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New Trump administration rule bars student loan relief for public workers tied to 'illegal' activity 10/30/2025 04:38pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Trump administration is forging ahead with plans to eject some nonprofits from a popular student loan forgiveness program if their work is deemed to have a ���substantial illegal purpose��� ��� a move that could cut off some teachers, doctors and other public workers from fed After Oct. 7, Jews seek healing from kabbalah-informed psychedelic retreats 10/30/2025 04:30pm • (RNS) ��� For nearly two decades, Larry Hertz, a 64-year-old professional, had found healing and spiritual enrichment through underground ceremonies where he and others took psychedelics. But there was a part of him missing: Raised in a culturally Jewish home in California���s Bay Area, he found tha Red-hot Colts head to Pittsburgh, where the Steelers' defense is reeling 10/30/2025 04:26pm • Indianapolis (7-1) at Pittsburgh (4-3) Sunday, 1 p.m. EST, CBS BetMGM line: Colts by 3. Against the spread: Colts 6-2; Steelers 3-4 Series record: Steelers lead 33-11. Last meeting: Colts beat Steelers 27-24 on Sept. 29, 2024. Last week: Colts beat Titans 38-14; Steelers lost to Packers 35-25. Colts Trump appears to suggest the US will resume testing nuclear weapons for first time in 30 years 10/30/2025 04:05pm • BUSAN, South Korea (AP) ��� President Donald Trump appeared to suggest the U.S. will resume testing nuclear weapons for the first time in three decades, saying it would be on an ���equal basis��� with Russia and China. The Kremlin pointed out that a global ban on nuclear tests has remained in place, China's rare earth export delay offers US a chance to weaken Beijing's grip on the market 10/30/2025 03:49pm • China's promise to delay its newest restrictions on the export of the rare earths that are crucial to many high-tech products for one year as part of a trade agreement President Donald Trump secured creates an opportunity for the U.S. and its allies to bolster their own production and processing cap Pavia and No. 9 Vanderbilt take on No. 20 Texas with eyes on SEC title and CFP 10/30/2025 03:38pm • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) ��� As the football season pushes into November, No. 9 Vanderbilt continues its march through what could be a special one for the Commodores. A shot at both the Southeastern Conference championship and a College Football Playoff berth are still easily within sight. Such things are This Swiss village has been swamped and now it���s snowed under. They���re slowly digging their way out 10/30/2025 02:54pm • BLATTEN, Switzerland (AP) ��� When a devastating landslide all but swallowed his Swiss village and toppled his three-generation family-owned hotel in May, Lukas Kalbermatten was overwhelmed by a sense of emptiness before the emotions hit. But he choose not to dwell on them long, and snapped into act Trump sets 7,500 annual limit for refugees entering US. It'll be mostly white South Africans 10/30/2025 02:50pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Trump administration is restricting the number of refugees admitted annually to the United States to 7,500 and they will mostly be white South Africans, a dramatic drop announced Thursday that effectively suspends America's traditional role as a haven for those fleeing war an Europe's Central Bank leaves key interest rate unchanged as businesses weather US tariffs 10/30/2025 01:52pm • FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) ��� The European Central Bank left its key interest rate unchanged Thursday as inflation remains under control and European businesses weather the impact of higher U.S. tariffs better than previously feared. The bank���s deposit rate has stayed at 2% now for the third meeting US government allowed and even helped US firms sell tech used for surveillance in China, AP finds 10/30/2025 01:51pm • U.S. lawmakers have tried four times since September last year to close what they called a glaring loophole: China is getting around export bans on the sale of powerful American AI chips by renting them through U.S. cloud services instead. But the proposals prompted a flurry of activity from more th You can thank Elvis for Elvira, Cassandra Peterson says 10/30/2025 01:50pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Cassandra Peterson has entertained Halloween lovers as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, for more than four decades. Peterson developed the character in the 1980s, after leaving her career as a showgirl ��� a decision she credits at least in part to Elvis Presley, whom she says essenti Democrats test a new playbook in Tuesday���s election: Less talk of Trump, more focus on economy 10/30/2025 01:18pm • BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) ��� Democrat Abigail Spanberger is more eager to talk about struggling soybean farmers than President Donald Trump���s attack on American institutions. She plays down the historic nature of her campaign for Virginia governor and avoids making big, bold promises about what she wi Young T. rex or a new dinosaur? New bones add to the debate 10/30/2025 01:01pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Scientists have long puzzled over the origins of a mysterious dinosaur excavated in the 1940s: Was it a young T. rex or another type of dinosaur? At first, researchers had only a tyrannosaur skull to go by, making it hard to tell if it belonged to a child or adult. Another skull a Patients go without needed treatment after the government shutdown disrupts a telehealth program 10/30/2025 12:56pm • MINOOKA, Ill. (AP) ��� Bill Swick has a rare degenerative brain disease that inhibits his mobility and speech. Instead of the hassle of traveling an hour to a clinic in downtown Chicago to visit a speech therapist, he has benefited from virtual appointments from the comfort of his home. But Swick, Community fights pickleball replacing basketball courts at South Florida beachside park 10/30/2025 12:48pm • FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) ��� Basketball players who frequent a South Florida park feel like they���re being run off in favor of wealthy residents of a new luxury development. The city of Fort Lauderdale is planning to replace the decades-old, beachside basketball courts with pickleball courts, par