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U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy wants Americans to know that drinking is a preventable risk factor for cancer, and he issued an advisory that calls for warning labels to be placed on alcoholic beverages.

Legislation granting full Social Security benefits to nearly 3 million retirees will soon get become law, advocates say.

Luka Modric y Jude Bellingham le dieron al Real Madrid un feliz inicio de 2025 al consumar una remontada con 10 jugadores en el campo de Mestalla, donde superó el viernes 2-1 al Valencia para tomar el liderato de La Liga española.

Actress Nicole Kidman shared the key to success when it comes to her 18-year marriage to country music star Keith Urban. The two married in 2006 and have two children.

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A Japan Airlines plane burst into flames on landing at Tokyo's Haneda airport after it collided with an aircraft involved in earthquake relief efforts. This comes after a 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck the west coast of Japan a day earlier.

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., narrowly held onto the gavel in a nail-biter vote on Friday afternoon.

There's mounting evidence that the Tesla Cybertruck bombing​ at the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas was in fact a public display of a private tragedy.

The briefs, filed a week before oral arguments, offered sharply differing accounts of China’s influence over the site and the role of the First Amendment.

The House of Representatives voted along party lines to adopt a new set of rules for the 119th Congress.

A high-pressure system is bringing an Arctic air blast to Montana, North Dakota and Minnesota, the NWS warns.

A family-owned restaurant in the East Bay of California closed up shop at the end of December after suffering the withering consequences of a gender discrimination lawsuit.

After defeating the Bruins on Thursday, Quick has pulled within arm's reach of American hockey history.

Actor Tom Holland recently had to break up a fight in a Los Angeles-area Whole Foods. The "Spider-Man" star recalled the moment one of the men recognized him as the crime-fighting hero.

On New Year’s Eve, the bollards protecting New Orleans' Bourbon Street were gone, being replaced ahead of the Super Bowl, leaving the street vulnerable.

This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here.American personal-finance gurus love to rail against the habit of spending money on coffee: The finance personality Suze Orman once compared buying coffee outside the house to “peeing $1 million down the drain.” But this criticism hasn’t curbed Americans’ love of ordering coffee. Neither has a yearslong stretch of brutal inflation. Through it all, Americans have kept purchasing their lattes and Americanos and drips, their cold foams and pumps of flavor and alternative milks.Most American adults drink coffee regularly. The beverage is inescapable in America in part because it has enabled the long work hours that contribute to America’s culture of productivity. As Michael Pollan wrote in The Atlantic in 2020, “Coffee has helped create exactly the kind of world that coffee needs to thrive.” But this alone doesn’t explain its pull: Many people view the act of buying a cup of coffee as a small pleasure, one that fits easily into a busy routine. As the price of everything—including lattes—has gone up in recent years, Americans have stood by this particular habit.Inflation-squeezed consumers are shying away from eating at restaurants, but many have kept indulging in to-go coffee. Starbucks is stumbling—last year, its sales and store traffic dipped, its workers went on strike, and it brought in yet another new CEO—but cafés are flourishing overall. The retail-research firm Circana found that spending at coffee shops in 2024 was up 55 percent compared with 2017 (restaurant spending overall was up about 20 percent in that period). Businesses serving coffee and tea are one of the fastest-growing slices of the restaurant industry.Because coffee has a price cap that’s fairly low, it is generally the “last to go” when people are cutting back on meals out, Alex Susskind, a professor of food and beverage management at Cornell, told me. A restaurant dinner could cost hundreds of dollars. But even the most elaborate coffee concoction in most cities couldn’t be more than $8. (I am ignoring stunt orders, such as this one that apparently involved 101 shots of espresso.) Spending more than a few dollars on a coffee drink might seem absurd, especially to those who grew up in an era of much lower pricing. But many people continue to view coffee as a relatively affordable luxury, making it unique in the realm of dining out, Susskind noted: Just like fast-food chains, which did well in the second half of last year, coffee survives through customers’ strong perception that the price won’t go above a certain threshold.But even the last to go may have a shaky future. In December, coffee hit its highest price in nearly 50 years. Major droughts in coffee-growing areas such as Brazil meant that the cost of Arabica beans (a common variety served in the United States) went up about 70 percent in 2024. The price has eased slightly in recent weeks, from $3.35 a pound to $3.20 a pound, but it was closer to $1.80 this time last year. Store brands such as Nescafé and Folgers have raised their prices, pointing to bean costs. In 2025, coffee shops will need to decide how much of the expense to pass on to coffee drinkers. With all of the resources and labor that go into it, a cup of coffee arguably should cost more than what we pay for it now. If coffee prices keep rising, coffee enthusiasts may be forced to consider how much their daily ritual is truly worth.Related: How America lost its taste for the middle The rise of coffee shaming (from 2019) Here are four new stories from The Atlantic: Bad news for Trump’s legislative agenda The rise of John Ratcliffe Why liberals struggle to cope with epochal change Five books that offer readers intellectual exercise Today’s News Representative Mike Johnson narrowly won reelection as the speaker of the House. South Korean investigators failed to detain President Yoon Suk Yeol after an hours-long standoff with roughly 200 soldiers and members of the presidential security detail. A small plane crashed into a warehouse in California yesterday, killing two people and injuring 19. Dispatches The Books Briefing: During a week of tragedy and chaos, Emma Sarappo has been thinking about the figurative language of death and decay that we use to describe the close of the year. Explore all of our newsletters here.Evening Read Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Getty. Thermometers Are Hot GarbageBy Daniel Engber Germs are in the air again: Indicators show that the winter wave of flu and COVID is finally under way. Are you on the verge of getting sick? Am I? My 5-year-old does feel a little warm to me; his sister seems okay. Maybe I should take their temperature? Maybe I should not. Here’s my resolution for the year ahead: I will not take their temperature. No parent should be taking temperatures. Because doing so is next to useless. Read the full article.More From The Atlantic What Taylor Swift understands about love David Brooks: Vivek Ramaswamy is uninvited from my sleepover. The president Trump is pushing aside Culture Break Todd Webb Archive Take a look. These photos show the painter Georgia O’Keeffe’s life in New Mexico.Pay attention. Parents, put down your phone cameras, Russell Shaw writes. In trying to capture so much of our kids’ lives, we risk missing out.Play our daily crossword.P.S.I enjoyed reading this set of food and drink predictions from Kim Severson, who suggests that we are in for a year of breaking with convention. One trend she’s eyeing? Savory coffee experiences. “Chefs are infusing coffee with sunchoke purée and avocado, and flavoring drinks with ginger, lemongrass and rosemary smoke,” Severson writes. “And yes, coffee is starting to get the omakase treatment.” Happy new year!— LoraStephanie Bai contributed to this newsletter.When you buy a book using a link in this newsletter, we receive a commission. Thank you for supporting The Atlantic.

