Today is Monday, Dec. 29, the 363rd day of 2025. There are two days left in the year. Today in history: In 1890, the Wounded Knee massacre took place in South Dakota as more than 250 Lakota people were killed by U.S. troops sent to disarm them. Also on this date: In 1170, Thomas Becket, ...

This week’s bouquets go to – From Dan and Gay Kleikamp: We want to thank all the police officers who participated in Shop With a Cop on Saturday, Dec. 13. I was at Walmart when they were there and they were so patient with the kids, and the kids were so excited and took gift buying very ...

The U.S. economy has been marked this year by the paradox of a rising stock market but a slowing labor market. Could the explanation be a productivity boom, led in part by artificial intelligence? That seems possible given Wednesday’s report that the economy grew a robust 4.3% in the third ...