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Expect health insurance prices to rise next year, brokers and experts say 08/25/2025 01:00am • Pricey prescriptions and nagging medical costs are swamping some insurers and employers now. Patients may start paying for it next year. Health insurance will grow more expensive in many corners of the market in 2026, and coverage may shrink. That could leave patients paying more for doctor visits a Do You Pay Taxes on Savings Account Interest? 08/24/2025 08:00pm • Interest is one of the many benefits you can receive when you set aside money in a savings account. When you earn interest, your financial institution is essentially paying you to keep your money there. But that interest comes at a price. Generally, the IRS requires you to pay federal taxes on any s 7 Best Funds for Retirement 08/24/2025 08:00pm • A well-planned retirement should draw income from multiple sources. These can include Social Security, annuities and rental income. But more commonly in today's self-directed landscape that has replaced traditional pensions, the focus is on assets held in accounts like a Roth IRA or 401(k). For thes Winning numbers announced for estimated $700 million Powerball jackpot 08/23/2025 11:05pm • The winning numbers for one of the largest Powerball jackpots this year were announced Saturday night. They were 11, 14, 34, 47, 51, with a Powerball of 18. It was not immediately announced if any winning jackpot tickets were sold. The Powerball jackpot soared to an estimated $700 million, mak Judge strikes down Minnesota law banning religious tests for college credit program 08/23/2025 03:00pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ��� Religious colleges that require students to sign a statement of faith cannot be excluded from a popular Minnesota program that lets high school students take college courses for credit, a federal judge has ruled, tossing a state law that she called an unconstitutional violation The Menendez brothers were denied parole. They have to wait at least 18 months for their next chance 08/23/2025 02:06pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� Erik and Lyle Menendez were denied parole by a California board this week after decades in prison for killing their parents in 1989 at their Beverly Hills mansion. During two days of hearings, the brothers were each questioned by panels of two commissioners and asked to speak wi A commuter college thought it could avoid Trump���s education crackdown. Here���s what happened 08/23/2025 10:41am • COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) ��� Administrators at the state university���s campus in Colorado Springs thought they stood a solid chance of dodging the Trump administration���s offensive on higher education. Located on a picturesque bluff with a stunning view of Pikes Peak, the school is far removed Trump was once a Republican Party outsider. Now it's his GOP and the MAGA faithful are in the lead 08/23/2025 10:11am • ATLANTA (AP) ��� Amy Kremer was an early tea party leader who supported Donald Trump for president in 2016. She ran for Congress from Georgia in 2017 and got less than 1% of the Republican primary vote. In 2021, she organized the rally near the White House that took place hours before hundreds of Tr Rural Colorado mourns 6 who died from suspected gas exposure at dairy farm 08/22/2025 11:14pm • Six workers who died in what authorities suspect was exposure to gas at a dairy farm include a 50-year-old father and two sons, an incident that left rural Colorado communities in mourning. Weld County Chief Deputy Coroner Jolene Weiner on Friday confirmed the identities of the deceased ��� all Hisp Canada will match US tariff exemptions under USMCA trade pact, Prime Minister Carney says 08/22/2025 04:34pm • TORONTO (AP) ��� Canada is dropping many of its retaliatory tariffs to match U.S. tariff exemptions for goods covered under the United States-Mexico-Canada trade pact, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced Friday. Carney said Canada will include the carve-out that the U.S. has on Canadian goods unde Kansas reveals $450M Memorial Stadium renovation ahead of Fresno State game 08/22/2025 03:13pm • LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) ��� Travis Goff can picture what it was like to watch Kansas football players spill into Memorial Stadium when he was first hired as their athletic director. It was just over five years ago, back when the Jayhawks were a college football laughingstock. The players would leave a d Former Sri Lankan President Wickremesinghe arrested on allegations of misusing state funds 08/22/2025 03:06pm • COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) ��� Police in Sri Lanka arrested former President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Friday over allegations that the senior opposition politician misused public funds during his presidency, police said. Wickremesinghe, who was president from 2022 to 2024, is accused of using the funds As AI becomes part of everyday life, it brings a hidden climate cost 08/22/2025 09:01am • Marissa Loewen first started using artificial intelligence in 2014 as a project management tool. She has autism and ADHD and said it helped immensely with organizing her thoughts. ���We try to use it conscientiously though because we do realize that there is an impact on the environment,��� she said Nvidia's CEO says it's in talks with Trump administration on a new chip for China 08/22/2025 03:08am • BANGKOK (AP) ��� Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said Friday that the company is discussing a potential new computer chip designed for China with the Trump administration. Huang was asked about a possible ���B30A��� semiconductor for artificial intelligence data centers for China while on a visit to Taiwan Inside the facility where ICE is training recruits to take on Trump's deportation goals 08/22/2025 01:33am • BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) ��� At an obstacle course in the humid Georgia heat, an instructor shows recruits how to pull a wounded partner out of danger. In a classroom with desks cluttered with thick legal books about immigration law, recruits learn about how the Fourth Amendment governs their work. And o