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At 58, Tom Cillo is tackling his dream of playing college football 10/01/2025 04:29pm • WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) ��� The shouts of ���Yeah, Tom!��� started the moment Tom Cillo stepped onto the field at Girardi Stadium. After a couple of bounces to expend some of the nervous energy and a playful cup of his left ear toward the crowd, the oldest freshman nose tackle in the country dropped At 58, Tom Cillo is tackling his dream of playing college football 10/01/2025 03:51pm • WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) ��� The shouts of ���Yeah, Tom!��� started the moment Tom Cillo crossed the white paint on the sideline and stepped onto the field at Girardi Stadium. After a couple of bounces to expend some of the nervous energy and a playful cup of his left ear toward the crowd, the oldest Editorial Roundup: United States 10/01/2025 03:46pm • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Sept. 26 The New York Times on the indictment of James Comey The events of the past week in Virginia mark a dark new stage in President Trump���s effort to turn federal law enforcement into a personal tool of oppression and vengea 2025's 10 Best-Performing Stocks 09/30/2025 08:00pm • Despite concerns about slowing economic growth, tariff uncertainties and a potential government shutdown, the S&P 500 has gained 13.7% through the first three quarters of 2025. Investors are hoping that bullish momentum will continue heading into 2026, but a handful of stocks have already genera Is This the End of Paper Checks? 09/29/2025 08:00pm • The paper check has been bounced from the federal government. But how much longer will we pay with checks at all? As of Sept. 30, the Social Security Administration, IRS and other federal departments and agencies will no longer send or receive paper checks, with only a few rare exceptions. That mean What a Government Shutdown Means for Mortgage Rates 09/29/2025 08:00pm • As the federal government nears its Sept. 30 funding deadline, a shutdown seems increasingly likely. And since the government and general economy are essentially intertwined, a shutdown could impact borrowers seeking mortgages. The good news first: Mortgage rates sometimes fall during government shu The Latest: Congressional leaders meet with Trump as possible government shutdown looms 09/29/2025 06:29pm • Democratic and Republican congressional leaders met at the White House on Monday with President Donald Trump in a late effort to avoid a government shutdown, but both sides thus far have shown hardly any willingness to budge from their entrenched positions. If government funding legislation isn���t Ex-Republican South Carolina House member admits to distributing hundreds of child sex abuse videos 09/29/2025 05:37pm • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) ��� Former Republican South Carolina Rep. RJ May admitted in court Monday that he sent hundreds of videos of children being sexually abused to people across the country on social media. May pleaded guilty to what prosecutors in court papers called a ���five-day child pornography Video gamer Electronic Arts to be bought in largest-ever private equity buyout valued at $55 billion 09/29/2025 03:56pm • Electronic Arts, the maker of video games like ���Madden NFL," ���Battlefield,��� and ���The Sims,��� is being acquired by an investor group including Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund in the largest private equity-funded buyout in history. The investors, who also include a firm managed by Jared Madagascar's president fires the government following days of deadly Gen Z protests 09/29/2025 03:45pm • ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) ��� Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina fired the prime minister and the rest of his government Monday in response to days of deadly Gen Z-led protests in the Indian Ocean island over the failure of the electricity and water supplies. Rajoelina said in a speech on nati They said it: Leaders at the UN, in their own words 09/29/2025 02:38pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) ��� Many leaders saying many things about many topics that matter to them, to their regions, to the world: That���s what the U.N. General Assembly invariably produces each year. And each year, certain voices dominate. Here, The Associated Press takes the opposite approach and spo Trump takes his tariff war to the movies announcing 100% levies on foreign-made films 09/29/2025 01:36pm • President Donald Trump says he will slap a 100% tax on movies made outside the United States ��� a vague directive aimed at protecting a business that America already dominates. Claiming that movie production ���has been stolen������ from Hollywood and the U.S., Trump posted on his Truth Social pla WTOP's 2025 Cash Dash Contest Rules 09/29/2025 12:57pm • WTOP���s 2025 Cash Dash Contest Official Rules �� NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT NECESSARY. A PURCHASE WILL NOT IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW. �� BY ENTERING THE SWEEPSTAKES, EACH ENTRANT AGREES TO THESE OFFICIAL RULES. �� Eligibility: WTOP���s 2025 Cash Dash Cont Iraqi court sentences man to life in prison for trafficking fighters to Russian army in Ukraine 09/29/2025 08:41am • BAGHDAD (AP) ��� An Iraqi man has been sentenced to life in prison for human trafficking after he recruited Iraqis to fight for Russia against Ukraine, court officials said Monday. The Najaf Criminal Court said in a statement that the convicted man had ���formed groups and sent them to fight in fore Overseas Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Nathan Law denied entry to Singapore 09/29/2025 07:47am • BEIJING (AP) ��� An activist wanted by the Hong Kong government said he was denied entry to Singapore over the weekend for what he presumes were political reasons. Nathan Law, who fled Hong Kong in 2020 and is based in London, said he was detained at the Singapore airport on Saturday night and told