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Bolivia gears up for first-ever presidential runoff, ending years of 1-party rule 08/19/2025 12:58am • LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) ��� A day after the left-wing party that has governed Bolivia for 20 years lost a first-round presidential vote, the race was on Monday to see who will succeed it. Sen. Rodrigo Paz, a center-right lawmaker from a prominent political family who scored a surprise first-place finis What to know about Bolivia's election that elevated a centrist shaking up the political landscape 08/18/2025 09:48pm • LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) ��� One candidate is Rodrigo Paz, a conservative centrist senator and son of a neoliberal ex-president who is pitching himself as a moderate reformer. The other is former right-wing president Jorge ���Tuto��� Quiroga, galvanizing voters through promises of harsh austerity and a How Much Do I Need to Contribute to My Retirement Accounts Per Month to Become a Millionaire? 08/18/2025 08:00pm • Many workers dream of becoming millionaires, but is it possible to grow a 401(k) or individual retirement account to the million-dollar mark? The prospect of growing your retirement accounts to a seven-figure value largely depends on how early you start investing. While experts recommend starting to 20 states and DC sue DOJ to stop immigration requirements on victim funds 08/18/2025 04:37pm • A coalition of attorneys general from 20 states and Washington, D.C., is asking a federal judge to stop the U.S. Department of Justice from withholding federal funds earmarked for crime victims if states don't cooperate with the Trump administration's immigration enforcement efforts. The lawsuit fil Editorial Roundup: United States 08/18/2025 02:25pm • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Aug. 14 The New York Times says shrinking crime rate is encouraging America is in the midst of a historic decline in crime. In 2023, murders fell 10 percent, which was then the largest annual drop since reliable records began in 19 Maryland tax on digital ads violated Big Tech's free speech, judges say 08/18/2025 02:17pm • ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) ��� Maryland���s first-in-the-nation tax on digital advertising violated the Constitution, a federal appeals court says, because blocking Big Tech from telling customers about the tax violates the companies��� right to free speech. Supporters say Maryland needed to overhaul it Republican Stacy Garrity seeks to challenge Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro���s reelection bid 08/18/2025 11:37am • HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) ��� Stacy Garrity, Pennsylvania���s two-term elected state treasurer, said Monday that she will seek the Republican nomination to challenge Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro ���s reelection bid, setting up what could be a contest between a low-profile officeholder and a potential Whi Ohio Democrat Sherrod Brown makes it official. He'll vie to unseat Trump-backed Sen. Jon Husted 08/18/2025 09:31am • COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) ��� Ohio Democrat Sherrod Brown officially launched his campaign Monday to return to the U.S. Senate next year, brushing aside his bitter loss to Republican Bernie Moreno last fall and expressing confidence his pro-working class message can continue to resonate with the state's v Where Trump is popular, Democrats look to a new crop of candidates to help win back the House 08/18/2025 09:20am • FAIRVIEW, N.C. (AP) ��� Jamie Ager has spent much of the past year rebuilding his farm in the foothills of western North Carolina after Hurricane Helene tore through the region, cutting power, destroying fences and scattering livestock. Then, earlier this year, Ager lost his beef contract with loca British horseracing to go on strike in protest against rise in betting taxes 08/17/2025 01:10pm • LONDON (AP) ��� British horseracing will stage an unprecedented one-day strike on Sept. 10 to protest a proposed rise in taxes on race betting. The four scheduled meetings that day ��� at Carlisle, Uttoxeter, Lingfield and Kempton ��� will not take place after agreements between the owners of the co U.S. to more heavily scrutinize 'good moral character' citizenship requirement 08/17/2025 09:39am • ��� Watch Video: Hundreds become U.S. citizens in naturalization ceremony at Wrigley Field The Trump administration is signaling it will more heavily scrutinize applications filed by legal immigrants seeking American citizenship, in its latest effort to tighten access to U.S. immigration bene Republicans look to make a U-turn on federal commitment to electric vehicles for the Postal Service 08/17/2025 07:37am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� A year after being lauded for its plan to replace thousands of aging, gas-powered mail trucks with a mostly electric fleet, the U.S. Postal Service is facing congressional attempts to strip billions in federal EV funding. In June, the Senate parliamentarian blocked a Republican p Another gold rush could bring open pit mines to South Dakota's Black Hills 08/16/2025 11:53pm • SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) ��� A gold rush brought settlers to South Dakota's Black Hills roughly 150 years ago, chasing the dream of wealth and displacing Native Americans in the process. Now, a new crop of miners driven by gold prices at more than $3,000 an ounce are seeking to return to the treasured He earned a small town's trust. He owed $95 million in what authorities say was a Ponzi scheme 08/16/2025 11:52pm • HAMILTON, N.Y. (AP) ��� For decades, Miles ���Burt��� Marshall was the man you went to see in a stretch of upstate New York if you had some money to invest but wanted to keep it local. Working from an office in the charming village of Hamilton, down the road from Colgate University, Marshall prepare In Trump's redistricting push, Democrats find an aggressive identity and progressives are on board 08/16/2025 10:05pm • ATLANTA (AP) ��� Fight! Fight! Fight! It���s not just Donald Trump���s mantra anymore. As the Republican president pushes states to redraw their congressional districts to the GOP���s advantage, Democrats have shown they are willing to go beyond words of outrage and use whatever power they do have t