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Category 5 Hurricane Melissa brings flooding and catastrophic winds to Jamaica 10/28/2025 11:19pm • KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Heavy floodwaters swept across southwestern Jamaica, winds tore roofs off buildings and boulders tumbled onto roads Tuesday as Hurricane Melissa pummeled the Caribbean island as a catastrophic Category 5 storm, one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes on record. Landslides Antetokounmpo scores 37, Rollins adds 25 in Bucks' 121-111 victory over Knicks 10/28/2025 10:41pm • MILWAUKEE (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo had 37 points, eight rebounds and seven assists as the Milwaukee Bucks erased a 12-point halftime deficit and beat the New York Knicks 121-111 on Tuesday night. Milwaukee's Ryan Rollins added a career-high 25 points. New York’s Jalen Brunson scored 36 point The Latest: Category 5 Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica with record strength 10/28/2025 10:31pm • KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Hurricane Melissa has made landfall on Jamaica as the strongest storm to hit the Caribbean island since records were first kept 174 years ago. It is tied for the strongest Atlantic hurricane to ever hit land. Melissa is a Category 5 storm with sustained wind speeds of 185 Konecny nets 200th career goal, Brink shines as Flyers edge Penguins in shootout 10/28/2025 09:29pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Travis Konecny scored a milestone goal, Bobby Brink scored the shootout winner and had a goal and an assist and the Philadelphia Flyers defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-2 on Tuesday night. Konecny notched his 200th career goal in the second period on a shot from the right cir OpenAI may move forward with new business structure, partnership with Microsoft, regulators say 10/28/2025 08:30pm • OpenAI said Tuesday it has reorganized its ownership structure and converted its business into a public benefit corporation after two crucial regulators, the Delaware and California attorneys general, said they would not oppose the plan. The restructuring paves the way for the ChatGPT maker to more Jury deliberations start in trial of Illinois deputy who killed Sonya Massey 10/28/2025 08:15pm • PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — An Illinois jury has begun deliberations in the first-degree murder trial of a sheriff's deputy who shot Sonya Massey, a Black woman who had called 911 for help and was later killed in her home because of the way she was handling a pan of hot water. The nine-woman, three-man j Fed Rate Cut: Here Are the Winners and Losers 10/28/2025 08:00pm • The Federal Reserve met on Oct. 29, 2025, and cut interest rates by 25 basis points (0.25 percentage points) to a new target range of 3.75% to 4%. This was the second cut this year. A Fed rate cut is good financial news for many but bad news for others. Curious to learn who will benefit and who won' After Another Fed Cut, Can Mortgage Rates Move Lower? 10/28/2025 08:00pm • Federal Reserve policymakers voted to reduce the federal funds rate by 25 basis points at its October meeting on weakening jobs data, noting that they are aware of the upside risks that tariffs pose to inflation. The target rate is now 3.75% to 4%, which is in line with market expectations.In other Can You Buy a Second Home With a VA Loan? 10/28/2025 08:00pm • The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs offers veterans and active-duty military members a number of benefits, including VA home loans. When you use this benefit, the home must be your primary residence, which means VA loans are generally not available for second homes unless you're moving. Can you Steps for Picking a Medicare Plan 10/28/2025 08:00pm • Making the move from private, employer-provided health insurance to Medicare can be daunting because there are so many plan options on the market today. Seniors just entering the Medicare beneficiary pool often need a clear orientation, and those who are choosing a new plan during open enrollment ca George Springer out of Toronto's starting lineup for World Series Game 4 against Dodgers 10/28/2025 07:07pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Toronto's George Springer was out of the starting lineup for Game 4 of the World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday, a day after hurting his right side during a swing. Blue Jays manager John Schneider had said about 2 1/2 hours before game time that he prepared tw Florida man executed for the 1998 rape and murder of his neighbor 10/28/2025 06:45pm • STARKE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man convicted of raping and killing his neighbor decades ago was put to death Tuesday evening in a record 15th execution in Florida this year. Norman Mearle Grim Jr., 65, was pronounced dead following a three-drug injection at Florida State Prison near Starke. He was No. 1 Ohio State is rested twice over and preparing for 5-game stretch to close the regular season 10/28/2025 06:43pm • COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Top-ranked Ohio State is rested twice over and preparing to finish the regular season with a five-game stretch that culminates in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The Buckeyes’ open weekends (Sept. 20 and Oct. 25) essentially broke the season into thirds for coach Ryan Day and his staf The Latest: Judge orders senior Border Patrol official to meet her daily to discuss use of force 10/28/2025 06:33pm • U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis on Tuesday ordered a senior U.S. Border Patrol official to meet her daily “to hear about how the day went” after weeks of confrontations between immigration agents and the public in the Chicago area. The immigration sweeps from Operation Midway Blitz have produced Trump administration moves to overrule state laws protecting credit reports from medical debt 10/28/2025 06:13pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The Trump administration is moving to overrule any state laws that may protect consumers’ credit reports from medical debt and other debt issues. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has drafted what’s known as an interpretative rule related to the Fair Credit Reporting Act