Vehicular attacks are not new. But preventing them has been a big challenge For decades, individuals and terrorist groups have used vehicles to carry out deadly attacks. But installing safeguards hasn't always been successful. Jaclyn Diaz
Bats catch a lift from storm winds on long-distance migrations Migrating hundreds and hundreds of miles is hard work for the common noctule bat. But this European species makes its marathon journey a little bit easier by paying attention to the weather. Jonathan Lambert
Biden awards Medal of Freedom to Hillary Clinton, Soros, Messi and 16 others Biden will also posthumously grant the medal to former U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and former Michigan Gov. George Romney. Franco Ordoñez
Seeking to heal the country, Jimmy Carter pardoned men who evaded the Vietnam War draft The pardon was one of the defining presidential moments for Jimmy Carter, who died Dec. 29 at the age of 100. The move was pilloried by members of the military and conservative politicians. Joe Hernandez
Former President Jimmy Carter's humanitarian legacy honored in Georgia The first day of memorial services for former President Jimmy Carter began in his hometown of Plains, Ga., and includes stops at the Georgia State Capitol and The Carter Center in Atlanta. Stephen Fowler
5 financial habits to leave behind for a more prosperous new year As we say goodbye to 2024, let's also bid farewell to some less-than-ideal money habits: impulse purchases, out-of-control credit card debt and the trap of lifestyle creep. Marielle Segarra
Japanese woman who was the world's oldest person at 116 has died Tomiko Itooka, a Japanese woman who was the world's oldest person according to Guinness World Records, has died, an Ashiya city official said Saturday. She was 116. The Associated Press
Net neutrality is struck, ending a long battle to regulate ISPs like public utilities A U.S. Court of Appeals this week ruled that the FCC did not have legal authority to revive the so-called net neutrality rules that were first introduced a decade ago under the Obama Administration. Emma Bowman
The soldier who died in Cybertruck explosion wrote it was intended as a 'wakeup call' Matthew Livelsberger, a 37-year-old Green Beret from Colorado, also wrote in a note that he needed to "cleanse my mind" of the lives lost of people he knew and "the burden of the lives I took." The Associated Press
