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$1K Trump Accounts Are Coming: Experts Weigh In on Who Qualifies, Benefits and Drawbacks 08/13/2025 08:00pm • When the One Big Beautiful Bill Act was signed into law earlier this year, Trump Accounts were one provision that likely piqued the interest of parents. With the promise of a $1,000 initial deposit from the government, the accounts offer a new avenue to save for a child's future needs. "A free depos More than 8.3 million people pulled out of poverty in Mexico between 2022 and 2024 08/13/2025 06:55pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) ��� More than 8.3 million people in Mexico were pulled out of poverty between 2022 and 2024, according to a report released by Mexico's statistics agency on Wednesday. It marks a nearly 18% drop in people living in poverty in a country that has long struggled with high levels of eco Russia restricts calls via WhatsApp and Telegram, the latest step to control the internet 08/13/2025 05:09pm • Russian authorities announced Wednesday they were ���partially��� restricting calls in messaging apps Telegram and WhatsApp, the latest step in an effort to tighten control over the internet. In a statement, government media and internet regulator Roskomnadzor justified the measure as necessary for Norwegian police say pro-Russian hackers were likely behind suspected sabotage at a dam 08/13/2025 04:05pm • Russian hackers are likely behind suspected sabotage at a dam in Norway in April that affected water flows, police officials told Norwegian media on Wednesday. The director of the Norwegian Police Security Service, Beate Gang��s, said cyberattacks are increasingly being carried out against Western n A $200 million endowment focused on Black Americans is taking shape 08/13/2025 12:21pm • Started in 2020 as a five-year initiative inspired by the racial justice outcry following the police murder of George Floyd, the California Black Freedom Fund plans to expand to a $200 million endowment. The move is both rare in the world of philanthropy and politically bold, given the Trump adminis Trump's nominee to oversee jobs and inflation data faces shower of criticism 08/13/2025 10:34am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The director of the agency that produces the nation's jobs and inflation data is typically a mild-mannered technocrat, often with extensive experience in statistical agencies, with little public profile. But like so much in President Donald Trump's second administration, this ti Turkey shows support for Syria's new government with a regional warning and a defense deal 08/13/2025 09:30am • ANKARA (AP) ��� Turkey publicly reinforced its support for the new Syrian government Wednesday, warning Israel and Kurdish fighters to cease actions threatening its stability and signing an agreement on military training cooperation and consultancy. Speaking at a news conference in Ankara with Syria Sha'Carri Richardson addresses domestic violence arrest and apologizes to Christian Coleman 08/13/2025 06:57am • Sprinter Sha���Carri Richardson addressed her recent domestic violence arrest in a video on social media and issued an apology to her boyfriend Christian Coleman. Richardson posted a video on her Instagram account Monday night in which she said she put herself in a ���compromised situation.��� She i Zelenskyy says Putin wants the rest of Ukraine's Donetsk region as part of a ceasefire 08/12/2025 09:06pm • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) ��� Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin wants Ukraine to withdraw from the remaining 30% of the Donetsk region that it controls as part of a ceasefire deal, a proposal the leader categorically rejected. Zelenskyy reiterated t The Latest: Mexico expels 26 high-ranking cartel figures to US in deal with Trump administration 08/12/2025 08:20pm • Mexico is expelling 26 high-ranking cartel figures to the United States in the latest major deal with the President Donald Trump ���s administration, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Tuesday. The cartel leaders and other prominent figures were being flown from Mexico to US grand jury indicts one of Haiti's most powerful gang leaders and one of his friends 08/12/2025 08:13pm • SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) ��� A federal grand jury has indicted one of Haiti���s most powerful gang leaders and a U.S. citizen accused of conspiring with him to violate U.S. sanctions and fund gang activities in the troubled Caribbean country, the U.S. Justice Department announced Tuesday. Jimmy Ch How to Evaluate a Senior Living Facility's Emergency Preparedness 08/12/2025 08:00pm • In January 2025, wildfires destroyed large areas of the Los Angeles area, including the Pacific Palisades, Topanga and Malibu. As the flames quickly engulfed the region, Terri Harmon, regional vice president of Atria Senior Living, a group of senior living communities, was notified that the fires we New Phantom Taxes are Coming to Gambling in 2026 - What This Means for Your Winnings and Your Tax Burden 08/12/2025 08:00pm • There's no such thing as a sure bet, but gamblers have long been able to count on the fact that they would only have to pay taxes on their net winnings (total wins minus total losses). However, a new provision included in the recently enacted One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) has reduced the amount US July budget deficit up 20% year-over-year despite record Trump tariff income 08/12/2025 07:49pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The U.S. budget deficit in July climbed 20% this fiscal year compared to the last despite the U.S. taking in record income from President Donald Trump���s tariffs, according to Treasury Department data released Tuesday. The U.S. saw a 273% increase ��� or $21 billion ��� in custo CDC union condemns vaccine misinformation after shooter blamed COVID vaccine for depression 08/12/2025 06:18pm • A Georgia man who wanted to send a message against COVID-19 vaccines fired over 180 times with a long gun at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's headquarters in Atlanta, killing a police officer, authorities said. Patrick Joseph White, 30, who has been identified as the shooter in