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UnitedHealth books better-than-expected fourth-quarter profit

UnitedHealth books better-than-expected fourth-quarter profit

UnitedHealth posted a better-than-expected profit in the final quarter of 2024, but revenue fell short as challenges like Medicare funding cuts and a Medicaid enrollment drop hurt.
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin launches massive New Glenn rocket on first test flight and reaches orbit

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin launches massive New Glenn rocket on first test flight and reaches orbit

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Blue Origin launched its massive new rocket on its first test flight Thursday, sending up a prototype satellite to orbit thousands of miles above Earth.
Indian Bollywood star Saif Ali Khan is stabbed by an intruder at his home in Mumbai

Indian Bollywood star Saif Ali Khan is stabbed by an intruder at his home in Mumbai

MUMBAI, India (AP) — Indian Bollywood star Saif Ali Khan was stabbed in a scuffle with an intruder at his home early Thursday and underwent surgery at a hospital, media reports said.
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin launches massive New Glenn rocket on first test flight

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin launches massive New Glenn rocket on first test flight

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Blue Origin launched its massive new rocket on its first test flight Thursday, sending up a prototype satellite to orbit thousands of miles above Earth.
Japan YouTuber novelist woos global audience with visual, accessible horror

Japan YouTuber novelist woos global audience with visual, accessible horror

TOKYO (AP) — He wears a black bodysuit and a white mask, speaks in an electronically altered squeaky voice and makes creepiness his signature mode of art.
Banning cellphones in schools gains popularity in red and blue states

Banning cellphones in schools gains popularity in red and blue states

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas' Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders and California's Democratic Gov.
He left his LA-area home to cover the wildfires. But the flames were barreling toward his front door

He left his LA-area home to cover the wildfires. But the flames were barreling toward his front door

ALTADENA, Calif. (AP) — The warnings began on Saturday, Jan. 4. Our neighbor, a volunteer at the local sheriff's station, texted that we should “batten down the hatches” for a “big windstorm." From there, things moved fast.
No cupcakes, no cosmos: 'Sex and the City' brownstone in NYC will get a gate to deter tourists

No cupcakes, no cosmos: 'Sex and the City' brownstone in NYC will get a gate to deter tourists

NEW YORK (AP) — Thinking about toasting Carrie Bradshaw with a cosmo while posing on the front steps of her Manhattan brownstone from “Sex and the City?” Think again.
2 men get prison time for crimes connected to the killing of 'General Hospital' actor Johnny Wactor

2 men get prison time for crimes connected to the killing of 'General Hospital' actor Johnny Wactor

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two men convicted of lesser crimes connected to the killing of former “General Hospital” actor Johnny Wactor were sentenced to state prison on Wednesday.
Forestry 'transition' sets off review of BC Timber Sales, province says

Forestry 'transition' sets off review of BC Timber Sales, province says

PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. — The "significant pressures" on British Columbia's forest industry have prompted a review of BC Timber Sales, the organization that manages about 20 per cent of the annual allowable cut.