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How AmEx Platinum Measures Up Against Sapphire Reserve and Strata Elite 09/17/2025 08:00pm • The premium travel card market is competitive, and American Express has unveiled major changes to The Platinum Card® from American Express. Along with shifts to the Chase Sapphire Reserve® and Citi's launch of the Citi Strata Elite? Card, frequent travelers have plenty of options when it comes to 7 "Strong Buy" Stocks to Watch 09/17/2025 08:00pm • Stock picking is both an art and a science. It is an art because markets are driven by consumer sentiment and money flow, so a savvy investor constantly observes the world to gauge what people are thinking. It's also a science because data reveals the details behind every corporate story. Financial Man dies on National Mall after being trapped underneath race car painted by Andy Warhol 09/17/2025 07:46pm • A man trying to load an "art car" painted by Andy Warhol onto a truck at the National Mall in D.C. has died after he became trapped underneath the vehicle. It happened just before 3 p.m. Wednesday at 14th Street and Jefferson Drive in Southwest. U.S. Park Police found the man with critical injuri Federal Reserve cuts key rate for first time this year 09/17/2025 07:43pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve cut its key interest rate by a quarter-point Wednesday and projected it would do so twice more this year as concern grows at the central bank about the health of the nation's labor market. The move is the Fed’s first cut since December and lowered its short Rudy Giuliani is ordered to pay $1.36 million in legal bills 09/17/2025 07:42pm • NEW YORK (AP) — It’s another blow to Rudy Giuliani’s withered wallet: A judge has ordered the former New York City mayor to pay $1.36 million in legal fees he racked up during investigations into his efforts to overturn President Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss. Judge Arthur Engoron made t House approves DC crime bills involving police chases and judges 09/17/2025 07:30pm • For all the latest developments in Congress, follow WTOP Capitol Hill correspondent Mitchell Miller at Today on the Hill. The House on Wednesday approved more legislation aimed at D.C. crime, including a bill that would loosen restrictions on police car chases on city streets when officers are t Florida carries out record 12th execution this year on man convicted of killing wife's family 09/17/2025 07:16pm • STARKE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man convicted of killing his estranged wife's sister and parents and setting their house on fire was put to death Wednesday evening in what was a record 12th execution in the state this year. David Pittman, 63, was pronounced dead at 6:12 p.m. EDT following a lethal i Morgan & Morgan sues Disney to use 'Steamboat Willie' in law firm ads 09/17/2025 06:50pm • ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Is Steamboat Willie “For the people?” That's a question that one of the largest personal injury law firms in the United States is asking a federal court in central Florida to decide. The law firm Morgan & Morgan, known for its tagline, “For the people,” in its ubiq A timeline of Charlie Kirk's assassination and the arrest of a suspect 09/17/2025 06:42pm • OREM, Utah. (AP) — The 22-year-old man accused of assassinating Charlie Kirk during an event at Utah Valley University has been charged with capital murder, prosecutors announced, saying they will seek the death penalty. Evidence presented by prosecutors on Tuesday when announcing charges against Man charged with ramming car into FBI gate in Pittsburgh later used Latin phrase about tyrants 09/17/2025 06:02pm • PITTSBURGH (AP) — A man who rammed a car into an FBI security gate in Pittsburgh and covered it in an American flag Wednesday later said he did it to “make a statement," the FBI said. Donald Phillip Henson was captured seven hours after fleeing the crash and invoked a Latin phrase about tyrants National Academy of Sciences rebuffs Trump EPA's effort to undo regulations fighting climate change 09/17/2025 04:55pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Evidence that climate change harms public health is “beyond scientific dispute,” the independent National Academy of Sciences said Wednesday in response to the Trump administration's efforts to revoke a landmark U.S. government finding to that effect that underpins key enviro Israeli troops press forward into Gaza City as more Palestinians flee and death toll passes 65,000 09/17/2025 03:57pm • JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli troops and tanks pushed deeper into Gaza City on Wednesday as more people fled the devastated area, and strikes cut off phone and internet services, making it harder for Palestinians to summon ambulances during the military's new offensive. Meanwhile, the Palestinian death What the Fed rate cut will mean for your finances 09/17/2025 02:14pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest rate Wednesday for the first time in nine months. Since the last cut, progress on inflation has slowed while the labor market has cooled. That means Americans are dealing with both high prices and a challenging job market. The federal Voters oust San Francisco supervisor who turned a coastal highway into a car-free park 09/17/2025 01:51pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A San Francisco supervisor was recalled Tuesday after he successfully pushed to turn a stretch of coastal highway used heavily by neighborhood motorists into a car-free park despite strong objections by his constituents. Supervisor Joel Engardio became the fifth elected offic Driver suspected of ramming car into Pittsburgh FBI building gate and leaving US flag is now in custody, authorities say 09/17/2025 10:49am • PITTSBURGH (AP) — Driver suspected of ramming car into Pittsburgh FBI building gate and leaving US flag is now in custody, authorities say.