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Biggest financial stories of 2024 and what to expect this year

From the stock market to inflation, CBS News MoneyWatch correspondent Kelly O'Grady looks back on some of the big financial stories of 2024 and what to expect in 2025.

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Tips to optimize your skincare routine this year

The global skincare industry is projected to be worth more than $260 billion by 2027. Dr. Rachel Nazarian, a board-certified dermatologist, talks to "CBS Mornings" about how to optimize your ...

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5 New Year’s resolutions for higher education

Just over half of Americans believe higher education has a positive effect on the country, and majorities of both parties think higher education is unaffordable and headed in the wrong direction.

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New Year’s Fireworks Explosions Kill 3 in Honolulu

A series of explosions caused by fireworks in a residential area left more than two dozen people with burns and other injuries, officials said.

The New York Times - 5d

2025: The Year Commercial Space Reaches Even Higher?

Space is open for business, and with a entrepreneur astronaut tapped to lead NASA, the promise of startups and small private space companies may be a hallmark of 2025. And, of course, giant rockets.

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My new year resolution? Abandon new year resolutions once and for all | Moira Donegan

There are few rituals I despise more than the annual January catalog of joyless, dutiful aspirations. This year, I’m saying no. As the Christmas lights flicker off across the country and gift wrap ...

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The end comes quickly for India’s fading champions ahead of Test series finale | Geoff Lemon

The tourists must pick the best possible XI as decline of Virat Kohli and captain Rohit Sharma is laid clear in Australia. Australian tours have a habit of making or breaking Test careers. VVS ...

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Will 2025 be the year for plain vanilla ETFs or private assets?

After healthy returns from US equities, investors are being warned the era could end, and unlisted securities could be the answer

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The attack was the deadliest in the U.S. in more than a year.

Less than a month ago, New York State authorities charged Luigi Mangione with an act of terrorism in the killing of a health care executive in a shooting in Midtown Manhattan.

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Littler beats Aspinall to set up Bunting semi-final

Teenager Luke Littler beat his friend Nathan Aspinall 5-2 to set up a semi-final against Stephen Bunting in the PDC World Championship.

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Fantasy Football Week 18 Lineup Decisions: Receivers who could put up big numbers in the season finale, more

Dig into the players who might be tough start/sit calls in your lineup based on game film notes, stats, more

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Rams to rest Stafford, start Garoppolo in finale

Matthew Stafford will not play in the regular-season finale against the Seahawks, with coach Sean McVay saying Wednesday that Jimmy Garoppolo will get the start instead.

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Smithy and Nessa had to end together in Gavin and Stacey finale, says Corden

The actor also revealed that Sonia was brought back because she “wasn’t in people’s minds”.

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Jerod Mayo says Drake Maye will start Patriots' regular-season finale 'if he's healthy and ready to go'

There has been speculation that the Patriots could sit Maye against the Bills

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After a Monumental Year for Women’s Basketball, What’s Next?

Professional and college games broke into the broader cultural zeitgeist like never before in 2024.

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Pope calls for protection of life in New Year's message

Pope Francis called for the protection of life at New Year’s Day Mass on Wednesday, offering a seemingly anti-abortion message. “Let us entrust this new year to Mary, Mother of God,” Francis said ...

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Two teenagers killed in New Year's Day crash

A boy aged 16 and an 18-year-old man died in the crash in East Yorkshire, police say.

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Fresh wiring may finally power up English devolution

New mayoral planning abilities could drive growth but cause political pain — while funding remains another blocker

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Times Square Revelers Ring in a Soggy New Year After Thunderstorm

People lined up in ponchos to see the New Year’s Eve ball-drop in New York.

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WATCH: New Year's Eve around the world

Watch fireworks and celebrations from around the globe.

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UK small boat arrivals in 2024 up 25% compared with previous year

A total of 36,816 people made journey last year compared with 29,437 who arrived in 2023, Home Office says. The number of people arriving in the UK in 2024 after crossing the Channel in small boats ...

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China Reckons With Years of Excess

Overindebtedness, overbuilding and overcapacity are causing problems at home and abroad.

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North Carolina Gov Cooper commutes sentences of 15 death row inmates on final day in office

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D) on Tuesday commuted the death sentences of 15 inmates to life in prison without the possibility of parole, coinciding with New Year’s Eve and his final day in ...

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30 years ago Tomorrow's World predicted 2025 - how did it do?

From space junk gel to hologram surgery, the team had lots of intriguing predictions. Which, if any, came true?

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The 40-plus year mission to keep President Carter safe

As a former president, Jimmy Carter had Secret Service protection for the rest of his life. Nicole Sganga has the story of the agents who guarded him around the clock for nearly half a century.

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NYPD ramps up security for New Year's Eve in Times Square

A million people are expected to pack into Times Square in New York City to ring in the New Year. And while there's no specific, credible threats to the celebration, the New York Police Department ...

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