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Pakistan and Afghanistan announce ceasefire after deadliest clashes in years 10/15/2025 01:02pm • ISLAMABAD (AP) ��� Pakistan and Afghanistan on Wednesday announced a ceasefire following days of the deadliest clashes in years that killed dozens of people on both sides of the border. The pause came after appeals from major regional powers, including Saudi Arabia and Qatar, as the violence threate The 2026-27 FAFSA application is live. Here's what to know 10/15/2025 11:07am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� The Free Application for Federal Student Aid for the 2026-27 school year has officially opened. Despite the U.S. government shutdown, the Education Department will continue to process the FAFSA. If you plan to attend college next year, Jill Desjean, director of policy analysis at Government shutdown delays release of critically important inflation figures 10/15/2025 06:00am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The government shutdown is delaying another major economic report, leaving policymakers at the Federal Reserve with a cloudier picture even as the economy enters a challenging phase of stubbornly persistent inflation and a sharp slowdown in hiring. The Labor Department's monthly Dresses and dreams: Inside the quincea��era economy of the DC region 10/15/2025 04:09am • WTOP celebrates National Hispanic Heritage Month this Sept. 15 through Oct. 15,��with stories��spotlighting the contributions, culture and accomplishments of Hispanic communities across the D.C. region. With her little sister in tow, Gesbell Rodas tried on a nearly six-foot-wide blue and white dr What to know about the events leading up to Madagascar's military coup 10/14/2025 09:45pm • Madagascar's military seized power from the civilian government Tuesday, a high-ranking commander announced after President Andry Rajoelina fled the sprawling Indian Ocean island country for his safety. The ouster of Rajoelina, who himself came to power as a transitional leader in a military-backed The Latest: Trump awards Charlie Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom 10/14/2025 09:00pm • President Donald Trump awarded the nation���s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, posthumously to Charlie Kirk on Tuesday. Kirk was an activist who inspired a generation of young conservatives and helped push the nation���s politics further to the right; he was killed last mon Trump honors Charlie Kirk with Presidential Medal of Freedom on what would be his 32nd birthday 10/14/2025 08:55pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� President Donald Trump on Tuesday posthumously awarded America's highest civilian honor to Charlie Kirk, the assassinated activist who inspired a generation of young conservatives and helped push the nation's politics further to the right. Receiving the award on Kirk's behalf was What Is Medicare: Coverage, Cost and Enrollment 10/14/2025 08:00pm • If you've just celebrated your 65th birthday or it's coming up in the next year, your mailbox is probably full of postcards, flyers and letters about your eligibility for Medicare. It's important to understand the ins and outs of Medicare before you sign up to avoid unexpected costs. Even if you've Instagram says it's safeguarding teens by limiting them to PG-13 content 10/14/2025 07:35pm • Teenagers on Instagram will be restricted to seeing PG-13 content by default and won't be able to change their settings without a parent's permission, Meta announced on Tuesday. This means kids using teen-specific accounts will see photos and videos on Instagram that are similar to what they would s Hit-style shooting of Venezuelan activists in Colombia fuels fear of wider persecution by Maduro 10/14/2025 07:23pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) ��� The hit-style shooting of two Venezuelan activists in Colombia's capital is fueling fears among Venezuela's diaspora that a crackdown on dissent by the government of Venezuelan President Nicol��s Maduro is seeping beyond the South American nation's borders. On Monday afternoon, In Dallas, 6,700 women rally for culture war battles after Kirk���s death 10/14/2025 05:59pm • DALLAS (RNS) ��� ���Welcome to the fight,��� said commentator Allie Beth Stuckey as she greeted the 6,700 conservative Christian women assembled in the Dallas, Texas, arena on Saturday morning (Oct. 11): ���The fight for truth, the fight for our Christian faith, the fight for our children, the fight The Latest: Gaza ceasefire holds as Israeli military says Red Cross to transfer remains of deceased 10/14/2025 05:27pm • After the release of the last living hostages and Palestinian prisoners and detainees, the tenuous ceasefire in Gaza was holding Tuesday while questions remain over other key parts of a U.S. plan for the region. The long list of uncertainties includes when Hamas will return to Israel the rest of the Madagascar's president is ousted in a military coup after weeks of youth-led protests 10/14/2025 04:31pm • ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) ��� Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina was toppled Tuesday in a military coup that capped weeks of youth protests over poverty, power outages and a lack of opportunity in the Indian Ocean island country. Right after parliament voted to impeach Rajoelina, who fled the Police fire tear gas at Brussels protest against austerity measures 10/14/2025 11:29am • BRUSSELS (AP) ��� Belgian police used tear gas and a water cannon in an attempt to disperse tens of thousands of people who flooded Brussels on Tuesday to protest Prime Minister Bart De Wever's proposed austerity measures. Minor scuffles broke out between police and protesters, some of whom played d Google announces $15B investment in AI hub in India meant to drive digital transformation 10/14/2025 07:11am • NEW DELHI (AP) ��� Google announced on Tuesday that it will invest $15 billion in India over the next five years to establish its first artificial intelligence hub in the country. Located in the southern city of Visakhapatnam, the hub will be one of Google���s largest globally. It will feature gigaw