Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dec. 21—My wife got a text from a friend a few weeks ago. "Tell your husband nice tongue," she said. "Huh?" I said. "She said she ...

Yes the darkest day of the year is here, but that means brighter days are ahead. Sunday is the shortest day of the year north of the equator, where the solstice marks the start of astronomical winter.

The days will finally start to get longer now that winter is officially here. With fall finally over, astronomically speaking and the first day of winter now past us, we can start looking forward to ...

WASHINGTON — The winter solstice, the astronomical start of winter, is this weekend. For those north of the equator, the solstice on Sunday, Dec. 21, marks the shortest day and longest night of the ...

The winter solstice is the moment the Earth’s axis is tilted farthest away from the sun. The sun will be at its lowest point in the sky. The day that the winter solstice occurs, nighttime hours are ...

NORFOLK, Va. — As 2025 draws to a close, the next solstice nears. On Sunday, December 21, at 10:30 Eastern Time, the winter solstice will occur, marking the shortest day and longest night of the year.