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Economy

The Fed is probably done raising interest rates and could cut them next year

6:50pm December 13, 2023

by Scott Horsley

The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday, amid signs of easing inflation. The central bank signaled that its benchmark borrowing rate may start to fall next year.

Hunter Biden, son of President Biden, says he is willing to appear before an open hearing of the House Oversight Committee but did not appear at a scheduled closed-door session.

Politics & Government

House votes to formalize Biden impeachment inquiry

6:15pm December 13, 2023

by Lexie Schapitl

The House voted along party lines to formalize the impeachment inquiry into President Biden.

The show had a distinctive opening tune, but that's not the mystery fans were looking to solve.

People have been searching for this song from 'The X-Files' for 25 years. Until now

4:38pm December 13, 2023

by Erika Ryan

A song playing in the background of one episode has fascinated and eluded fans for more than two decades as they sought to track it, and the musicians, down. Now that mystery has finally been solved.

Beyoncé performs during the MTV Video Music Awards in August 2014, at the Forum in Inglewood, Calif.

10 years later, the 'Beyoncé' surprise drop still offers lessons about control

4:38pm December 13, 2023

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

On Dec. 13, 2013, Beyoncé fans got a holiday gift no one expected. A decade later, the artistic and economic impact of her fifth album is still reverberating.

A supporter of Kuomintang, or KMT, Taiwan's major opposition party, waves Taiwan's national flag on Nov. 24, 2023, in Taipei, Taiwan. Researchers uncovered an influence operation targeting Taiwan's upcoming presidential election on Facebook, TikTok and YouTube.

World News

Fake social media accounts are targeting Taiwan's presidential election

4:09pm December 13, 2023

by Shannon Bond

The influence operation identified by Graphika researchers involved a network of more than 800 fake Facebook accounts that reposted Chinese-language TikTok and YouTube videos about Taiwanese politics.

Amit Michelson, an Israeli military reservist, stands for a portrait at a military base near the border with Lebanon in northern Israel on Nov. 28.

World News

As fighting grinds on in Gaza, some Israelis in the north want a war with Hezbollah

3:06pm December 13, 2023

by Brian Mann

Hamas is viewed by many Israelis as an existential threat in the south. But in the north, especially in Upper Galilee, many Israelis say Lebanon's Hezbollah militants must also be destroyed.

Queue Listen Now

Los Angeles Police Department officers check drivers at a DUI checkpoint in Reseda, Los Angeles, California on April 13, 2018.

National

Technology to stop drunk drivers could be coming to every new car in the nation

2:56pm December 13, 2023

by Joe Hernandez

Federal regulators have taken a first step toward making technology that prevents drunk driving standard in new cars. Their goal is to help end a problem that claimed more than 13,000 lives last year.

Center for Reproductive Rights attorney Molly Duane speaks before the Texas Supreme Court in Austin on Nov. 28. The court ruled in a different abortion case on Monday.

Health & Safety

5 things to know about the latest abortion case in Texas

2:48pm December 13, 2023

The case involves just one abortion, but it's likely to have wider implications in the state with some of the strictest abortion laws in the country.

This photo taken late December 14, 2018 with a long time exposure shows a meteor streaking through the night sky over Myanmar during the Geminid meteor shower seen from Wundwin township near Mandalay city.

Science

Your guide to Wednesday's Geminid meteor shower

2:20pm December 13, 2023

by Diba Mohtasham

One of the best and most reliable meteor showers of the year peaks Wednesday night and Thursday morning. And with the moon only a sliver full, viewing conditions should be close to ideal.

Kenneka Jenkins was found dead in 2017 in a kitchen freezer at a Crowne Plaza hotel outside of Chicago. Her family has now reached a settlement of a lawsuit filed in 2018.

National

She died in a hotel's walk-in freezer. Her family will receive more than $6 million

1:35pm December 13, 2023

by Bill Chappell

Kenneka Jenkins had gone to the Crowne Plaza Chicago-O'Hare hotel in Rosemont, Ill., for a late-night party. Her mother quickly realized something was wrong.