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Beyoncé lit up an NFL stage on Christmas Day, performing a medley of hits from her newest album, “Cowboy Carter,” at halftime of a game between the Baltimore Ravens and her hometown Houston Texans.

Music producer Richard Perry, who was behind hits by Carly Simon, Barbra Streisand, Tiny Tim and scores of other singing stars, died Tuesday. He was 82.

Health-related bills signed into California law will take effect on January 1 and directly impact Californians in 2025. Many bills are enacted each year.

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs and Luigi Mangione will spend Christmas in a NYC lockup where Cornish hen and green beans are reportedly on the menu.

Blake Lively’s claims that “It Ends With Us” director and co-star Justin Baldoni unleashed a smear campaign against her have gained support from a new lawsuit that Baldoni’s former publicist filed against him.

There have been more than 32,000 cases reported so far this year, according to preliminary data from mid-December — about six times more than there were at this time last year and more than there have been since 2014.

This year, scientists were able to pull back the curtain on mysteries surrounding figures across history, both known and unknown, to reveal more about their unique stories.

Officials in Hawaii are investigating after a body was discovered in the wheel well of a United Airlines plane that flew from Chicago to Maui on Christmas Eve.