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Amazon will start testing drones that will drop prescriptions on your doorstep, literally 10/18/2023 01:34pm • Amazon will soon make prescription drugs fall from the sky when the e-commerce giant becomes the latest company to test drone deliveries for medications. The company said Wednesday that customers in College Station, Texas, can now get prescriptions delivered by a drone within an hour of placing the Major solar panel plant opens in US amid backdrop of industry worries about low-priced Asian imports 10/18/2023 12:11pm • DALTON, Ga. (AP) — A South Korean company has begun production at a huge new solar panel factory in Georgia even as industry leaders say surging Asian imports could dampen efforts to make more solar components in the United States. Qcells, a unit of South Korea’s Hanwha Group, said Wednesday tha More US ships head toward Israel and 2,000 troops are on heightened alert. A look at US assistance 10/17/2023 08:02pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Within hours of the horrific Oct. 7 attack by Hamas, the U.S. began moving warships and aircraft to the region to be ready to provide Israel with whatever it needed to respond. On Tuesday, more ships and forces were heading toward Israel, and other troops in the U.S. were prepari How Much Should I Spend on Groceries? 10/17/2023 08:00pm • Determining how much to spend on groceries and creating a budget has always been a challenge for many households. In recent years, inflation made it more complicated. Grocery shopping is still not an activity that most shoppers would call cheap, but things have improved. Still, grocery budgeting rem With Holiday, Porzingis in Boston and Harden trying to leave 76ers, Celtics the best of the Atlantic 10/17/2023 07:54pm • When James Harden was twice scoring 40 points against Boston in last season's playoffs, it was easy to picture a championship in Philadelphia's future. Now it's hard to picture a future at all between Harden and the 76ers. The only Atlantic Division team with the look of a champion at this point is Wisconsin Assembly approves $545 million in public dollars for Brewers stadium repairs 10/17/2023 06:28pm • MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin legislators edged closer Tuesday to passing a compromise plan to spend more than half-a-billion dollars in public money to help cover repairs at the Milwaukee Brewers stadium, pushing the proposal through the state Assembly and on to the Senate. The chamber voted 69- Pac-12 booming in attendance, ratings in last season before teams scatter to different conferences 10/17/2023 05:46pm • BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — For a conference with teams about to scatter in all directions, the Pac-12 sure looks rosy at the moment. Overall attendance is up around the league through the halfway mark ( thanks, Deion Sanders ). Ratings, too, are booming (tip of the cap to Sanders again). The league als Putin meets with Hungary's prime minister in rare in-person talks with an EU leader 10/17/2023 02:18pm • BEIJING (AP) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán held talks on Tuesday with Vladimir Putin in a rare in-person meeting for the Russian president with a leader of a European Union country. Orbán and Putin met in Beijing before an international forum on one of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s How to grow your cup of coffee, indoors 10/17/2023 09:23am • About 20 years ago, while on vacation in Nashville, Tennessee, I saw my first coffee plant growing inside a greenhouse. I was fascinated to learn that its red “cherries” grew in bunches and that each cherry contained two seeds, which are what we call coffee beans. I was also surprised to learn t Fairfax Co. police make arrest in vehicle break-in, package theft cases 10/17/2023 08:25am • Police in Fairfax County, Virginia, have arrested a suspect believed to be connected to a series of burglaries in the area earlier this month. Ajohnny Jordan, 20, of Herndon, was arrested Friday and has been charged with two counts of petit larceny and two counts of possession of burglarious tool Czech government faces no-confidence vote in Parliament sought by populist ex-prime minister 10/17/2023 06:28am • PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech coalition government on Tuesday faced a parliamentary no-confidence vote over opposition claims that it is incompetent in handling the economy and in controlling immigration. The main opposition centrist ANO (YES) movement led by populist billionaire Andrej Babis accused th Reese's $25,000 promotion may violate sweepstakes laws 10/16/2023 10:59pm • Reese’s may be in violation of state and federal laws with its new sweepstakes offer currently advertised on packs of peanut butter cups. The promotion on two-cup packages reads “You could win $25,000” and, in smaller print, “See details inside.” But only after consumers have bought and op 600 days into the war, Russia's assault on a key eastern Ukraine city appears to be weakening 10/16/2023 09:25pm • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A dayslong attempt by Russian forces to storm a strategically important city in eastern Ukraine appears to be running out of steam, Kyiv officials said Monday, as the Kremlin’s war entered its 600th day. Ukrainian forces repelled 15 Russian attacks from four directions on Av Understanding Federal Student Loan Types 10/16/2023 08:00pm • The cost of college -- including tuition, housing, textbooks and other fees -- adds up for families. However, students are often eligible for financial aid, including scholarships, grants, work-study or loans to help reduce the overall price of attendance. To be eligible for federal and some other f Easy Mediterranean Diet Meal Plan for Beginners 10/16/2023 08:00pm • The Mediterranean diet has long been applauded for its health benefits, including positive impacts on heart health, bone strength and diabetes management -- and it's earned the title of "No. 1 Best Diet Overall" for a reason. But how does the diet fare for losing weight? When used with intention, ex