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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 What to know as federal food help and preschool aid will run dry Saturday if shutdown persists 10/28/2025 08:54pm • A new lawsuit by Democratic state officials Tuesday seeks to uncork emergency money to help tens of millions of Americans keep buying food for their families after federal SNAP funding is expected to run dry Saturday due to the U.S. government shutdown. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, 8 Top Nancy Pelosi Stocks to Buy 10/28/2025 08:00pm • Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said back in 2022 that the Senate would soon vote on a bill banning members of Congress from trading individual stocks. Three years later, Pelosi is no longer House speaker, and congressional representatives are still allowed to buy and sell individual stocks as lon 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 20 Biggest Banks in America 10/28/2025 08:00pm • When it comes to choosing a bank, you have many options throughout the U.S. However, if you're looking for a bank with robust offerings and a large presence, it can help to start with one of the country's biggest banks. Read on to learn more about the 20 biggest banks in America that offer personal Man deported to Laos despite court order blocking his removal, attorneys say 10/28/2025 06:49pm • NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Immigration officials have deported a father living in Alabama to Laos despite a federal court order blocking his removal from the U.S. on the grounds he has a claim to citizenship, the man's attorneys said Tuesday. U.S. District Judge Shelly Dick last week ordered U.S. Immigra Slow release of hostage bodies threatens Gaza ceasefire and deepens families' heartbreak 10/28/2025 06:07pm • TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The announcement Monday that Hamas had released the body of another hostage offered hope to 13 families and an Israeli public desperately waiting for the remains of loved ones to come back from Gaza. Then came word from Israeli officials that the militant group had returned Frontier Communications: Q3 Earnings Snapshot 10/28/2025 04:28pm • DALLAS (AP) — DALLAS (AP) — Frontier Communications Parent Inc. (FYBR) on Tuesday reported a loss of $76 million in its third quarter. On a per-share basis, the Dallas-based company said it had a loss of 30 cents. The results surpassed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of four analy 'They're profitable stores': Prince George's Co. leaders want answers as Shoppers closes more locations 10/28/2025 02:52pm • At least four more Shoppers Food Warehouse grocery stores in the D.C. region are slated to close Nov. 8, leaving local leaders distressed. Three of the closing grocery stores are located in Maryland's Prince George’s County. The small quantity and low quality of grocery stores already operat When the government shutdown will affect SNAP, Head Start and military pay 10/28/2025 12:04pm • With the federal government shutdown nearing the one-month mark, Americans are starting to see the cascading effects of programs shuttered by lapses in federal funding. Some states are scrambling to find ways to account for shortfalls in food and child development assistance, and members of the mili PHOTO ESSAY: Chicago's children are getting caught in the chaos of immigration crackdowns 10/28/2025 10:23am • CHICAGO (AP) — Just before noon on a sunny Friday earlier this month, federal immigration agents threw tear gas canisters onto a busy Chicago street, just outside of an elementary school and a children’s play cafe. Parents, teachers and caregivers rushed to shield children and have been grapplin ‘Completely blindsided’: Silver Spring International Middle community reeling from proposal to close school 10/28/2025 09:11am • When Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) Superintendent Thomas Taylor announced Oct. 13 that he would be recommending the closure of Silver Spring International Middle School (SSIMS) by 2031, many in the school community were shocked, parents said. “Many of us felt completely blindsided,â Pope urges Catholic teachers to focus less on professional outcomes, more on spiritual lives 10/28/2025 08:46am • ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV urged Catholic teachers on Tuesday to focus less on pre-professional outcomes and more on educating students to have rich spiritual lives and use technology in ways that keep human dignity front and center. Leo issued a set of marching orders to Catholic educators during a Gio Reyna tells AP about plans to reboot career with new club and return to US team for World Cup 10/28/2025 08:38am • MOENCHENGLADBACH, Germany (AP) — Gio Reyna went into the 2022 World Cup as one of United States' brightest young soccer stars. Controversy over his training effort and a family conflict with the team's then-coach overshadowed his performances. A World Cup on U.S. soil next year is a guiding light Russian oil company Lukoil to sell international assets in response to Trump sanctions 10/28/2025 08:09am • FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Russian oil company Lukoil says it is selling its international assets in response to sanctions imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump that aim to push Russia to agree to a ceasefire in its war against Ukraine. The company said in a statement that it was already talking