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Appeals court rules provision of digital ad tax violates First Amendment protections 08/16/2025 11:10am • A provision in Maryland���s digital ad tax is an unconstitutional restriction on free speech, a federal appeals court ruled Friday. The 2021 law ��� the first of its kind in the nation ��� imposes taxes on large tech companies for the digital ads they sell within the state. But it also prohibits In surprise appearance, Colin Kaepernick teases partnership with Prince George���s County 08/16/2025 10:46am • New Prince George���s County Executive Aisha Braveboy���s (D) reception in Ocean City was star-studded already ��� at least by Maryland politics standards. In attendance were the governor and first lady, the lieutenant governor, the comptroller and the state���s senior U.S. senator. And then f Earle-Sears acknowledges Reid as her would-be successor as she runs for Virginia Governor 08/16/2025 09:20am • Virginia Republican gubernatorial candidate Winsome Earle-Sears dropped by an American Legion office in Midlothian on Thursday, a stop on her ���Operation Defend and Deliver��� campaign event series. She and U.S. Rep. Rob Wittman, R-Westmoreland, emphasized their aim to elevate the lieutenant gov Things to know about the indictment against the New Orleans mayor 08/16/2025 12:03am • NEW ORLEANS (AP) ��� Months before New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell was set to leave office because of term limits, she has been indicted in what prosecutors allege was a yearslong scheme to conceal a romantic relationship with her bodyguard. Prosecutors say bodyguard Jeffrey Vappie was being paid Judge denies Trump administration request to end a policy protecting immigrant children in custody 08/15/2025 10:33pm • McALLEN, Texas (AP) ��� A federal judge ruled Friday to deny the Trump administration's request to end a policy in place for nearly three decades that is meant to protect immigrant children in federal custody. U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee in Los Angeles issued her ruling a week after holding a hear Trump tax law could cause Medicare cuts if Congress doesn't act, CBO says 08/15/2025 10:30pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The federal budget deficits caused by President Donald Trump���s tax and spending law could trigger automatic cuts to Medicare if Congress does not act, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office reported Friday. The CBO estimates that Medicare, the federal health insurance prog New Orleans mayor indicted over allegations of trying to hide relationship with bodyguard 08/15/2025 09:38pm • NEW ORLEANS (AP) ��� New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell was indicted Friday in what prosecutors called a yearslong scheme to hide a romantic relationship with her bodyguard, who is accused of being paid as if he was working even when they met alone in apartments and traveled to vineyards for wine tas Heat get under tax line, trade Haywood Highsmith to Nets for 2nd round pick 08/15/2025 03:02pm • Miami traded forward Haywood Highsmith to the Brooklyn Nets on Friday, a move that gets the Heat under the tax line for this coming season and creates roster flexibility. The Heat are also sending a second-round pick in 2032 to Brooklyn, which is sending a conditional second-round pick in next year� FACT FOCUS: No, taxpayers will not receive new stimulus checks this summer 08/15/2025 01:53pm • Don't splurge just yet. Rumors spread online Friday that the U.S. government will soon be issuing stimulus checks to taxpayers in certain income brackets. But Congress has not passed legislation to authorize such payments, and, according to the IRS, no new stimulus checks will be distributed in the Solar panels that fit on your balcony or deck are gaining traction in the US 08/15/2025 01:04pm • When Terrence Dwyer received a knock on his door and a flyer for a solar panel system small enough to fit on his deck, he was quickly sold. Solar systems that plug into regular wall outlets have been popular in Europe for years and are gaining traction in the U.S. for their affordability and simple Retail sales rise 0.5% in July as some shoppers step up purchases ahead of tariffs 08/15/2025 11:49am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Shoppers spent at a healthy pace in July, particularly at the nation���s auto dealerships, even as President Donald Trump's tariffs start to take a toll on jobs and lead to some price increases. But the figures also underscore anxiety among Americans: all the uncertainty around the Delaware ex-Gov. Mike Castle, who championed 50 State Quarters Program while in Congress, dies at 86 08/15/2025 10:45am • WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) ��� Former Delaware Gov. Mike Castle, a Republican moderate who championed creating the popular 50 State Quarters Program of commemorative coins while he served in Congress, has died. He was 86. The Delaware Republican Party announced that Castle died Thursday in Greenville but Car Review: Drive into the future with the Hyundai IONIQ 9 08/15/2025 05:28am • Step into the future, both literally and figuratively, with this 2026 Hyundai IONIQ 9 AWD Performance Calligraphy. Not only is it from the next model year, it���s also futuristic looking. This is a three-row electric SUV with an estimated 311 miles of range, according to the Environmental Protection Afghanistan is starting its fifth year of Taliban rule. Here are 5 things to know 08/15/2025 01:15am • The Taliban seized control of Afghanistan in 2021 for the second time. Since then, the former insurgents have consolidated their grip on power, excluded women and girls from public life, stamped out internal dissent and external challengers, and gained debut recognition as the country���s official g Social Security has existed for 90 years. Why it may be more threatened than ever 08/14/2025 10:52pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� When President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law 90 years ago this week, he said it would provide economic stability to older people while giving the U.S. "an economic structure of vastly greater soundness.��� Today, the program provides benefits to a