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IMF chief warns of economic uncertainty and offers this advice: 'Buckle up' 10/08/2025 10:36am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The global economy is holding up better than expected despite major shocks such as President Donald Trump's tariffs, but the head of the International Monetary Fund says that resilience may not last. ���Buckle up,��� Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said in a speech at a th ���Roofman' tells a stranger-than-fiction story with rigorous accuracy and a whole lot of toys 10/08/2025 10:23am • TORONTO (AP) ��� The lengths writer-director Derek Cianfrance goes to create immersive environments for his actors has grown into a kind of legend. After making the much-improvised doomed romance of ���Blue Valentine��� (2010), Michelle Williams said she would have to remind herself that she was nev The CDC's most recent updates on COVID-19 vaccinations 10/08/2025 04:22am • The most recent recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on COVID-19 vaccines call for "vaccination based on shared clinical decision-making," according to a news release published Tuesday. "Informed consent is back," Acting Director and Deputy Secretary of Health and H Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar 10/08/2025 12:07am • MAE SOT, Thailand (AP) ��� Across Myanmar and in the refugee camps along its borders, the suffering unleashed by the United States��� gutting of its foreign aid program has been severe and deadly, particularly for children, The Associated Press found. In interviews with 21 Myanmar refugees, five peo Trump-backed Van Epps and Democrat Behn win Tennessee primaries for US House special election 10/07/2025 11:05pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) ��� Matt Van Epps, a former commissioner in Gov. Bill Lee���s administration who was endorsed by President Donald Trump, and Democratic state Rep. Aftyn Behn won their crowded primary races Tuesday and will face off in December in a special election to replace a GOP congressman California makes Diwali an official statewide holiday 10/07/2025 10:34pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� California has become the third U.S. state to designate Diwali ��� the Hindu ���Festival of Lights��� ��� as an official statewide holiday. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law Tuesday to go into effect on Jan. 1. It would authorize public schools and community colleges to c Noem visits Chicago area ICE facility as agents arrest 13, raid city neighborhoods 10/07/2025 06:08pm • BROADVIEW, Ill. (AP) ��� Federal officials reported the arrests of 13 people Friday protesting near an immigration facility outside Chicago that has been frequently targeted during President Donald Trump's administration���s surge of immigration enforcement this fall. As Homeland Security Secretary Kentucky lawsuit says Roblox fails to protect children on its popular online gaming platform 10/07/2025 05:31pm • FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) ��� Kentucky's attorney general claimed Tuesday that the online gaming platform Roblox has become a ���playground for predators��� as he announced a lawsuit accusing the company of lax child safety measures. The Kentucky suit, filed by his office Monday in a state court, is the l Supreme Court seems skeptical about state bans on 'conversion therapy' for LGBTQ+ kids 10/07/2025 05:20pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� A majority of Supreme Court justices on Tuesday seemed likely to side with a Christian counselor challenging bans on LGBTQ+ ���conversion therapy��� for kids as a violation of her First Amendment rights. Kaley Chiles, with support from President Donald Trump���s administration, a Dogs kill 2-year-old boy at Georgia daycare center 10/07/2025 05:00pm • VALDOSTA, Ga. (AP) ��� A 2-year-old boy in south Georgia was attacked by two Rottweiler dogs and died at an unlicensed daycare center while the owner napped, according to police. Stacy Wheeler Cobb, the 48-year-old owner who held the daycare at her home in Valdosta, 228 miles (367 km) south of Atlan PHOTO ESSAY: 18 young lives have been lost in the West Bank this year 10/07/2025 12:05am • One child was sitting on her mother���s lap. Another had just stepped outside his home. Another was picking almonds. The United Nations reports that at least 18 children under the age of 15 have been killed by Israeli gunfire in the occupied West Bank this year, marking the third consecutive year ch Israeli fire in the West Bank killed their kids. Palestinian families want to know why 10/06/2025 09:49pm • One child was shot while sitting on her mother���s lap. Another, hit by an airstrike as he stepped inside his home. Two others, killed while playing outside with friends. Israeli gunfire has killed at least 18 children under the age of 15 in the occupied West Bank this year, according to the United In a reversal vote, Loudoun Co. school board will allow charter schools to ask for funding to cover facility upgrades 10/06/2025 08:55pm • Charter schools in Loudoun County, Virginia, will be able to keep asking for funding for classroom upgrades and other infrastructure improvements as part of an updated policy the school board approved last week. The policy pertains to the establishment of charter schools. As part of an amendment How to Set Up Your Home for Aging in Place 10/06/2025 08:00pm • Aging in place is the preferred way to get older for many adults. In fact, numerous surveys and studies -- including a 2022 study in the Delaware Journal of Public Health -- show that a majority of adults prefer to stay in their homes for as long as possible. However, simply remaining in the home wh How to Prepare Your Child for a Hospital Stay 10/06/2025 08:00pm • When my son was a year and a half, he got a cold and began having difficulty breathing. After taking him to the emergency room, my husband and I learned he would need to spend an overnight, perhaps a few days, in the hospital to receive breathing treatments. We weren't prepared for our child's hospi