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How major US stock indexes fared Thursday, 10/2/2025 10/02/2025 04:20pm • U.S. stocks edged up to more records. The S&P 500 rose 0.1% Thursday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.2%, while the Nasdaq composite climbed 0.4%. All three set all-time highs. Technology stocks helped lead the way after OpenAI announced partnerships with South Korean companies for its Montgomery Co. accountant sent to federal prison for $24 million COVID relief fraud scheme 10/02/2025 01:33pm • A Gaithersburg, Maryland, accountant has been sentenced to three years in federal prison, followed by six months of home confinement, for conspiring to commit wire fraud by submitting fraudulent loan applications for various COVID-19 relief benefits. According to the U.S. Attorney's Office for Ma Republicans are relishing a role reversal in the shutdown fight. Can Trump keep them united? 10/02/2025 12:38pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Gathered in the unusually quiet halls of the U.S. Capitol, Republican leaders faced the cameras for a second day and implored Democrats to reopen the government. “We want to protect hardworking federal workers,” House Speaker Mike Johnson said Thursday morning, before critici Tesla sales rose 7% in the third quarter as a rush by customers to use an expiring $7,500 EV credit provided a boost (CORRECTS: A previous APNewsAlert erroneously said the EV credit was $75,000) 10/02/2025 09:23am • NEW YORK (AP) — Tesla sales rose 7% in the third quarter as a rush by customers to use an expiring $7,500 EV credit provided a boost (CORRECTS: A previous APNewsAlert erroneously said the EV credit was $75,000). Hidden no more: Butterflies Maryland on licenses, ID cards alert police to hidden disabilities 10/02/2025 09:19am • Several people showed up at Motor Vehicle Administration offices Wednesday to get new identification cards with a special butterfly logo, but it’s hardly surprising that the first one went to Montgomery County resident Eric Carpenter-Grantham. After all, “Eric’s ID Law,” which allowed for Where to listen to Taylor Swift’s ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ around the DC region 10/02/2025 03:50am • Complete with feather boas and sparkling cocktails, businesses around the D.C. area are embracing a new Taylor Swift era with her album "The Life of a Showgirl" releasing Friday. On fiancé Travis Kelce's "New Heights" podcast, Swift has described her 12th studio album as “infectious." L The Latest: Vote to end government shutdown fails as Democrats hold firm on health care demands 10/01/2025 10:10pm • The U.S. Senate adjourned for the day on Wednesday with no resolution on how to reopen the government. Blame was being cast on all sides on the first day of the shutdown. A vote to end the government shutdown failed earlier Wednesday, as Democrats in the Senate held firm to the party’s demands to How to Avoid Medicare Fraud 10/01/2025 08:00pm • Last year, Jean Bound received a package with COVID tests that she hadn't ordered. She called the company whose name was on the packing list to say she hadn't ordered them. In response, she was told not to worry, because Medicare had been billed and would be taking care of the cost. She immediately Clever Credit: I Have a Discover Card. 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The six finalists announced Thursday for the 50,000 pound ($67,000) Baillie Gifford Prize include “The Boundless Deep,” a biography Tigers strand team playoff-record 15 runners in loss to Guardians in Game 2 of AL Wild Card Series 10/01/2025 06:57pm • CLEVELAND (AP) — The Detroit Tigers kept coming to bat with runners in scoring position in Game 2 of their AL Wild Card Series against the Cleveland Guardians. With one exception, they failed to come through, paving the way for Cleveland’s 6-1 victory that evened the best-of-three series Wednesd At 58, Tom Cillo is tackling his dream of playing college football 10/01/2025 04:29pm • WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) — The shouts of “Yeah, Tom!” started the moment Tom Cillo stepped onto the field at Girardi Stadium. After a couple of bounces to expend some of the nervous energy and a playful cup of his left ear toward the crowd, the oldest freshman nose tackle in the country dropped At 58, Tom Cillo is tackling his dream of playing college football 10/01/2025 03:51pm • WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) — The shouts of “Yeah, Tom!” started the moment Tom Cillo crossed the white paint on the sideline and stepped onto the field at Girardi Stadium. After a couple of bounces to expend some of the nervous energy and a playful cup of his left ear toward the crowd, the oldest