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Why a Visa-Mastercard legal settlement could lead to your rewards credit card getting declined 11/12/2025 09:43am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Visa and Mastercard have proposed a settlement in their long-running legal dispute with merchants and retailers over how much they charge merchants to accept their cards. The most important part of the settlement could directly impact how customers use their Visa- and Mastercard More than 80 nonprofits receive $250M for global women's health from Melinda French Gates 11/12/2025 09:35am • More than 80 organizations that provide health care for women all over the world received grants Wednesday totaling $250 million from Melinda French Gates after a year-long application process. French Gates said the majority of the recipients of the Action for Women���s Health challenge have not pr In Trump-dominated media world, editing video takes on new significance ��� as BBC uproar shows 11/12/2025 09:25am • In the space of a few months, a journalistic skill that might seem straightforward to many viewers ��� editing tape for broadcast ��� has been behind a $16 million legal settlement, a network's change in how it offers interviews on a news show and, now, the resignation of two top leaders at the BBC. 8 innovative gifts you didn't know you needed 11/12/2025 08:39am • There are gifts, and then there are gifts, the ones inventive enough to surprise and delight the recipient. Some are fun; others, practical. They all aim to improve how we do or enjoy things. Consider adding these innovative gifts to your shopping list. There���s something here for every budget. Ele Former Chelsea midfielder Oscar hospitalized after cardiac complications in pre-season testing 11/12/2025 08:08am • SAO PAULO (AP) ��� Former Chelsea midfielder Oscar is in stable condition in hospital after falling ill with a heart issue, his club Sao Paulo has said. Brazilian media reported that Oscar was doing tests on an exercise bicycle when he collapsed and was unconscious for about two minutes. The 34-year The best used hybrid SUVs you can buy for less than $25,000 11/12/2025 06:56am • SUVs deliver many attributes that car shoppers love in a vehicle. Thanks to their elevated height, they provide a commanding view of the road. They also deliver lots of passenger space, roomy cargo holds, and often have strong safety ratings. Less appealing are higher fuel bills and the expense of This anti-drone technology is used on the Ukrainian battlefield and in NATO airspace after flyovers 11/12/2025 06:45am • AALBORG, Denmark (AP) ��� In a warehouse more than 1,500 kilometers (900 miles) from Ukraine's capital, workers in northern Denmark painstakingly piece together anti-drone devices. Some of the devices will be exported to Kyiv in the hopes of jamming Russian technology on the battlefield, while other Over 30 holiday markets in the DC area, mapped 11/12/2025 04:19am • The holiday season is nearing, and with it comes a bounty of markets worth shopping at, while enjoying a much-needed mug of hot cocoa and other festive treats. WTOP reached out to the event organizers of the D.C. Holiday Market in the Dupont Circle neighborhood to find out what's new this year. After 43 days, government shutdown may finally end 11/12/2025 04:11am • The longest government shutdown in the nation's history could finally come to an end Wednesday with a vote by the U.S. House, which comes back into session for the first time in more than 50 days. The shutdown started 43 days ago, leaving hundreds of thousands of federal workers without paychecks Skipper Ben Stokes defends England's preparation for the Ashes cricket series in Australia 11/12/2025 02:34am • PERTH, Australia (AP) ��� Skipper Ben Stokes has defended England's lack of warm-up matches ahead of the first Ashes cricket test against Australia in Perth beginning Nov. 21. England is aiming to break a 14-year winless run in Australia. Stokes and fellow veteran Joe Root have never won a test matc Hamburger Helper sales surge as budgets tighten 11/12/2025 02:24am • Grocery prices remain high and it���s prompting more Americans to choose a classic, shelf-stable and budget-friendly dinner: Hamburger Helper. The boxed meals that have filled grocery store shelves since the '70s are meant to be mixed with cooked ground meat and can feed a family for under $11. Women riding the streets of Tehran on motorbikes is the latest sign of Iran's societal change 11/12/2025 01:08am • TEHRAN, Iran (AP) ��� When Merat Behnam first gathered enough courage to ride her yellow scooter through the gridlocked streets of Iran 's capital to the coffee shop she runs, traffic wasn't her main worry. She instead girded herself for disapproving looks, verbal abuse and even being stopped by th Israel���s longest war is leaving a trail of traumatized soldiers, with suicides also on the rise 11/12/2025 12:02am • SDOT YAM, Israel (AP) ��� Wrapped tightly around his forearms, the former Israeli soldier feels the snakes��� cold skin against his, and for a moment he���s able to breathe. It���s been nearly 18 months since he left the army after fighting in the war in Gaza, and the flashbacks and panic attacks ha Doug Christie indicates change is coming to struggling Sacramento Kings 11/11/2025 11:33pm • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) ��� Sacramento Kings coach Doug Christie indicated change is coming, saying the struggling team is facing a ���bumpy��� path and that the organization is ���aligned in what we're doing.��� ���Change is hard,��� he said. ���It���s hard. But understand ��� and we understand ��� No. 18 Tar Heels adapt to Trimble-less lineup in win against Radford 11/11/2025 10:55pm • CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) ��� North Carolina had almost no time to bask in the glow of last week's rousing win against fellow blueblood Kansas before taking a shot to the gut, coming in the form of senior Seth Trimble suffering a broken arm in a workout mishap. That turned Tuesday's 89-74 win against R