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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 Powerball jackpot climbs to $1.6 billion, among largest lottery prizes ever in U.S. 12/21/2025 05:18pm • The Powerball jackpot now stands at an estimated $1.6 billion, making it one of the largest lottery prizes in U.S. history, Powerball officials said Sunday. No ticket matched all six winning numbers on Saturday — white balls 4, 5, 28, 52, 69 and red Powerball 20. That sets up the fifth-largest Los Angeles Dodgers to pay record $169 million luxury tax after winning 2nd straight World Series 12/19/2025 08:05pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers will pay a record $169.4 million luxury tax after winning their second straight World Series title, raising their two-year tax bill to $272.4 million. The New York Mets have the second-highest tax assessment among the record-tying nine teams that pay at $91. 2025 Major League Baseball Luxury Tax Payrolls List 12/19/2025 07:11pm • Final 2025 payrolls for the 30 major league teams for purposes of the luxury tax, as defined by baseball’s collective bargaining agreement and sent to clubs by the commissioner’s office. Figures are for 40-man rosters and include the average annual values of contracts and $17,209,029 per club fo The Salary You Need for a $500K House 12/18/2025 07:00pm • As of the third quarter of 2025, the national median sales price for a single-family home is $426,800, according to the Metropolitan Median Area Prices and Affordability and Housing Affordability Index from the National Association of Realtors. In the West, the median was $633,900, well above the $5 12 Signs It's Time for In-Home Health Care 12/18/2025 07:00pm • Tamara and Michael Myer had always been an active couple, traveling and curious about the world and continually embarking on new experiences. Michael was fortunate to reach his late 90s with no health issues, but Tamara, who is nine years younger, was not so lucky. She began having cognitive difficu What to know about Trump's order seeking to relax federal drug policies for marijuana 12/18/2025 05:39pm • President Donald Trump has directed his administration to work as quickly as possible to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug. Trump’s executive order on Thursday does not legalize marijuana under federal law. And it’s not the final word. The proposed change still requires federal regul Trump signs executive order that could reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug 12/18/2025 04:24pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday that could reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug and open new avenues for medical research, a major shift in federal drug policy that inches closer to what many states have done. The switch would move marijuana awa European Central Bank leaves rates unchanged with economy showing signs of modest growth 12/18/2025 11:39am • FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The European Central Bank left interest rates unchanged Thursday for the fourth meeting in a row as the economy in the 20 countries that use the euro increasingly looks strong enough to get by without the stimulus of lower borrowing costs for businesses and consumers. Ban Trump gives a partisan prime-time address insisting the economy is stronger than many voters feel 12/17/2025 10:57pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump delivered a politically charged speech Wednesday carried live in prime time on network television, seeking to pin the blame for economic challenges on Democrats while announcing he is sending a $1,776 bonus check to U.S. troops for Christmas. The remarks The Latest: Trump addresses the American public in a live speech from the White House 12/17/2025 09:53pm • President Donald Trump delivered a speech live from the White House on Wednesday night where he discussed his achievements and touched on some of his agenda for next year and beyond. The president’s predecessor, whom Trump continues to lambaste regularly, figured prominently at the start of his ad Teen drug use remains low, but survey finds small rise in heroin and cocaine use 12/17/2025 03:08pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Teen use of alcohol, nicotine and marijuana remains at record lows, according to national survey results released Wednesday. They consume a lot of energy drinks, though. And there are slight, but concerning, increases in heroin and cocaine use. But overall, the findings indicate te Marylanders split on resolving budget shortfall, pessimistic about Key Bridge rebuild 12/17/2025 08:29am • A new poll finds Maryland residents roughly split on how officials should resolve a budget shortfall, and highlights growing pessimism about the rebuilding of the Francis Scott Key Bridge. The poll released Wednesday by the Institute of Politics at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County sug The Latest: Hegseth and Rubio brief lawmakers on US military escalation 12/16/2025 09:45pm • President Donald Trump’s top Cabinet officials overseeing national security are back on Capitol Hill on Tuesday as questions mount over the swift escalation of U.S. military force and deadly boat strikes in international waters near Venezuela. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Defense Secretary Pete 8 New and Upcoming IPOs for 2026 12/16/2025 07:00pm • Despite a U.S. government shutdown that hit the "pause" button on new initial public offerings, the IPO market is expected to finish 2025 as it started, with a flurry of newly minted publicly traded companies. Data from MicroVentures show that 371 U.S. companies went public through Dec. 4, a signifi