actor Wendy Phillips (“I Am Sam,” “Falcon Crest”) is 73. Actor Cynthia Sikes (“St. Elsewhere”) is […]

Look Ahead: Green to take reins of state’s schools

January 2, 2025 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — Incoming State Superintendent Maurice “Mo” Green, a Democrat, will see a “smooth transition,” per a congratulatory statement issued by the outgoing Republican State Superintendent Catherine Truitt after the November election. Green defeated Republican Michele Morrow by a slim […]