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27 Top Places to See Fall Foliage in 2023 07/11/2023 08:00pm • There's no other time of year quite like fall. Brisk, cool mornings give way to sun-warmed afternoons, and the dropping temperatures create a kaleidoscope of colors as the leaves change before winter sets in. The displays of color are different across the U.S., but they're all brilliant when leaf-pe What Is a No-Doc Mortgage, and Can I Still Get One? 07/11/2023 08:00pm • The no-income-verification mortgage, with its battered reputation, remains an option for some borrowers who have trouble getting a traditional home loan. You might know this loan by other names: no-doc, low-doc or stated-income mortgage. Critics of these loans say they allowed risky borrowers in the Can You Collect Unemployment and Social Security? 07/11/2023 08:00pm • Amid the recent tech layoffs and other downsizing, older workers could face employment challenges. If you've recently lost your job and are nearing retirement age, you may be eligible to collect benefits. You could apply for unemployment and Social Security and receive both at the same time. Unemplo Things to know about a landslide that has destroyed homes in Southern California 07/11/2023 06:19pm • ROLLING HILLS ESTATES, Calif. (AP) — A landslide is destroying a cluster of hilltop homes in a gated Southern California community and poses a threat to others. Here are some things to know: WHAT HAPPENED? Los Angeles County firefighters responding to a report in the city of Rolling Hills Estates Jury decides 2014 document found in Aretha Franklin's couch is a valid will 07/11/2023 05:34pm • PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A document handwritten by singer Aretha Franklin and found in her couch after her 2018 death is a valid Michigan will, a jury said Tuesday, a critical turn in a dispute that has turned her sons against each other. It’s a victory for Kecalf Franklin and Edward Franklin whose Workers in Maine will get paid family and medical leave starting in 2026 07/11/2023 04:50pm • PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Most Maine workers will get up to 12 weeks of paid time off for family or medical reasons as part of a supplemental budget Democratic Gov. Janet Mills signed into law on Tuesday. The spending bill included $25 million in startup costs for the state program which allows work Landmark First Bank building in Philadelphia to be renovated and will become a museum 07/11/2023 03:24pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The landmark First Bank of the United States in Philadelphia, subject of a fierce debate in the early years of the American republic, will be getting a $22.2 million renovation as part of a planned transformation into a museum focusing on the institution's role in the developme James Lewis, the suspect in the 1982 Tylenol poisonings that killed 7 in the Chicago area, has died 07/11/2023 02:20pm • The suspect in the 1982 Tylenol poisonings that killed seven people in the Chicago area, triggered a nationwide panic, and led to an overhaul in the safety of over-the-counter medication packaging, has died, police said on Monday. Officers, firefighters and EMTs responding to a report of an unrespon No winner in Monday Powerball drawing; jackpot now $725 million 07/11/2023 01:49pm • DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — No winning ticket drawn Monday means the Powerball jackpot is an estimated $725 million ahead of Wednesday's drawing. No ticket matched the Monday drawing of white balls 7, 23, 24, 32, 43 and red Powerball 18. The new jackpot for Wednesday’s drawing is the seventh-highe Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 07/11/2023 01:05pm • Here’s a look at how AP’s general news coverage is shaping up for select stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s complete coverage of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, and the rest of the world, visit Coverage Plan at newsroom.ap.org Questions about cov Milwaukee council approves sales tax hike as part of plan to avoid bankruptcy 07/11/2023 12:54pm • MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The sales tax in Milwaukee will go up 2 cents per dollar next year after the Common Council voted Tuesday to raise the rate as part of a bipartisan plan to avoid bankruptcy. City leaders who pushed for approval of the higher sales tax warned of looming deep cuts to core servic Maryland sports betting fell 21% in June 07/11/2023 10:44am • Wagering through sports betting apps and at retail sportsbooks in Maryland fell to $254.5 million in June, a drop of 20.5% from May. BetMaryland.com said the drop is likely seasonal, based on annual trends in states where sports betting has been legal longer, and year-over-year comparisons are a Powerball jackpot grows to $725 million, 7th largest ever 07/11/2023 08:45am • ▶ Watch Video: Powerball jackpot grows to $725 million after no winner in latest drawing The Powerball jackpot has climbed again to an estimated $725 million ahead of Wednesday's upcoming drawing, becoming the seventh-largest prize in the game's history. According to Powerball's calcul Israeli parliament gives initial OK to measure limiting the Supreme Court's oversight powers 07/10/2023 06:43pm • JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's parliamentary coalition gave initial approval early Tuesday to a contentious bill to limit the Supreme Court's oversight powers, pressing forward with a judicial overhaul plan that has polarized Israel. The legislation is one of several bills p Landslide tears apart luxury homes on Southern California's Palos Verdes Peninsula 07/10/2023 06:41pm • ROLLING HILLS ESTATES, Calif. (AP) — A landslide tore apart luxury homes on Southern California's Palos Verdes Peninsula on Monday, leaving a confused jumble of collapsed roofs, shattered walls, tilted chimneys and decks dangling over an adjacent canyon. The slide in the Los Angeles County city of