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Data Doctors: What's a VPN? 10/31/2025 02:10pm • Q: What exactly is a VPN, and why would the average person want one? A: The term “VPN” — short for Virtual Private Network — gets tossed around a lot, especially by streaming enthusiasts, privacy advocates and remote workers. But despite its "techy" name, a VPN is a simple and powerful to Despair spreads across historic seaport in Jamaica that Hurricane Melissa demolished 10/31/2025 12:43pm • BLACK RIVER, Jamaica (AP) — The road from Jamaica’s capital to the seaside town of Black River was known for its lush bamboo forest that formed a natural tunnel and glowed green in the bright sun. But its famed bamboo stalks lay strewn and shredded across the road in Hurricane Melissa’s afterm California museum's collection looted: Over 1,000 items stolen in early morning heist 10/31/2025 01:29am • OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Police in California are investigating the theft of more than 1,000 items from a museum's collection including metalwork jewelry, Native American baskets and everyday items like athletic trophies that tell the story of the Golden State. The burglary occurred in the early mor Rio favelas left reeling after lethal gang raid as families bury the dead 10/31/2025 12:16am • RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Families of the scores of people killed in a deadly gang raid by Rio de Janeiro police began burying the dead on Thursday, with residents left reeling by the scenes of carnage and livid at law enforcement whom they accuse of excessive force, torture and extrajudicial killings Banks and retailers run short on pennies as the US Mint stops making them 10/30/2025 09:17pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The United States is running out of pennies. President Donald Trump’s decision to stop producing the penny earlier this year is starting to have real implications for the nation’s commerce. Merchants in multiple regions of the country have run out of pennies and are unable to p 10 of the Best REITs to Buy for 2025 10/30/2025 08:00pm • Real estate investments can be an excellent way to earn returns, generate cash flow, hedge against inflation and diversify an investment portfolio. However, buying physical properties can be costly, difficult and risky for an individual. Instead, investors can buy shares of diversified real estate i Death toll from Rio de Janeiro police raid on drug gang rises to 121 10/30/2025 04:49pm • RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The death toll in a massive police raid targeting a drug trafficking gang in Rio de Janeiro rose to at least 121 people, authorities said Thursday. An operation launched Tuesday in two of the city’s favelas sparked intense gunbattles that left at least four police officers After Oct. 7, Jews seek healing from kabbalah-informed psychedelic retreats 10/30/2025 04:30pm • (RNS) — For nearly two decades, Larry Hertz, a 64-year-old professional, had found healing and spiritual enrichment through underground ceremonies where he and others took psychedelics. But there was a part of him missing: Raised in a culturally Jewish home in California’s Bay Area, he found tha A DC 'Furniture and Whatnot' shop will close its doors Friday 10/30/2025 02:11pm • After nearly 30 years in business in D.C., Miss Pixie’s Furnishings and Whatnot will shut its doors for good Friday. It has been a staple of the Adams Morgan neighborhood, selling locally made art and secondhand furniture. “I will be retiring and moving to my house on the Eastern Shore US government allowed and even helped US firms sell tech used for surveillance in China, AP finds 10/30/2025 01:51pm • U.S. lawmakers have tried four times since September last year to close what they called a glaring loophole: China is getting around export bans on the sale of powerful American AI chips by renting them through U.S. cloud services instead. But the proposals prompted a flurry of activity from more th You can thank Elvis for Elvira, Cassandra Peterson says 10/30/2025 01:50pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Cassandra Peterson has entertained Halloween lovers as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, for more than four decades. Peterson developed the character in the 1980s, after leaving her career as a showgirl — a decision she credits at least in part to Elvis Presley, whom she says essenti The Latest: US will share sensitive nuclear submarine technology with South Korea, Trump says 10/29/2025 10:24pm • The United States will share closely held technology to allow South Korea to build a nuclear-powered submarine, President Donald Trump said on social media after meeting with the country’s president during Trump’s ongoing trip to Asia. President Lee Jae Myung stressed to Trump in their Wednesday Morocco charges more than 2,400 people over Gen Z protests 10/29/2025 08:37pm • RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Morocco has charged more than 2,400 people over recent youth-led protests that turned violent, a sweeping response to some of the country’s largest anti-government demonstrations in years. Of the 2,480 charged, 1,473 people remain in custody awaiting trial. Charges included Protests erupt after police raid in Brazil leaves 119 dead and draws accusations of excessive force 10/29/2025 08:12pm • RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A massive police raid on a drug gang embedded in low-income neighborhoods of Rio de Janeiro that left at least 119 people dead drew protests for excessive force Wednesday and calls for the Rio’s governor to resign. Dozens of favelas residents gathered in front of the state� 6 Tips for Aging Alone 10/29/2025 08:00pm • Whether it's a widow or widower remaining on their own, a childless and single older adult who relishes independence or a rural resident embracing solitude, the term "solo ager" is used to describe an individual who lives without a partner or other relatives. These adults are also particularly commo