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After months in chains and darkness, freed Hamas hostages begin their long road to recovery 10/15/2025 05:04pm • TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — They will be treated for malnutrition, lack of sunlight and the trauma of wearing leg chains for months. They suffer from unexplained pain and unresolved emotions, and they will have to relearn how to make everyday decisions as simple as when to use the bathroom. The last 2 Proposal for toll lane extension along Capital Beltway’s south side on hold 10/15/2025 04:59pm • A plan to extend toll lanes along an 11-mile stretch of the south side of the Capital Beltway is on hold, after the D.C. region’s Transportation Planning Board voted Wednesday to revisit the project next year. The board, which includes members from Maryland, D.C. and Virginia local governments, Most US stocks rise after swinging through another erratic day 10/15/2025 04:49pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Most U.S. stocks rose Wednesday following another topsy-turvy day on Wall Street. The S&P 500 added 0.4%, but only after jumping toward one of its biggest gains since the summer, erasing it all and then climbing back. The Nasdaq composite climbed 0.7% after earlier pinballing New Oklahoma schools superintendent rescinds mandate for Bible instruction in schools 10/15/2025 04:36pm • OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma’s new public schools superintendent announced Wednesday he is rescinding a mandate from his predecessor that forced schools to place Bibles in classrooms and incorporate the book into lesson plans for students. Superintendent Lindel Fields said in a statement he has In Va.'s House District 22, candidates tackle data centers, rising costs in race for legislature’s future 10/15/2025 04:25pm • Republican state Del. Ian Lovejoy wants to continue his work in the Virginia House of Delegates representing voters in part of Prince William County, and is facing a challenge from Democrat and former state lawmaker Elizabeth Guzman. Both have different views on how to address data centers, reproduc Former UN Ambassador Andrew Young describes 'dirty work' of civil rights movement in new documentary 10/15/2025 04:00pm • Former U.N. ambassador Andrew Young says that he was often responsible for “the dirty work” during his time fighting for civil rights with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1960s. It seems an unsavory phrase. Grunt work is more like it — efforts that may not produce headlines but keep the Leader of Madagascar's military coup tells AP he is 'taking the position of president' 10/15/2025 03:55pm • ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) — The leader of Madagascar’s military coup told The Associated Press on Wednesday that he is “taking the position of president" and that the armed forces would be in charge of the African island nation for up to two years before any elections are held. Col. Michae Rep. Moulton challenges Sen. Markey in Massachusetts, calls for new generation of Democratic leaders 10/15/2025 03:48pm • BOSTON (AP) — U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton, a moderate Massachusetts Democrat, said Wednesday that he will challenge U.S. Sen. Edward Markey for the Democratic nomination in next year’s Senate race, arguing it's time for the party to embrace a new generation of leadership. The announcement makes the r Federal workers endure financial strain and fear layoffs as the government shutdown drags on 10/15/2025 03:33pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — With every passing day of the government shutdown, hundreds of thousands of federal employees furloughed or working without pay face mounting financial strain. And now they are confronting new uncertainty with the Trump administration's promised layoffs. Little progress has been College football picks: Top 25's 5 losses to unranked teams last week run counter to season's trend 10/15/2025 03:32pm • Last week was the toughest of the season for Associated Press Top 25 teams as a group, with five losing to unranked opponents a week after three others went down the same way. Big picture, the upper echelon of the sport is on track to have one of its better seasons against the unranked. The Top 25 i Indonesia to buy 42 fighter jets from China marking its first non-Western aircraft purchase deal 10/15/2025 02:51pm • JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s top defense official said Wednesday that Jakarta will acquire at least 42 Chinese-made Chengdu J-10C fighter jets, marking the country's first non-Western aircraft purchase deal. Defense Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin told reporters in the capital, Jakarta, th Walking is good for you. Walking backward can add to the benefits 10/15/2025 02:32pm • Here’s a simple way to switch up your walking routine, according to experts: try going backward. Taking a brisk walk is an exercise rich in simplicity, and it can have impressive mental and physical benefits: stronger bones and muscles, cardiovascular fitness and stress relief, to name a few. But Ukrainian officials meet with US weapons manufacturers before Trump-Zelenskyy talks 10/15/2025 02:24pm • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Ukrainian government delegation has met with prominent American weapons manufacturers during a U.S. visit, a senior Kyiv official said Wednesday, before President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s meeting with U.S. counterpart Donald Trump at the White House later this week. A delegat College football Week 8: No. 5 Mississippi-No. 9 Georgia tops list of five Top 25 matchups 10/15/2025 02:22pm • This is one of those weekends when college football fans must be judicious allotting time for yardwork or running errands. Their best option might be to plop down in front of their screens and take in a Week 8 schedule highlighted by a season-high five matchups of Associated Press Top 25 teams on S UN agency says CO2 levels hit record high last year, causing more extreme weather 10/15/2025 02:21pm • GENEVA (AP) — Heat-trapping carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere jumped by the highest amount on record last year, soaring to a level not seen in human civilization and “turbo-charging” the Earth’s climate and causing more extreme weather, the United Nations weather agency said Wednesday.