Eric Frankenfeld, a chiropractor, and his wife, Lisa, who manages the office, are not renewing their Affordable Care Act plan for 2026 after the premium skyrocketed. More than 90% of ACA policyholders — or about 22 million people — receive the enhanced subsidies, which spurred record sign-ups for Obamacare coverage this year. Employer policies are often too pricey for small businesses and for those who work for themselves, leading many to turn to the Affordable Care Act exchanges. The House will vote on a Democratic proposal to extend the enhanced Affordable Care Act premium subsidies in January. It’s unconscionable.”Some small-business owners, however, can’t afford to go without health insurance because they have medical conditions and need care.

Those who seemingly disdain values I hold dear — solidarity, compassion, freedom — have launched a war on empathy. MAGA champion Elon Musk put this view most succinctly when he labeled empathy as dangerous to America, and “Western” civilization as a whole. Advertisement“The fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy,” Musk said earlier this year on the Joe Rogan podcast. So, I think, you know, empathy is good, but you need to think it through.”The premise here isn’t that all empathy is wrong, only empathy for those deemed unworthy. We know America has always been an experiment, with the battle between empathy and clarity ongoing at its core.

Netflix has historically been averse to live sports and the burdens of acquiring and maintaining sports licensing rights. In short, the Netflix deal might kill Hollywood as we know it. In addition, Paramount promised the release of 30 movies in theaters each year, as a counterpoint to the Netflix offer. ADVERTISEMENTMore recently, in mid-December, WBD signaled its preference to proceed ahead with the Netflix deal. ADVERTISEMENTIt’s therefore somewhat ironic that over 35 years ago, Donald Trump’s decision to sponsor the eponymous Tour de Trump helped carry forward American racing and contributed to the globalization of the sport.

The “Epstein files” saga will spill into 2026, despite a deadline last week to release all of the records. The new transparency law gave the Justice Department a December 19 deadline to release all the records related to Epstein. The Justice Department didn’t respond to CNN’s request for comment Friday. The Justice Department said this contained nearly “30,000 more pages.” That was the most recent release. The previously released records from the House were among those re-posted to the new Justice Department website.

Colorado-based tech platform Gloo, which tracks faith and flourishing in the AI ecosystem for 140,000 faith, ministry, and nonprofit groups, founded the Flourishing AI Benchmark model earlier this year to determine whether AI models provide biblically grounded, theologically coherent, and morally clear guidance about questions pertaining to faith. The role of faith in AI models is a sticky question for technologists and theologians alike. Five of OpenAI’s models scored in the second through fifth and the seventh spot. Using 807 curated questions, the test addressed several core tenets of Christian values, including stewardship, generosity, forgiveness, meaning and moral responsibility. The tech company’s leaders concluded that the LLMs fall short, with an average model score of 48 in the faith dimension.

Skook News will provide updates if any proposals or communications involving Schuylkill County are confirmed. Link to Washington Post Articlehttps://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/12/24/ice-immigrants-detention-warehouses-deportation-trump/ Skook News will provide updates if any proposals or communications involving Schuylkill County are confirmed.Link to Washington Post ArticleA national investigation published Wednesday, December 24, 2025, by The Washington Post has drawn local attention in Schuylkill County after the borough of Tremont was referenced in broader discussions surrounding the Trump administration’s plans to dramatically expand immigrant detention capacity across the United States.According to the Washington Post report, internal documents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) outline a proposal to hold as many as 80,000 immigrant detainees in large-scale, warehouse-style facilities as part of an effort to accelerate deportations. Proposed locations mentioned in the documents are primarily near major transportation corridors in states such as Texas, Virginia, Louisiana, Arizona, Georgia, and Missouri.The Washington Post reports that ICE officials believe concentrating detainees in large warehouses could reduce transportation delays and speed deportations. However, immigration advocates and infrastructure experts cited in the article raised concerns about the suitability of warehouse buildings for long-term human occupancy, pointing to ventilation, sanitation, medical access, and staffing challenges.ICE currently holds more than 68,000 detainees nationwide, according to agency data cited in the report — the highest number on record. Nearly half of those detained have no criminal convictions.The Department of Homeland Security declined to confirm the specifics of the warehouse plan, stating only that proposals are subject to change and internal review.At this time, there is no indication that Tremont or Schuylkill County is being considered for an ICE detention facility, and the Washington Post article does not suggest any imminent action locally.

