Getting Sober-curious: why your friends (and maybe you) are going dry. According to Pew – 79% of New Year’s resolutions are about one thing: health. It’s Been a Minute is kicking off 2025 with a little series called “new year, new me.” We’re getting into some of the big questions and cultural confusion around our…

Biden bans new offshore oil and gas drilling in most federal waters President Joe Biden is moving to ban new offshore oil and gas drilling in most U.S. coastal waters, an effort to block possible action by the incoming Trump administration to expand offshore drilling. Read more on NPR

Pictures of Odesa, as it tangles with a complex web of Russian and Ukrainian heritage Photographer Michael Robinson Chávez visits a city in Ukraine that was partly famous as a site for Russian travelers and intellectuals, but since 2022 has come under Russian attack. Read more on NPR

Snowstorms close schools and offices across a large swath of the U.S. Several governors have issued states of emergencies as 6 to 12 inches of snow are expected from Ohio to Washington, D.C. Read more on NPR

Dr. Rachel Levine focused on her job at HHS. Still, anti-trans politics followed her Dr. Rachel Levine is the highest ranking, out transgender person ever to serve in the federal government. Her tenure at HHS ran concurrent with an explosion in state legislation targeting transgender people. Read more on NPR

Is this Bitcoin’s golden moment? These are 3 key things to watch for cryptos in 2025 Could 2025 be another game changing year for Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies? Here are the three things to watch in the new year. Read more on NPR

Jan. 6 is set to be different this year — in a big way and more subtle ways too In response to the Jan. 6 Capitol riot four years ago, Congress passed new rules to govern the presidential certification process. Those rules will be in effect Monday. Read more on NPR

Indonesia launches free meals program to fight stunting Indonesia’s new government started an ambitious project to feed nearly 90 million children and pregnant women to fight malnutrition and stunting, as critics question whether the program is affordable. Read more on NPR

A 55-year-old who ran a marathon every day in 2024 says the toughest part was mental World-record chaser Hilde Dosogne is used to running extreme distances. Still, she says she underestimated the challenge. She’s now hoping to make it official with a Guinness World Record. Read more on NPR

FBI says suspect in New Orleans attack twice visited the city to conduct surveillance The FBI says the man who allegedly carried out the New Year’s Day attack visited the city in October and November, and recorded video of the area he aimed to target using “smart glasses.” Read more on NPR