Retired Army officer Sam Shoemate reportedly received an email from the suspect days before the Trump Hotel car bomb in Las Vegas.

The president-elect said the reelected speaker will be able to deliver for the American people.

The facility in Fulton County, Georgia, has long had problems with assaults, drugs and pests.

Veteran Reps. Pete Aguilar (D-Redlands) and Ted Lieu (D-Torrance) hold the positions of Democratic Caucus chair and vice chair, respectively.

The car rental app Turo is working to understand how two of its vehicles were used in the deadly New Orleans attack and Cybertruck bombing in Las Vegas. The Tesla Cybertruck that exploded outside of President-elect Donald Trump's Las Vegas hotel and the electric truck used in the New Orleans attack were both rented via Turo. New York Times technology reporter Eli Tan joins CBS News 24/7 to explain how the app and its background check process work.

The surgeon general cautioned the public on Friday that even light or moderate drinking is harmful.

The Baltimore Orioles added to their starting rotation Friday by investing in a 41-year-old right-handed pitcher who's made two All-Star teams in 17 seasons.

Vice President-elect JD Vance undergoes 'minor' surgery Friday afternoon.

American, JetBlue, Southwest and United are offering passengers waivers to reschedule flights ahead of Winter Storm Blair.

The actress started her New Year off right with a Barbados vacation with her teenage son and daughter and husband Billy Crudup.

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Legal experts are weighing in on how a new motion filed by prosecutors could impact Karen Read's retrial.

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The resignation of former Representative Matt Gaetz drew applause in Congress on Friday.

Senator John Thune said Friday that the filibuster has "perhaps the greatest impact in preserving the Founders' vision of the Senate."

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The Biden Administration blocked the purchase of U.S. Steel by Japan's Nippon. Here's what could happen next.

The police shared notes recovered from one of the phones of Master Sgt. Matthew Alan Livelsberger, who fatally shot himself inside the vehicle in Las Vegas.

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Trump picked former State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus to serve as deputy Mideast envoy Friday afternoon.

Democratic lawmakers reacted to Rep. Mike Johnson being re-elected as speaker of the House of Representatives for the 119th Congress on Friday.

Gov. Kathy Hochul pledged Friday to stop the runaway train of subway violence by making it easier to involuntarily commit and treat dangerous mentally ill New Yorkers — but critics quickly blasted her largely detail-free plan as too little, too late. In a vaguely worded statement, Hochul said she’ll introduce legislation in New York’s upcoming...

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Several models of Ford heavy duty trucks, along with Ford and Lincoln SUVs recalled.

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The North Carolina representative's team said she "seems to be okay" after falling on a marble staircase at the Capitol.

A college linebacker declared for the job market and not the NFL Draft in a funny post.

Mollie Walker, Larry Brooks and Brian Boyle discuss the Rangers putting Igor Shesterkin on IR and how Jonathan Quick has stepped up in the former Vezina Trophy-winning goaltender’s absence.

Though a U.S. citizen killed revelers on Bourbon Street, experts say the incoming president sees advantages in blaming immigrants and Islam for New Year's Day attack.

Aardman co-directors Nick Park and Merlin Crossingham deliver another unabashedly British Wallace & Gromit stop-motion adventure: 'Vengeance Most Fowl.'