From household names to niche suppliers, a flood of Chapter 11 bankruptcy filings reshaped the landscape of retail, food, and consumer services in 2025. What once might have been dismissed as “just another bankruptcy” has become a pattern: rising interest rates, shifting consumer habits, heavy...
The news never seemed to stop in 2025, and usually, it focused on humans. But many of the newsmakers walked on four legs, not two.This year saw headlines about a massive escaped lizard that roamed Western Massachusetts and Connecticut for two weeks, cats entering local...
The Patriots wrap up their regular season on Sunday still with a chance to get the top seed in the AFC.New England must beat the Miami Dolphins and the Denver Broncos must lose to the Los Angeles Chargers. The Chargers, with the seed out of...
FOXBOROUGH – K’Lavon Chaisson has reached new heights with the Patriots this year. In his sixth NFL season, the veteran edge rusher heads into the team’s regular-season finale with a career-high in sacks (6.5), quarterback hits (16), tackles for loss (9), forced fumbles (2), and...
Dear Eric: I am getting older. I have lived in my home more than half my life. I raised my children, educated myself, had a career and launched my kids while living here as a long-divorced person.In the last few years, my body has changed....
Dear Abby: Welcome to 2026! A New Year has arrived; the last one is safely behind us. As always, this New Year brings with it our hopes for a new beginning. Today presents an opportunity to discard destructive old habits for healthy new ones, and...
New Year’s Day marks a fresh start with a brand new calendar year and a time to reflect on the past year and make resolutions for what’s to come in the next 365 days.People should anticipate that many businesses and public services may operate on...
By Libor JanyLos Angeles TimesLOS ANGELES — Citing insufficient evidence, the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office said it would not file charges against two Huntington Park, California, police officers in the 2023 fatal shooting of Anthony Lowe, a double amputee who was trying to...
AUSTIN, Texas — An appeals court has overturned the conviction of a former Austin police officer sentenced to prison in connection with a 2019 fatal shooting, reversing the jury’s verdict and issuing a judgment of acquittal.The 7th Court of Appeals ruled to reverse the conviction...
SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. — A Christmas Eve call at a Georgia golf course turned into an unconventional police pursuit when a wanted suspect attempted to flee — not in a car, but in a golf cart.Sandy Springs Police Department officers responded Dec. 24 to a...
