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Maine's food pantries stare down volunteer shortage while anticipating cuts 09/29/2025 03:25pm • WINTERPORT, Maine (AP) — Phylis Allen spends her days looking for things. She searches for potatoes at Sam’s Club, cheap beets and ginger at Walmart and a local grocery store. She studies the weekly inventory from Good Shepherd, Maine’s only food bank, for good deals on butter and cheese. Eve A raptor with no qualms about eating its opponents wins New Zealand's annual bird election 09/29/2025 03:05am • WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand ’s annual bird election is contested by cheeky parrots, sweet songbirds and cute, puffball robins. This year’s winner was a mysterious falcon that wouldn’t think twice about eating them. Kārearea, the Indigenous Māori name for the New Zealand falc California Legislature passes two watered-down bills to regulate data center water use, energy costs 09/25/2025 04:12pm • California lawmakers started the year signaling they were ready to get tough on data centers, aiming to protect the environment and electricity ratepayers. Nine months later, they have little to show for it. Of four data center bills in play, two never made it out of the Legislature, including one t How to navigate social media trends without derailing your budget 09/25/2025 06:16am • NEW YORK (AP) — Did you buy a new pink dress to watch the Barbie movie, only to never wear it again? An Oura ring because your favorite TikTok influencer had it? A new pair of baggy jeans because '90s fashion is making a comeback? Niche trends fueled by social media can influence your shopping de Typhoon Ragasa batters Hong Kong and south China after killing dozens in Taiwan and the Philippines 09/24/2025 08:30pm • SHENZHEN, China (AP) — Typhoon Ragasa, one of the strongest storms to hit Asia in years, whipped waves taller than lampposts onto Hong Kong promenades and turned seas rough on the southern Chinese coast on Wednesday after leaving deadly destruction in Taiwan and the Philippines. In Taiwan, 17 peop Editorial Roundup: United States 09/22/2025 10:53pm • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Sept. 19 The New York Times says the Trump Administration is trying to punish free speech A founding principle of the United States, enshrined in the Constitution’s opening amendment, is that our republic depends on citizens’ f US bars Iran's diplomats from shopping at Costco without permission 09/22/2025 04:48pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The Trump administration has barred Iranian diplomats based in or visiting New York from shopping at wholesale club stores like Costco and purchasing luxury goods in the United States without specific permission from the State Department. “We will not allow the Iranian regime to 'Not your grandma’s stitching': How one DC local is using embroidery to build community 09/22/2025 05:25am • On any given day in the District, you can find Meredith Artyukhina brainstorming her next embroidery kit design, or putting together packages for her latest order. Sometimes, though, she hosts special embroidery events in the city, too. Artyukhina is the founder of Capital Stitch Co., a passio Man who tried to assassinate Kavanaugh wanted to kill 3 justices, feds say 09/22/2025 04:54am • Washington — The California man who pleaded guilty to attempting to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh in 2022 aimed to kill three members of the high court in an effort to "single-handedly alter the constitutional order for ideological ends," according to federal prosecutors. Th FanDuel Promo Code: Get $300 Bonus for College Football, NFL Week 3 Games 09/20/2025 02:25pm • This article contains references to products from our advertisers and/or partners, and we may receive compensation when you click on links to products and services Activate the latest FanDuel promo code offer to win $300 in bonus bets for college football and the NFL. Sign up here to activate this Searching and applying for after-school programs in DC is now at your fingertips 09/19/2025 06:52pm • Looking for after-school or weekend programs for your children in D.C.? A new website from the District aims to help you out. "We've been constantly hearing families say that they don't know where or how to access out of school time, meaning after school and summer programs for D.C.'s children an A woman's remains were found in Oregon in 1976. They've been identified 49 years later thanks to DNA 09/19/2025 12:08am • PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Valerie Nagle spent decades wondering what happened to her older sister who was last seen in Oregon in 1974. She searched online databases of unidentified persons cases looking for her and sent DNA to a popular ancestry website in the hopes of finding a match. That all chang Amazon spends $1 billion to increase pay and lower health care costs for US workers 09/18/2025 03:05pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon says it's investing more than a $1 billion to raise wages and lower the cost of health care plans for its U.S. fulfillment and transportation workers. The Seattle-based company said Wednesday the average pay is increasing to more than $23 per hour. Some of its most tenured e UK, Lithuania and Latvia detain people over allegations of arson and spying for Russia 09/18/2025 08:49am • VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — British, Lithuanian and Latvian authorities have detained several people on suspicion of carrying out intelligence-related activities on behalf of Russia in the latest of a string of incidents to be linked to Moscow by Western officials. London's Metropolitan Police forc Which Rewards Credit Cards Are Worth the Hype? 09/17/2025 08:00pm • There are many types of credit cards, but rewards credit cards are among the most popular. In a 2025 survey commissioned by the American Bankers Association, eight in 10 people said they had at least one rewards credit card, while 91% said they valued their cards' rewards programs. If you'd like to