Big News Headlines

• These awesome holiday gifts are on sale right now December 12, 2018
  Just because it's Christmas present crunch time doesn't mean you have to spend all your money.        
• Are the opioid crisis and skyrocketing suicide rates just a symptom? December 12, 2018
  Former congressman Patrick Kennedy thinks the opioid crisis and suicide rates are merely symptomatic of a society gripped with depression and anxiety.        
• Fentanyl now America's deadliest drug, federal health officials say December 12, 2018
  Fentanyl is now the deadliest drug in America, federal health officials announced Wednesday, with over 18,000 overdose deaths in 2016.        
• 2 dead in Christmas market attack in Strasbourg, France; gunman still at large December 12, 2018
  Senior French official Laurent Nunez said the attacker - a former prison inmate who has been identified as a suspected extremist  - could have fled to nearby Germany.        
• Julian Castro 1st Dem. to throw hat in 2020 race December 12, 2018
  Former Obama cabinet member Julian Castro got a head start on his 2020 rivals Wednesday, becoming the first Democrat in a primary field with no clear front-runner to launch an exploratory committee ahead of a likely White House run. (Dec. 12)        
• 25 most underpaid Golden Globe winners December 12, 2018
         
• Trump EPA takes aim at Obama-era clean water rules, prompting outcry from environmentalists December 12, 2018
  President Trump has called the Obama-era Waters of the U.S. rule a "massive power grab" due to environmental limits. The EPA is preparing a new rule.        
• Britain's leader Theresa May to face no-confidence vote amid Brexit turmoil December 12, 2018
  Prime Minister Theresa May could be ousted from power. Lawmakers are unhappy with her deal to leave the European Union.        
• Aretha Franklin, Stephen Hawking, George H.W. Bush and other luminaries: A look at legends we’ve lost in 2018 December 12, 2018
  Whether in music, thoughts or prayer, many world-builders left us in 2018. Here is a look at those we have lost and lives well-lived.        
• What is the worst city to live in your state? Find out. December 12, 2018
  24/7 Wall Street looked at 8 categories – crime, economy, education, environment, health, housing, infrastructure and leisure – to identify them.        
• 'A Star Is Born' leads Screen Actors Guild Awards field with four nominations December 12, 2018
  The 25th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards air live Jan. 27 (8 p.m. ET/5 PT) on TNT and TBS.        
• Celebrities' big social media slip-ups and mistakes in 2018 December 12, 2018
  From Photoshop fails to unfortunate wording, here are some flubs that celebrities made on social media in 2018.