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Bookshop’s Bestselling Nonfiction Books of 2025

For finding a good book, there is no substitute for going into your local independent bookstore and browsing what’s on the front tables, the bestsellers shelf, and the staff picks. But bookshop.org is an amalgam of online sales some of the best indie bookstores in the country

FDA approves first weight-loss GLP-1 pill

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care The Big Story Pill version of Wegovy could widen access The FDA just approved the first pill version of a blockbuster GLP-1 drug for weight loss, a move that could significantly widen access to the treatment, though

Libya's top military chief killed in plane crash in Turkey

The head of Libya's armed forces and four other passengers died on Tuesday when their business jet crashed shortly after taking off from Ankara, officials in Turkey's capital and Tripoli said. The wreckage of their Falcon 50 aircraft was located by Turkish security personnel in

FBI says Epstein letter to Larry Nassar was a fake

The Justice Department on Tuesday said a postcard depicting Jeffrey Epstein indicating President Trump loved “young” girls was a “fake,” saying the document had been flagged for the FBI at the time. The writer portends to be Epstein writing to Larry Nassar — the former sports

Libya says its army chief dies in plane crash in Turkey

ANKARA, Dec 23 (Reuters) - The Libyan army's chief of staff, Mohammed Ali Ahmed Al-Haddad, died in a plane crash on Tuesday after leaving Turkey's capital Ankara, the prime minister of Libya's internationally recognised government said, adding that four others were on the jet

Live results: South Carolina state House special election

Democrats are vying to flip a seat in a deep-red state House district in South Carolina after the lawmaker who held it, Republican RJ May, resigned after pleading guilty to distributing child pornography. Democrat J. Chuck Hightower is running against Republican John Lastinger