New Year’s resolutions for your pets Veterinarian Adam Christman is here with some tips for pet lovers who are looking to level up their pet care for the new year.

Uptick in flu cases linked to new variant New York reports its highest weekly flu case count since tracking began in 2004, as officials warn mutations may reduce vaccine effectiveness.

“It was a perfect storm of a humanitarian crisis,” Dan Pisegna, program director of Alaska Health Project South Sudan, told HuffPost earlier this month. Thus far, it has not really come to fruition.”Children gather around a water stand opened by Alaska Health Project South Sudan. South Sudan is experiencing its worst cholera outbreak in the country’s 15-year history, according to the World Health Organization. ‘Blood On Its Hands’NGOs can be plagued with corruption, especially in nations like South Sudan where desperate conditions vastly limit oversight. Private donors are APHSS’s only contributors, and 90% of the funds they receive are spent on their programs in South Sudan.

But even before my own memory and language issues began, I’d written about and wondered what my own neurological inheritance might be. I mixed up words in conversation, and it felt like words I’d used frequently had been stowed away on shelves in my brain that I could no longer reach. Semantic verbal fluency was impaired.” Impaired. My desk houses stacks of Post-it notes and shards of scrap paper with scrawled notes, ideas, and words I don’t want to forget. Alongside the words, I think of the faces of my children and their children.

The title of the snowiest city in the United States is a fiercely contested honor, typically dominated by municipalities surrounding the Great Lakes. Here is a look at the list of snowiest cities in America, where shoveling is a daily winter ritual. List of Snowiest Cities in the United StatesWhile historical averages provide a reliable baseline for what to expect, every winter brings a new battle for the snowiest places on Earth. Syracuse, New York A house in Oswego County, Syracuse, Credit - syracuse.com Syracuse is widely recognized as the snowiest major city in America. Buffalo, New York Credit - pbs.org Buffalo is probably the most famous snowy city in the United States because its NFL team often plays in blizzard-like weather.

Red foxes are known for their keen sense of smell and habit of crouching before leaping onto their prey. Sadie and Seth were among hundreds of animals living on an Ohio fur farm that reeked of urine and feces. Sadie and Seth, red foxes rescued from an Ohio fur farm, are settling into their new home at ZooTampa at Lowry Park. She wanted to help red foxes, too. Raccoons, skunks, opossums, coyotes and other foxes from the fur farm have also found new homes at sanctuaries and zoos.

He also could’ve been emulating his over-confident character Marty Mauser from his latest big-screen offering, “Marty Supreme,” the frenzied, 1950s-set pingpong affair from “Uncut Gems” co-director Josh Safdie, which hits theaters Christmas Day. Marty Mauser doesn’t necessarily need a championship title to confirm that he’s the greatest table tennis player in the world. That’s the nature of Marty Mauser and, in essence, “Marty Supreme,” and what makes the film such a chaos-fueled adventure from start to finish. But make no mistake, the most convincing performance in “Marty Supreme” belongs to Chalamet. “Marty Supreme” is in theaters.

Update RequiredTo play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.

I have often said that if USC beats UCLA or Notre Dame, the coach deserves another season. It may shine in the record books, but it will always feel unfinished to those who know what real college football tradition demands. Yet Bill Plaschke now claims that Notre Dame is running away from the series and is afraid of "Ole SC." AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementWayne MuramatsuCerritosNo USC-Notre Dame football game! Who’s next to be cut from the Notre Dame football schedule, Navy?