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Landslide win for Kast gives Chile its most right-wing president in decades 12/14/2025 10:03pm • SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chile's ultra-conservative former lawmaker José Antonio Kast secured a stunning victory in the presidential election Sunday, defeating the candidate of the center-left governing coalition and setting the stage for the country's most right-wing government in 35 years of demo APY vs. Interest Rate: What's the Difference? 12/14/2025 07:00pm • The APY and the interest rate are two key figures to know when storing money in a savings account or other interest-earning bank account. Both are expressed as percentages, but an account's APY gives you the full picture of how much interest you can earn on your money. What Is an Interest Rate?An in 7 Best Funds to Hold in a Roth IRA 12/14/2025 07:00pm • With 2025 ending, savvy savers should start penciling in a few items on their personal finance to-do lists. One of the most important is planning for 2026 Roth IRA contributions. This account was designed for everyday Americans as a tax-sheltered investing option that complements a workplace 401(k) 5 Best S&P 500 Index Funds to Buy for 2026 12/14/2025 07:00pm • Much has been made of S&P 500 performance being driven by a handful of Big Tech stocks, including Nvidia Corp. (ticker: NVDA), Microsoft Corp. (MSFT), Apple Inc. (AAPL), Alphabet Inc. (GOOG, GOOGL) and Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN). Although index concentration is at a high level, S&P 500 performa Nursing Home Costs and How to Pay 12/14/2025 07:00pm • While one-third of older adults may never need long-term care services, many people do need the extra support, including care in a nursing home. According to a report from the Urban Institute, the average 65-year-old has an almost 70% chance of needing some type of long-term care at some point, and Higher cost, worse coverage: Affordable Care Act enrollees say expiring subsidies will hit them hard 12/13/2025 10:26am • NEW YORK (AP) — For one Wisconsin couple, the loss of government-sponsored health subsidies next year means choosing a lower-quality insurance plan with a higher deductible. For a Michigan family, it means going without insurance altogether. For a single mom in Nevada, the spiking costs mean fewer Iran raises gasoline prices for the first time since deadly 2019 protests 12/13/2025 05:11am • TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran introduced a new pricing tier Saturday for its nationally subsidized gasoline, attempting to rein in spiraling costs for the first time since a price hike in 2019 that sparked nationwide protests and a crackdown that reportedly killed over 300 people. Cheap gasoline has be Speaker Johnson unveils health care plan as divided Republicans scramble for alternative 12/12/2025 10:34pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate failed to get anywhere on the health care issue this week. Now it's the House's turn to show what it can do. Speaker Mike Johnson unveiled a Republican alternative late Friday, a last-minute sprint as his party refuses to extend the enhanced tax subsidies for those wh The Latest: Thai and Cambodian leaders agree to renew ceasefire after deadly clashes, Trump says 12/12/2025 07:49pm • President Donald Trump said Friday that Thai and Cambodian leaders have agreed to renew a truce after days of deadly clashes threatened to undo a ceasefire that the U.S. administration helped broker this year. Trump announced the agreement via social media following calls with Thai Prime Minister An 2024 Major League Baseball Luxury Tax Payrolls List 12/12/2025 05:39pm • Revised final 2024 payrolls for the 30 major league teams for purposes of the luxury tax, as defined by baseball’s collective bargaining agreement and sent to clubs by the commissioner’s office. Kansas City has been revised to $165,062,995 from $160,062,995 and Washington to $140,571,758 from $1 A new federal report scrutinizes Puerto Rico's tax incentives luring wealthy Americans 12/12/2025 05:36pm • SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico tax incentives that have lured thousands of rich Americans to the U.S. territory for over a decade are under scrutiny after federal legislators released a new report on Friday by the U.S. Government Accountability Office. The report found that the island's A Chinese official exposed his boss. Now in Texas, he’s hunted by Beijing - with help from US tech 12/12/2025 01:25pm • MIDLAND, Texas (AP) — Retired Chinese official Li Chuanliang was recuperating from cancer on a Korean resort island when he got an urgent call: Don’t return to China, a friend warned. You’re now a fugitive. Days later, a stranger snapped a photo of Li in a cafe. Terrified South Korea would sen This holiday season isn't very merry for consumers, an AP-NORC poll finds 12/12/2025 11:13am • WASHINGTON (AP) — This holiday season isn’t quite so merry for American shoppers as large shares are dipping into savings, scouring for bargains and feeling like the overall economy is stuck in a rut under President Donald Trump, a new AP-NORC poll finds. The vast majority of U.S. adults say the Bulgarian Parliament approves resignation of ruling coalition 12/12/2025 05:39am • SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgarian Parliament on Friday approved the resignation of the coalition government of Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov amid nationwide anti-corruption protests, and weeks ahead of the country’s scheduled euro zone entry. Protesters, many of them young Bulgarians, have been A major strike in Portugal severely disrupts travel and public services 12/12/2025 12:17am • LISBON, Portugal (AP) — A strike called by Portugal’s two main trade union confederations severely disrupted travel Thursday and forced the cancellation of many medical appointments and school classes. Government and municipal services, including trash collection, were also badly hit. The two la