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Postal traffic to US still down 70% five weeks after duties exemption on low-value packages ended 10/10/2025 03:39pm • Postal traffic is to the U.S. is still down about 70% five weeks after the end of the “de minimis” exemption that spared low-value packages from duties and packages, the United Nations postal agency said Friday. Confusion has reigned since the U.S. ended the tariff exemption for packages worth How a family-owned costume shop is keeping tariffs from making Halloween a nightmare 10/10/2025 10:02am • NEW YORK (AP) — With Halloween on the horizon, Chicago Costume is stuffed. Packaged costumes, including superheros and Japanese animation characters in both kid and adult sizes, dangle near colorful wigs and bottles of fake blood. Downstairs, vintage clothes from the 1970s beg for one more boogie Car Review: Audi RS 7 is bad to the bone 10/10/2025 04:04am • This 2025 Audi RS 7 performance is simply bad, as in to the bone. This big, long, four-door hatchback features the nasty snarl of a twin-turbo V-8, with the help of a $1,000 sport exhaust system. This is what Audi calls “an even more thrilling version of the A7 Sportback,” which promises The Latest: New York Attorney General Letitia James is charged with fraud, AP source says 10/09/2025 07:52pm • A grand jury has indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James on a fraud charge, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Thursday. It is the latest indication of President Donald Trump and his administration’s determination to use the Justice Department to pursue the pre Most states with National Guard troops in DC plan to withdraw this fall 10/09/2025 07:30pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — More than half the states contributing National Guard troops to President Donald Trump's federal law enforcement initiative in Washington have set target dates for their withdrawal later this fall, state officials told The Associated Press. The dates, in late October and November Aaron Rodgers and first-place Steelers are hardly getting ahead of themselves as Browns visit 10/09/2025 06:46pm • PITTSBURGH (AP) — Aaron Rodgers is no stranger to rivalries. The four-time MVP spent nearly two decades in Green Bay, where he led the Packers past the Chicago Bears so often he once famously — or notoriously, depending on your perspective — proclaimed part ownership of one of the league's ori The superintendent arrested by ICE had a consulting gig. His districts repeatedly hired the firm 10/09/2025 04:48pm • DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Three months into his tenure leading Des Moines public schools, Ian Roberts asked the district's board for emergency approval of $116,000 in contracts. The agreements to provide training on “culturally responsive coaching,” the superintendent said, had to be approved wi Steelers look to strengthen their early grip on the AFC North at home against Browns 10/09/2025 02:59pm • Cleveland (1-4) at Pittsburgh (3-1) Sunday, 1 p.m. EDT, CBS. BetMGM NFL Odds: Steelers by 5. Against the spread: Browns 2-3; Steelers: 2-2. Series record: Steelers lead 82-65-1. Last meeting: Steelers beat Browns 27-14 on Dec. 8, 2024, in Pittsburgh. Last week: Browns lost to Vikings 21-17 in London Movie Review: Channing Tatum and Kirsten Dunst bring humanity to true-crime tale ‘Roofman’ 10/09/2025 12:44pm • Down on his luck divorced dad who resorts to crime is becoming familiar territory for Channing Tatum as an actor. In “Logan Lucky” his mark was the Charlotte Motor Speedway. In “Roofman,”in theaters Friday, it’s McDonald’s. In both films, there’s a young daughter he wants to impress. T DC Council's Brooke Pinto running for Del. Norton's congressional seat 10/09/2025 10:59am • D.C. Council member Brooke Pinto told WTOP Monday she has entered the race to become the city's next congressional representative, after releasing a video online earlier in the morning. Pinto joins Robert C. White Jr., her council colleague, in the campaign for Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton’s seat Alabama standout LT Kadyn Proctor has an affinity for Krispy Kreme and carrying the rock 10/09/2025 10:11am • TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Alabama offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb considers a couple factors when installing specialty plays. Most notably, it's about the guy getting the ball. It has to be someone Grubb can trust. Grubb and the eighth-ranked Crimson Tide have turned to a supersized offensive linem The 7 Best Panama Canal Cruises for Seniors 10/08/2025 08:00pm • A Panama Canal cruise checks a lot of boxes for senior travelers: itineraries promise warm weather, a culturally-rich region and one of the world's great engineering spectacles. Most cruises are typically 10 to 16 days, so the pace is unhurried, with sea days to rest between port calls in the Caribb As the garden winds down, it's time to care for winter-prepping birds 10/08/2025 04:04pm • I just cleaned out and filled a couple of birdfeeders to help my migrating backyard buddies fuel up for their long journeys south. And I’ll keep it well-stocked with high-energy seed mix throughout winter to feed the non-migratory birds that tough it out until spring in my suburban New York garden 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 Michigan creates additional marijuana tax to fund Whitmer's plan to 'fix the damn roads' 10/07/2025 06:32pm • LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Tuesday signed into law a new 24% tax on marijuana sales between producers and dispensaries, creating revenue to partially fund her long-promised effort to improve the state's roads. Whitmer made road repairs her priority this year. The Legis