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The Orlando, Florida-based company said it had profit of $2.03 per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs and to account for discontinued op Efforts to reconnect Americans face challenges in a lonely time 12/18/2025 07:06am • It's been called an ���epidemic��� of loneliness and isolation. The ���bowling alone��� phenomenon. By any name, it refers to Americans' growing social disconnection by many measures. Americans are less likely to join civic groups, unions and churches than in recent generations. They have fewer frie Bit by bit, small US groups chip away at historic levels of social isolation 12/18/2025 07:02am • Across the country, small groups are working to rebuild social connection amid rising loneliness in their own modest ways. It sounds simple ��� building relationships. But they���re up against powerful cultural forces. By many measures, Americans are socially disconnected at historic levels. 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The arrests Wednesday came hours afte Pope names fellow Chicagoan, Bishop Ronald Hicks, as archbishop of New York in most important US appointment to date 12/18/2025 06:05am • VATICAN CITY (AP) ��� Pope names fellow Chicagoan, Bishop Ronald Hicks, as archbishop of New York in most important US appointment to date.