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What to expect for Japan's economy under Sanae Takaichi, its 1st female prime minister 10/21/2025 03:40am • TOKYO (AP) — Share prices have soared recently in Tokyo on hopes that conservative Japanese lawmaker Sanae Takaichi, who was chosen Tuesday to be Japan’s first female prime minister, will double down on market friendly policies, including hefty spending on defense and cheap credit. The benchmar Bolivia's first conservative president in 20 years promises warmer US ties 10/20/2025 10:57pm • LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivia's first conservative president-elect in 20 years, Rodrigo Paz, injected a sharp note of realism into his plans to tackle an economic crisis Monday, a day after his surprise electoral victory signaled the end of decades of leftist rule in the South American nation. Af The Latest: Trump signs $8.5 billion rare earths deal with Australian prime minister 10/20/2025 09:42pm • President Donald Trump and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese signed a critical minerals deal Monday at the White House, making good on U.S. interest in Australia’s rich rare-earth resources as a potential counterpoint to China’s new minerals export restrictions. The two leaders describe US man arrested in Scotland and convicted of Utah rape gets at least 5 years in prison 10/20/2025 08:57pm • SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah judge on Monday sentenced a man who appeared to fake his death and flee the United States to avoid arrest on rape charges to anywhere from five years to life in prison. Nicholas Rossi, 38, is “a serial abuser of women” and “the very definition of a flight risk Will Adding My Children as Authorized Users Help Their Credit? 10/20/2025 08:00pm • As you teach your kids about money, one important concept is how to use credit responsibly. Adding your children as authorized users on your credit card is one way to teach sound credit management skills, and it might give their credit scores a head start. Read on to learn the best time to add your Is Refinancing a Mortgage Expensive? 10/20/2025 08:00pm • Refinancing a mortgage means getting a new loan to replace your current mortgage, which could lower your interest rate, accelerate your repayment term or cash out equity -- all of which can help you achieve other financial goals. But lenders will charge you fees to refinance, just as they did when y Trump backs retired Navy SEAL in his quest to oust Kentucky Rep. Massie in Republican primary 10/20/2025 05:50pm • SHELBYVILLE, Ky. (AP) — President Donald Trump has encouraged a retired Navy SEAL and unsuccessful legislative candidate to challenge Republican Rep. Thomas Massie in next year's Kentucky primary, building up his choice as “A WINNER WHO WILL NOT LET YOU DOWN" in his latest social media barrage a Movie Review: Tessa Thompson and Nina Hoss are on fire in Nia DaCosta’s ‘Hedda’ 10/20/2025 05:36pm • Hedda Gabler, one of the theater’s great schemers, is transported to 1950s England in Nia DaCosta’s deliriously fun, intelligent and impassioned spin on the classic Henrik Ibsen drama. One needn’t know anything about Ibsen’s 1890 play to enjoy “Hedda.” Like “Clueless” and “Bridget California police say shrapnel hits and damages a patrol vehicle during Marine Corps drills 10/19/2025 09:33pm • Metal shrapnel from an exploding artillery shell fell hit and damaged a California Highway Patrol vehicle as personnel at a U.S. Marine Corps base fired live rounds over a highway — against the objections of Gov. Gavin Newsom — during weekend exercises observed by Vice President JD Vance, state Should You Pay Off Your Car Before Buying a House? 10/19/2025 08:00pm • Buying a home is a significant financial commitment, both for you and the mortgage lender. As a result, the underwriting criteria can be strict. There are many factors that lenders consider, but your credit score and debt-to-income ratio are among the most important. Paying off a car loan can help y Private Student Loan Forgiveness Options 10/19/2025 08:00pm • When you have a large student loan balance, you may struggle to keep up with monthly payments or to qualify for other types of credit. This can be especially true for private student loan borrowers who don't have access to income-based repayment plans. Borrowers collectively shoulder $134 billion in A look at some world leaders who have fled uprisings 10/18/2025 05:47am • JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Many supposedly invincible leaders have been forced to flee their countries or have gone into hiding to avoid incarceration, execution, or political retaliation by successor governments due to revolutions, military coups or mass protests. The most recent international leader to Wall Street rises to finish its best week in 2 months after bank stocks stabilize 10/17/2025 04:21pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street cruised to the finish of a winning week on Friday after banks recovered some of their sharp losses from the day before. The S&P 500 rose 0.5%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 238 points, or 0.5%, and the Nasdaq composite climbed 0.5%. The gains capped the be Political deadlock and spending on dual crises leaves French finances in disarray 10/17/2025 10:21am • France is a major industrial power with the world’s seventh-largest economy. So why are its government finances in such a mess? A political deadlock in parliament has left President Emmanuel Macron struggling to reduce an out-of-control deficit. Investors have sold off the country’s bonds. Ratin El Salvador's president seeks help in caring for country's thousands of stray dogs and cats 10/17/2025 07:01am • SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — After drubbing El Salvador’s gangs during a more than three-year state of emergency, President Nayib Bukele turned his attention this month to another persistent, but softer, problem: his country’s many, many stray cats and dogs. “Thousands of dogs and cats l