Doomscrolling is so 2020 — we're now in the year of "brain rot" instead.

That's 2024′s word of the year according to Oxford University Press, the Oxford English Dictionary's publisher.

For those uninitiated, brain rot is a popular term within internet culture, associated with being chronically online. The Oxford University Press defined ...Read more

ORLANDO — Kyle Anderson’s daughter rides her bike to Lake Nona Middle School every day, pedaling along one of the region’s busiest roadways where students sometimes weave through traffic on their way to and from campus.

Six-lane Narcoossee Road runs in front of the middle school and Lake Nona High School, which is about a mile away. ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Sick New World won’t be coming back for a third year after all.

The massive heavy music festival, which was set to take place at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds April 12 with headliners Metallica, Linkin Park and dozens more, has been canceled.

“It is with great disappointment that we announce that Sick New World will no ...Read more

CHICAGO — An attorney for ex-House Speaker Michael Madigan opened questioning of FBI mole and former Ald. Daniel Solis by bluntly reminding jurors of Solis’ own checkered past.

“As an alderman and as chair of the Zoning Committee, you committed many crimes, is that correct?” attorney Daniel Collins asked Solis, a key prosecution witness...Read more

Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) announced the death of Cap. Omar Maxim Neutra from Long Island Monday. The tank commander was 21.

Neutra was killed during the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attack on Israel, according to the IDF. He was posthumously promoted from the rank of lieutenant to captain.

Neutra deferred enrolling at SUNY Binghamton to join the IDF ...Read more

Democrats were split Monday over President Joe Biden’s pardon of his son Hunter, with most leaders keeping quiet about the sweeping get out of jail free card.

A few lawmakers criticized Biden for breaking his previous promise not to grant any form of clemency to his troubled son, who was facing prison time after being convicted on a gun ...Read more

Syria-based rebel forces are seeking to build on recent gains and capture more territory controlled by the government, raising the question of whether President Bashar Al-Assad can hold onto power.

There are a lot of unknowns in how the latest twist in Syria’s 15-year conflict will play out, and much depends on the agendas of powerful ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Congress returns Monday with a full plate for December’s legislative session, as well as plenty of announced nominees to begin vetting for the incoming Trump administration.

Leading the list from President-elect Donald Trump’s Thanksgiving week announcements was the choice of Kash Patel for FBI director, once there’s a ...Read more

President-elect Donald Trump’s late-Saturday announcement he will replace the current FBI Director with agency outsider Kash Patel was mostly met with signals of support from leading Republicans, while those at odds with the former president voiced concern over the Trump’s pick to lead the nation’s top law enforcement and counterterrorism ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sacramento officials agreed to pay $21 million in settlements after vehicle crashes on city streets from 2019 through 2023, a span during which the Department of Public Works repeatedly told the City Council that it lacked enough funding to achieve the council’s goals.

Most of the collisions that were settled — 17 of ...Read more

BOSTON — The State Senate is set to take up a proposal by Boston Mayor Michelle Wu to change the way property taxes are calculated in the hope of heading off a dramatic increase in residential rates.

A compromise “residential tax relief” plan worked out between Wu, the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, the Massachusetts Taxpayers ...Read more

ATLANTA — One of the two defendants in the ongoing “Young Slime Life” gang and racketeering trial was stabbed Sunday night at a Fulton County Jail annex while awaiting a jury verdict, his attorney said.

Deamonte Kendrick was stabbed at the Union City annex but is expected to be in court Monday, when the jury continues its third day of ...Read more

​WASHINGTON — The National Park Service is seeing a surge in private support bigger than anytime in its 108-year history, as it also faces a maintenance backlog of more than $23 billion, made worse this fall by hurricane damage to its most popular location.

Three years after setting a goal of raising $1 billion, the Park Service’s ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The conservative Supreme Court is poised to leap into another culture-war battle between red states and blue states, this time involving medical rights of transgender teens and their parents.

Two years after the conservative majority overturned national abortion rights, the justices will hear arguments Wednesday over whether ...Read more

An impeachment complaint was filed against Philippines Vice President Sara Duterte by civil society groups, deepening a political crisis over her feud with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.

Duterte engaged in “culpable violations of the Constitution, graft and corruption, bribery, betrayal of public trust, and other high crimes,” according to ...Read more

Unauthorized switching of Affordable Care Act plans appears to have tapered off in recent weeks based on an almost one-third drop in casework associated with consumer complaints, say federal regulators. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, which oversees the ACA, credits steps taken to thwart enrollment and switching problems that ...Read more