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Lawsuit against Trump's Washington National Guard deployment exposes country's deep partisan divide 10/08/2025 12:15pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — A partisan battle is playing out in a Washington courtroom that could decide the fate of President Donald Trump’s federal law enforcement intervention in the nation’s capital. Dozens of states have taken sides in a lawsuit challenging the open-ended National Guard deployment Myanmar's military strikes village in glider raid, killing at least 24 people including children 10/08/2025 11:48am • BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military carried out a paraglider strike on a village that killed at least 24 people including children, and wounded more than 50 others, according to a member of a resistance group, villagers and media reports. The Monday night attack was carried out by a motorized para Meet R360, the latest disruptor in the sports world. The rebel group is looking to shake up rugby 10/08/2025 11:27am • Golf has LIV. Soccer had the quickly aborted Super League. Athletics was confronted with the failed Grand Slam Track. Meet the latest disruptor in the sports world: R360. Rugby is having to tackle a live threat to its existing global order, an upstart co-founded by a former player married into Brita IMF chief warns of economic uncertainty and offers this advice: 'Buckle up' 10/08/2025 10:36am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The global economy is holding up better than expected despite major shocks such as President Donald Trump's tariffs, but the head of the International Monetary Fund says that resilience may not last. “Buckle up,” Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said in a speech at a th The world's driest desert blooms into a rare, fleeting flower show 10/08/2025 10:23am • LLANOS DE CHALLE NATIONAL PARK, Chile (AP) — A rare bloom in Chile’s Atacama Desert has briefly transformed one of the world’s driest places into a dazzling carpet of fuchsia-colored wildflowers. The arid region — considered the driest nonpolar desert on Earth, averaging around 2 millimeters Daughter suspected in an attack on a newly elected mayor in Germany 10/08/2025 10:05am • BERLIN (AP) — Investigators said Wednesday that the newly elected mayor of a German town who was found at her home with stab wounds apparently was attacked by her teenage daughter, and that her life is no longer in danger. Iris Stalzer, 57, was elected as the mayor of Herdecke in western Germany o Torrential rains cause deadly flooding in northern Vietnam 10/08/2025 07:19am • HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Intense storms in the aftermath of Typhoon Matmo triggered widespread flooding in northern Vietnam and killed at least eight people while damaging thousands of homes. The typhoon, despite not hitting Vietnam directly, brought heavy rains Tuesday that left rivers swollen, flo How 'The Great Lock In' can help achieve your financial and wellness goals 10/08/2025 06:33am • NEW YORK (AP) — As the end of 2025 approaches, a viral TikTok trend is helping people achieve their wellness goals: “The Great Lock In" encourages participants to finish the year strong by fully focusing on their life goals from Sept. 1 through Dec. 31. Many people focus on exercise or eating h Death toll in Madrid building collapse rises to 4 after 2 more bodies recovered 10/08/2025 04:46am • MADRID (AP) — Spanish emergency workers on Wednesday recovered the bodies of two missing construction workers in the rubble of a building that collapsed in central Madrid a day earlier. The recovery brought the death toll to four. The top floor of a six-story building under renovation collapsed an A divided Israel marks 2 years since Oct. 7 attack while war persists in Gaza and hostages languish 10/08/2025 02:30am • REIM, Israel (AP) — Thousands of people converged on southern Israel on Tuesday to mourn the dead as the nation marked two years since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack plunged the region into a devastating war, while Israel and Hamas pressed on with indirect peace talks in Egypt. The main memorial event in National Guard members from Texas are in Illinois in Trump's latest move to send troops to cities 10/07/2025 10:02pm • ELWOOD, Ill. (AP) — National Guard members from Texas were getting settled at an Army Reserve center in Illinois on Tuesday, the most visible sign yet of the Trump administration's plan to send troops to the Chicago area despite a lawsuit and vigorous opposition from Democratic elected leaders. Il California fire captain enlists motorists to lift downed chopper after hearing trapped medic groan 10/07/2025 08:43pm • Just minutes after a medical helicopter crashed onto a California highway, Sacramento Fire Capt. Peter Vandersluis found himself directing an impromptu response team of about 15 drivers to lift the wreckage off a paramedic trapped underneath. When Vandersluis shouted “lift,” they raised the airc The Latest: Trump administration threatens no back pay for federal workers in shutdown 10/07/2025 08:03pm • President Donald Trump’s administration is warning Tuesday of no guaranteed back pay for federal workers during a government shutdown, reversing what has been longstanding policy for some 750,000 furloughed employees, according to a memo being circulated by the White House. The move was widely see How to Get a Cash Advance From Your Credit Card 10/07/2025 08:00pm • Your credit card is a tool that can help you make purchases and pay some of your bills, but you can use it when you need cash, too. A cash advance allows you to borrow money against your available credit limit, acting like a short-term loan. Cash advances can be quick and convenient, but they come w Movie Review: Bigelow's 'A House of Dynamite' lights a fuse that doesn't quite ignite 10/07/2025 07:21pm • In Kathryn Bigelow’s “A House of Dynamite,” when a mysterious missile launches from the Pacific and begins bearing down on the Midwest, the biggest threat initially at the White House is a pile of paper work. The ho-hum response that kicks off Bigelow’s firecracker of a film is quickly shatt