To mark the winter holidays — an especially popular time to break up — we asked people around the world for their most striking parting words to each other.

We have the latest from Brown University and Bondi Beach.

Medetomidine, a veterinary sedative, mixed into fentanyl has sent thousands to hospitals, not only for overdose but for life-threatening withdrawal. It is spreading to other cities.

José Antonio Kast, who was elected president on Sunday, is the latest conservative to rise to power promising strict law and order measures.

The columnist believes America’s real political contest is in the center.

Advocates fear damage to labor protections if the Supreme Court upholds the president’s move to control federal agency staffing.

A program for deafblind children helped 3-year-old Annie Garner, born with poor vision and no ears, learn to communicate. The Trump administration cut the program’s funding over diversity goals.

Sometimes Trump’s unconventional foreign policy just works.

The new chancellor believes the world needs a stronger Germany. He is still navigating how to do it.

The Air Force refueling tanker was flying without its location transponder activated and could not be detected by air traffic control.