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Duty-free no more: Parcels worth under $800 no longer qualify for a US tariff exemption 08/29/2025 10:50am • NEW YORK (AP) — Low-value imports lost their duty-free status in the United States on Friday as part of President Donald Trump's agenda for making the nation less dependent on foreign goods and resetting global trade with tariffs. An executive order eliminated a widely used customs exemption for Florida's once-pristine springs threatened by pollution, development and climate change 08/29/2025 09:05am • ZEPHYRHILLS, Fla. (AP) — Seen from the air, a Florida freshwater spring is a bit of liquid heaven, luring humans and wildlife to enjoy its aquamarine cool. With at least 1,000 of them — more than any other state — the springs serve as beaches for large swaths of central and northwestern Florid Today in History: August 29, Hurricane Katrina strikes Louisiana 08/29/2025 04:10am • Today is Friday, Aug. 29, the 241st day of 2025. There are 124 days left in the year. Today in history: On Aug. 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina struck the U.S. Gulf Coast in southeast Louisiana, breaching levees and spurring floods that devastated New Orleans. Katrina caused nearly 1,400 deaths and an Samoa votes in an election that will decide the fate of its first woman leader 08/29/2025 01:27am • WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Samoa went to the polls Friday in a critical election that could decide the future of the Pacific Island nation’s first woman leader, who called the vote after her government collapsed in May. Counting was scheduled to begin next Monday and run until Friday, Sept. Gold Is a Safe-Haven Investment, But It's Not Foolproof. 10 Crucial Facts to Know Before You Invest 08/28/2025 08:00pm • Gold can be considered a safe-haven investment because it often behaves differently than stocks, bonds or currencies. When the stock market is doing poorly because of economic uncertainty or worries about geopolitical events, people often buy gold because it has a reputation as a long-term store of Assisted Living Benefits for Veterans and Their Spouses 08/28/2025 08:00pm • If you or your spouse served in the military, you may be entitled to certain benefits that could make getting older a little less expensive. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs offers several funding programs that can help offset the costs of specific kinds of care later in life. For some people 6 ETFs to Invest Like Warren Buffett 08/28/2025 08:00pm • Earlier in 2025, at the Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (ticker: BRK.A, BRK.B) annual general meeting, Warren Buffett announced his retirement, citing plans to step down as CEO by the end of the year. In a subsequent phone interview with the Wall Street Journal, the then-94-year-old investor admitted his ag IRA Rules: Contributions, Deductions, Withdrawals 08/28/2025 08:00pm • Individual retirement accounts offer tax advantages to those saving for retirement. Before investing in an IRA, it can be helpful to understand the guidelines, including the annual deposit limit, the type of tax savings you can expect and the conditions for withdrawing funds. As you plan your IRA sa Mystery surrounds $1.2 billion Army contract to build huge detention tent camp in Texas desert 08/28/2025 07:47pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Donald Trump's administration last month awarded a contract worth up to $1.2 billion to build and operate what it says will become the nation’s largest immigration detention complex, it didn’t turn to a large government contractor or even a firm that specialize The Latest: RFK Jr. adviser will serve as acting CDC leader after director’s firing, AP source says 08/28/2025 07:14pm • Jim O’Neill, a top deputy to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., will serve as acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to an administration official who requested anonymity to discuss a personnel change that has not been formally announced. The director of Disputed ballots could swing outcome of union election at EV battery complex in Kentucky 08/28/2025 04:51pm • An election to determine whether workers unionize an electric vehicle battery manufacturing complex in Kentucky is in limbo Thursday due to a few dozen disputed ballots that could swing the outcome. The United Auto Workers claimed it secured a narrow victory at the BlueOval SK battery park after the Brazil's crackdown on criminal links to fuel supply chain nets $220M in assets 08/28/2025 04:33pm • SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil on Thursday said it seized 1.2 billion reais (about $220 million) in assets linked to a sprawling criminal network as part of a nationwide investigation into a money laundering scheme involving investment funds and the fuel sector. Officials executed 14 search and seizure w US economy grows 3.3% in second quarter, government says, in second estimate of April-June growth 08/28/2025 09:31am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy rebounded this spring from a first-quarter downturn due to fallout from President Donald Trump’s trade wars. In an upgrade from its first estimate in July, the Commerce Department said Thursday that U.S. gross domestic product — the nation’s output of goods Japan's chief trade envoy postpones US trip as Tokyo calls for faster action on its tariffs deal 08/28/2025 04:15am • TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s top trade negotiator abruptly canceled a trip to Washington aimed at issuing a joint statement on a tariffs deal with the Trump administration, as a top government spokesman urged the U.S. side to speed up implementation of the agreement. Trade envoy Ryosei Akazawa was sched The Latest: Trump effort to control US capital expands to Union Station 08/27/2025 10:02pm • As President Donald Trump asserts his power to control the nation’s capital, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced Wednesday that his department will manage Union Station, taking control away from Amtrak. Lawyers for Kilmar Abrego Garcia, now the face of Trump’s hardline immigration agen