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American Express Membership Rewards: Transfer Partners Guide 12/21/2025 07:00pm • Several American Express cards offer Membership Rewards® points that you can redeem for statement credits, select online purchases or gift cards. However, one of the most valuable redemption options is to transfer points to one of AmEx's 20 travel partners. This guide will walk you through all of A Lower Mortgage Rates Are a Gift for Holiday Homebuyers 12/21/2025 07:00pm • Mortgage rates remained unchanged after the December 2025 Federal Reserve meeting, despite the Fed's decision to cut the benchmark rate by a quarter-point. That's in part because long-term mortgage rates don't follow the central bank's federal funds rate, which is a short-term overnight financing ra Is it really better to give than receive? It depends, expert says 12/21/2025 10:00am • (CNN) — The holidays are here, which means you’re probably thinking about gifts — what to buy, whom to give to and how much to spend. Gift-giving is often framed as a source of stress and obligation, but a growing body of research suggests there may also be something beneficial about giving it US tech enabled China’s surveillance empire. Now Tibetan refugees in Nepal are paying the price 12/21/2025 08:33am • KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — The white dome of Boudhanath rises like a silent guardian over the chaotic sprawl of Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu, crowned by a golden spire that pierces the sky. Painted on each of the spire’s four sides are the benevolent eyes of the Buddha — wide, calm, and unblinkin Saudi Arabia quietly expands access to its only alcohol store for non-Muslim residents 12/21/2025 01:13am • RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia has quietly expanded access to its only store that sells alcohol, allowing wealthy foreign residents to buy booze in the latest step in the once-ultraconservative kingdom’s experiment in liberalization. There’s been no official announcement of the decis Knife-wielding man shot dead by police in Corsica after threatening bystanders 12/20/2025 09:37am • AJACCIO, France (AP) — A man armed with a knife who threatened bystanders and shopkeepers was shot dead in Corsica on Saturday, police said, as French authorities reinforced security measures during the festive season. Police said they received a call around noon about an individual threatening a Fairfax Co. police warn holiday shoppers of potential credit card skimming scam 12/20/2025 05:04am • Police in Fairfax County, Virginia, are warning holiday shoppers to monitor a potential credit card scam as they pay at the register. Detectives from the department’s financial crimes unit, along with members of the U.S. Secret Service, found 20 credit card skimming devices during a countywide Prisoners freed by Belarus say their passports are taken away in a final 'dirty trick' by officials 12/20/2025 12:15am • TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The only official document human rights advocate Uladzimir Labkovich had with him when he was suddenly released from a Belarus prison, blindfolded and driven to neighboring Ukraine was a piece of paper with his name and mugshot on it. “After four and half years of abuse Trump insists during NC visit he's brought down costs, but residents say they're feeling squeezed 12/19/2025 09:55pm • ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. (AP) — She had worked 22 days straight in her job as a technician at an engine plant to save up, and now Daijah Bryant could finally do what she was putting off: Christmas shopping. Bryant pushed her cart out of a Walmart in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, and loaded her sedan's ba 3 killed in Taiwan knife attack, with the suspect later falling to his death from a department store 12/19/2025 09:44pm • TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A man with at least one knife and smoke grenades attacked crowds indiscriminately in Taiwan's capital on Friday evening, killing at least three people and injuring 11 others, according to the national news agency and the city government. The suspect later fell to his death fr Jake Paul Fight Betting Promos: Claim Top Offers for Paul vs. Joshua Netflix Fight 12/19/2025 09:03pm • This article contains references to products from our advertisers and/or partners, and we may receive compensation when you click on links to products and services There are many Jake Paul fight betting promos for the anticipated matchup on Friday night. It can seem complicated with all the differe Forecasters issue rare weather warning as strong gusts fuel wildfire threats in Colorado 12/19/2025 07:47pm • The National Weather Service on Friday issued a rare warning for part of Colorado's Front Range as hurricane-force winds and tinder dry conditions boosted the threat of wildfire across several counties, while flood warnings were issued in Oregon as rivers there swelled from heavy rain. It marked ano Immelman says how LIV Golf fills its roster is part of discussion toward getting ranking points 12/19/2025 06:04pm • ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Trevor Immelman said Friday he is in constant contact with the CEO of LIV Golf in his role as chairman of the Official World Golf Ranking as the board tries to work through issues that include how the Saudi-funded circuit populates its 54-man league. LIV Golf has not received Ecuadorian police arrest 2 suspects in the armed attack that killed soccer player Pineida 12/19/2025 03:36pm • QUITO (AP) — Ecuadorian police have arrested two suspects in the killing of soccer player Mario Pineida, who was shot in an attack this week that also killed his partner and wounded his mother, underscoring the rising violence in the Andean nation. The 33-year-old Barcelona de Guayaquil defender a Stage jitters replace fear of falling in ‘Eddie the Eagle’s’ latest act 12/19/2025 12:34pm • GLOUCESTER, England (AP) — Waiting in the wings on opening night of “Beauty and the Beast,” Michael Edwards felt the nerve-wracking jitters he experienced four decades earlier staring through thick glasses down a perilously steep ski jump. The athlete-turned-performer better known as “Eddie