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• A Buffalo woman went out on Christmas Eve, telling her daughter she'd be right back. They found her body a few hundred feet from home

The number of people under age 20 with type 2 diabetes in the US may increase nearly 675% by 2060 if trends continue, researchers say, with an increase of up to 65% in young people with type 1 diabetes.

By Kyle Almond and Will Lanzoni, CNN

These destinations around the world have a well-deserved reputation for traditionally throwing a great New Year's Eve fireworks show and shindig, and they're bouncing back from the subdued celebrations of the past two years during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Patrick Keane, who traveled to Chicago after two canceled flights, had an enthusiastic reunion with his luggage that he says had been missing for a week.

A 5-year-old girl saved her baby brother's life after a car crash killed their parents, leaving three young children trapped in the wreckage for more than two days in a remote part of rural Western Australia, CNN affiliate Nine News reported.

The House January 6 committee has released a new batch of transcripts, including key interviews from members of former President Donald Trump's family and staff. Former federal prosecutor Renato Mariotti joins CNN's Abby Phillip to discuss what Donald Trump Jr.'s testimony could mean.

By Jennifer Arnow, CNN

Tesla's stock is finishing out its tumultuous year with yet more turbulence: It's up almost 6% Thursday, but still down more than 10% since last week. And a new cut to its price target from Morgan Stanley isn't helping.

This winter, Americans are facing the steepest home heating prices in more than 10 years. With many already struggling to afford basic necessities like food and rent, higher energy bills mean some will be facing service disconnection -- and a winter without heat. The Biden administration must do more to protect households from higher energy prices.

It's Thursday. The Christmas storm that dumped many feet of snow across most of America was mostly over by Monday. Still, Southwest Airlines canceled another 2,300 flights today, long after its rivals had resumed normal service.

A Kabul professor tore up his diplomas live on television in Afghanistan in protest over the Taliban's barring of women from higher education.

Ice from a massive winter storm that hit the US and Canada has turned the iconic waterfalls into a winter wonderland.

Explosions rattled villages and cities across Ukraine on Thursday, damaging civilian infrastructure and killing at least three people in what Kyiv has called one of Moscow's biggest missile barrages since the war began in February.

Twenty-two years ago, humanity was teetering on the fulcrum of a new era. Our love affair with technology still felt glamorous and new, the internet a vast frontier full of danger and promise. Yes, we knew there may be troubles down the road, but the consequences of climate change and geopolitical friction were problems for another day. Another millennium, even. As we looked to the year 2000 -- that monumental Y2K -- we saw both apocalypse and rebirth.

A blast of severe winter weather last week caused thousands of Southwest Airlines flight cancellations and spiraled into a complete meltdown of its flight system. In the days since, the carrier's scramble to recover has been slow and, some passengers argue, largely unsuccessful. But experts say Southwest's mess is actually the culmination of issues that have been building over several years.

• Billie Lourd posts sweet tribute to mom Carrie Fisher 6 years after her death • People we've lost in 2022

We're at the end of 2022, folks, and what a year it's been.