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FILE - An exam room at a medical clinic in Detroit on July 29, 2015. (Charles V. Tines/Detroit News via AP, File)

You finally got a doctor's appointment. Here's how to get the most out of it

8:05 AM on Saturday, December 20

It's not that unusual for a 20-something to text Mom from the doctor's office for help answering a health question

FILE - Christmas trees and Santa Clauses decorate the entrance to the beach in Haffkrug, northern Germany, Monday, Dec. 20, 2021. (Photo/Michael Probst, File)

Everything you need to know about Christmas, and how it has evolved into a global holiday

7:41 AM on Saturday, December 20

Originally a Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Jesus, Christmas has evolved into a global cultural event

FILE - Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan, right, and Bushra Bibi, his wife, speak to the media before signing documents to submit surety bond over his bails in different cases, at an office of Lahore High Court in Lahore, Pakistan, on July 17, 2023. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary, File)

Pakistani court sentences former Prime Minister Imran Khan and wife to 17 years in graft case

5:02 AM on Saturday, December 20

A Pakistani court has convicted former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi, sentencing them to 17 years in prison

FILE - A MONUSCO blue helmet deployed near Kibumba, north of Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, on Jan. 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa, File)

UN urges Rwanda to leave eastern Congo and extends peacekeeping mission for a year

5:00 AM on Saturday, December 20

The U.N. Security Council has urged Rwanda to withdraw its forces from eastern Congo and extended the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Congo for a year

Pakistani court sentences former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife to 17 years in prison in a graft case

4:59 AM on Saturday, December 20

Pakistani court sentences former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife to 17 years in prison in a graft case

Attorney General Pam Bondi, with U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro behind, pauses while speaking during a news conference at the Department of Justice, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Luigi Mangione‘s lawyers say Bondi’s death penalty decision was tainted by conflict of interest

1:46 AM on Saturday, December 20

Luigi Mangione’s lawyers contend that Attorney General Pam Bondi’s decision to seek the death penalty against him in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was tainted by her prior work as a lobbyist at a firm that represented the insurer’s parent company

3 officers wounded, suspect killed and another man wounded after New York domestic dispute call

1:31 AM on Saturday, December 20

Police say three police officers are hospitalized with gunshot wounds, the gunman is dead and another man was wounded after a domestic dispute turned into a volatile confrontation across multiple blocks in Rochester, New York

Anthony Joshua, left, in action against Jake Paul during their heavyweight boxing match, Friday, Dec. 19, 2025, in Miami, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Anthony Joshua knocks out Jake Paul in 6th round to win heavyweight fight

12:47 AM on Saturday, December 20

Anthony Joshua knocked out Jake Paul in the sixth round of their heavyweight fight

An excavator dig a pit to burry the carcass an Asiatic wild elephant being removed from a railway track after a speeding train hit a heard of wild elephant in the early morning in Changjurai village east of Guwahati, India, Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

High-speed passenger train kills 7 elephants crossing railway tracks in northeast India

12:42 AM on Saturday, December 20

Seven wild Asiatic elephants were killed and a calf was injured when a high-speed passenger train collided with a herd in Assam, India

This image provided by Providence Police Dept. shows surveillance images of Claudio Neves Valente, a suspect in the mass shooting at Brown University. (Providence Police Dept. via AP)

How surveillance technology and the 'Reddit Detective Agency' helped search for a killer

12:06 AM on Saturday, December 20

More than a decade ago, a frenzied 5-day search for the Boston Marathon bombers left some lessons in its aftermath

This undated, redacted photo released by the U.S. Department of Justice shows former President Bill Clinton with an unknown person. (U.S. Department of Justice via AP)

Photos of Bill Clinton feature prominently in first batch of newly released Epstein files

7:06 PM on Friday, December 19

Newly released files from the Justice Department investigation into Jeffrey Epstein include several photos of former President Bill Clinton

President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth salute as carry teams move the transfer cases with the remains of Iowa National Guard soldiers Sgt. William Nathaniel Howard, 29, of Marshalltown, Iowa, and Sgt. Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar, 25, of Des Moines, Iowa, and civilian interpreter Ayad Mansoor Sakat, who were killed in an attack in Syria, during a casualty return, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025 at Dover Air Force Base, Del. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

US military launches strikes in Syria targeting Islamic State fighters after American deaths

5:31 PM on Friday, December 19

The Trump administration has launched military strikes in Syria to “eliminate” Islamic State group fighters and weapons sites in retaliation for an ambush attack that killed two U.S. troops and an American interpreter almost a week ago

Volunteers take phone calls from children asking where Santa is and when he will deliver presents to their house, during the annual NORAD Tracks Santa Operation, at the North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD, at Peterson Air Force Base, in Colorado Springs, Colo., on Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2024. (Thomas Paul/North American Aerospace Defense Command. via AP)

NORAD continues decades-long tradition of tracking Santa's trip around the world

4:09 PM on Friday, December 19

For the 70th year in a row, people of all ages will be able to get updates on Santa's journey around the world from the North American Aerospace Defense Command in Colorado

Maintenance technician Liz Cardenas completes a task on an electronics test platform at a training area in a Walmart distribution center Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025, in Bentonville, Ark. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Walmart and other US companies want to build a pipeline of skilled tradespeople

3:19 PM on Friday, December 19

As the number of skilled tradespeople dwindles in the U.S., Walmart is building up its own workforce to keep conveyor belts moving and refrigerated grocery cases cold

President Donald Trump speaks during an executive order signing regarding marijuana in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

The US Treasury wants more states to embrace Trump's tax cuts. So far, only a few have done so

10:09 AM on Friday, December 19

Lawmakers across the U.S. will be debating whether to adopt new federal tax breaks for tips, overtime and business expenses

This undated photo released by the U.S. Department of Justice shows Jeffrey Epstein. (U.S. Department of Justice via AP)

Justice Department releases limited set of files tied to Epstein sex trafficking investigation

12:21 AM on Friday, December 19

The Justice Department has released thousands of files about convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, but the incomplete document dump Friday did not break significant ground about the long-running criminal investigations of the financier or his ties to wealthy and powerful individuals

Today in History: December 20, the Louisiana Purchase is completed

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