THE WEEK

12/22/2025

Taking a road trip anytime soon? If so, you can make your drive a little more exciting by pulling over at these unique gas stations. ⛽

Fill ’er up next to highland cows and a giant soda bottle

12/22/2025

The end of the year is here, which for some could mean bonus season. But before you decide to splurge with the extra money, these are some savvy ways to make use of that added cash you worked hard for all year.

Pay down debt, add it to an emergency fund or put it toward retirement

12/19/2025

The Land of 10,000 Lakes has found itself in the middle of a scandal, with Minnesota at the center of wide-ranging fraud allegations. While it is hardly the first state to become embroiled in a fraud scandal, prosecutors say the evidence against Minnesota goes back years. Here's what to know.

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12/19/2025

TikTok’s Chinese owner, ByteDance, said Thursday it had secured binding deals with three major investors to form a U.S. version of the popular video-sharing platform.

ByteDance will form a US version of the popular video-sharing platform

12/19/2025

The Trump administration Thursday took several steps designed to end gender-affirming care for Americans under age 18.

The administration is making sweeping proposals that would eliminate gender-affirming care for Americans under age 18

12/19/2025

Few “professionals suffer more from ageism than athletes,” says Sally Jenkins.

Read more of the day's top columns here.

Opinion, comment and editorials of the day

12/19/2025

A 48-year-old man believed to have murdered an MIT professor and two Brown University students earlier this week was found dead Thursday in a New Hampshire storage unit, law enforcement officials said Thursday night.

The mass shooting suspect, a former Brown grad student, died of self-inflicted gunshot wounds

12/19/2025

For more than half a century, the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado, has been a premier hub for climate and planetary science. But that stands to change as the Trump administration announced plans this week to begin “breaking up” the facility. Here's why the center is being dismantled.

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12/19/2025

The week’s best photos 📸

1. A menorah is projected onto the Sydney Opera House in memory of the victims of a mass shooting at Bondi Beach, in Sydney, Australia (David Gray / AFP / Getty Images)

2. Relatives gather for a funeral ceremony at the Manikarnika Ghat cremation grounds in Varanasi, India (Niharika Kulkarni / AFP / Getty Images)

3. A displaced Palestinian woman waits with her container to receive food at a charity kitchen in Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip (Bashar Taleb / AFP / Getty Images)

12/19/2025

The top of the mountain is coming down. Five different U.S. mountains, including Mount Rainier, are experiencing ice loss at their peaks, bringing down their highest elevations. The problem is likely to worsen.

12/19/2025

“Epstein haunts Trump’s 2nd term,” USA Today says on Friday’s front page.

Read more of today's newspapers here.

A roundup of the headlines from the US front pages

12/19/2025

In today's Morning Report: Manhunt end, trans youth clampdown and TikTok deal

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