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Maryland state's attorney urges lawmakers to act to help stop scams before seniors lose everything 02/06/2026 04:24am • There are countless stories of people, especially senior citizens, losing everything to scammers. While some of the criminals operating overseas might never be caught, Montgomery County State’s Attorney John McCarthy says state lawmakers can take action by making the punishment tougher for those w What to know about Thailand's election as economic growth slows and nationalism rises 02/05/2026 11:29pm • BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand's political parties geared up Friday for their last campaign rallies before voters head to the polls on Sunday for a general election being held against a backdrop of chronically slow economic growth and heightened nationalist sentiment. There also have been accusations of Israel’s first Olympic bobsled team heads to Italy in bid they have dubbed ‘Shul Runnings’ 02/05/2026 08:15am • TEL AVIV (AP) — Feel the rhythm, feel the rhyme. Get on up, Israel, it's bobsled time! A handful of diverse athletes — a pole-vaulter, sprinter, shot-putter, rugby player, and former Olympian in skeleton — will compete as Israel's first bobsled team during this year's Milan Cortina Winter Gam What a Human Rights Watch report says about the economic toll of backsliding rights in Asia 02/05/2026 06:59am • BANGKOK (AP) — Widespread backsliding on protections of basic rights is taking a toll on Asian economies as growing inequality leaves the poor vulnerable to labor abuses and scams, a report by Human Rights Watch says. The report released Thursday says many governments in the region have grown more Heart Attack Symptoms in Women: Subtle Signs You Can't Ignore 02/04/2026 07:00pm • Heart attack symptoms in women can differ from the classic warning signs portrayed in men. Women may notice symptoms such as shortness of breath, nausea or overwhelming fatigue, sometimes without even experiencing chest pain at all. Because these symptoms can be subtle or unexpected, they're easier Survey: 43% of Americans Don't Have Savings to Pay for a $1,000 Emergency 02/03/2026 07:00pm • An unexpected financial setback can detonate a monetary grenade on your carefully crafted monthly budget. Car repairs or medical bills can crop up at any time. A job loss can leave you without income you were counting on to pay your bills. An emergency fund can soften these blows, and experts genera Does Medicare Cover Rare Diseases? 02/03/2026 07:00pm • When you have a rare disease, managing doctor's appointments, prescriptions and care plans is difficult enough -- figuring out what Medicare will (and won't) cover often adds another layer of stress. "In many instances, people who are diagnosed with a rare disease can face special challenges when it Paris prosecutors raid X offices as part of investigation into child abuse images and deepfakes 02/03/2026 04:54pm • PARIS (AP) — French prosecutors raided the offices of social media platform X on Tuesday as part of a preliminary investigation into allegations that include spreading child sexual abuse images and deepfakes. They have also summoned billionaire owner Elon Musk for questioning. X and Musk's artific Inside the 'ghost student' scam that uses identity theft to steal college loans and financial aid 02/03/2026 01:57pm • (NEW YORK) -- Murat Mayor has no need for an associate's degree. The 58-year-old business analyst already has a Ph.D. But when he and his son, a high school senior, attempted last fall to apply for federal student financial aid, they learned that an account associated with both of their identities a Images show abandoned belongings and mock police stations at a former scam center in Asia 02/03/2026 09:44am • O'SMACH, Cambodia (AP) — In the town of O’Smach, along Cambodia’s northern border with Thailand, stands a compound of abandoned buildings that were battered by shelling during recent weeks of armed clashes. The site, now occupied by Thai troops, had served as one of Cambodia’s notorious scam 'They took it all from me': Victims of fraud in Montgomery County share stories to help others 02/02/2026 06:26pm • Two Montgomery County, Maryland, residents are sharing how scammers posing as federal agents wiped out their life savings. Their stories, law enforcement officials say, show the emotional toll these schemes take and the continued danger posed by fraud networks that remain active. Montgomery Count Yet another judge rejects Trump effort to block offshore wind, saying NY project can resume 02/02/2026 03:56pm • A federal judge on Monday ruled that an offshore wind project aimed at powering 600,000 New York homes can resume construction, the fifth such project put back on track after the Trump administration halted them in December. In clearing the way for Sunrise Wind to proceed, Judge Royce Lamberth found Balloons from Belarus cross into Polish airspace for a third night 02/02/2026 07:00am • WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Balloons used to smuggle cigarettes from Belarus have been reported crossing into Polish airspace for a third night in a row. Polish authorities on Monday said the “hybrid incidents” were part of the threat to the country's eastern border posed by Russia's ally Belarus. Nepal travel executives arrested for scamming millions with fake mountain rescues 02/02/2026 01:17am • KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Authorities in Nepal have arrested six travel and mountain rescue executives accused of conducting fake rescues on the Himalayan nation's high mountains to scam millions of dollars from international insurance companies, officials said Monday. Nepal's Central Investigation China executes 4 more members of Myanmar-based group in crackdown on scam operations 02/02/2026 12:31am • Taipei, TAIWAN (AP) — China executed four people found guilty of causing the deaths of six Chinese citizens and running scam and gambling operations out of Myanmar worth more than $4 billion, authorities said on Monday. The Shenzhen Intermediate People’s Court in south China announced the execut