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What is mutual aid? And why are more people turning to informal efforts to help each other? 12/01/2025 08:22am • When major disruptions happen in communities, often the first people to respond are the residents themselves and their neighbors. When the pandemic shut down daily life or after a disaster like a hurricane or wildfire, people get together to take care of each other. Even outside of a crisis, some w Bangladesh's ex-leader Hasina and her British lawmaker niece both found guilty of corruption 12/01/2025 07:26am • DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) ��� A court in Bangladesh���s capital sentenced ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to five years in prison and her niece, British Labour Party lawmaker Tulip Siddiq, to two years in prison on Monday for corruption involving a government land project. Rabiul Alam, the judge of Here's why everyone's talking about a 'K-shaped' economy 12/01/2025 06:41am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� From corporate executives to Wall Street analysts to Federal Reserve officials, references to the ���K-shaped economy��� are rapidly proliferating. So what does it mean? Simply put, the upper part of the K refers to higher-income Americans seeing their incomes and wealth rise whi What Is the Social Security Tax Limit? 11/30/2025 07:00pm • You may not need to pay Social Security tax on all of your earnings if you have a high salary. Workers pay into the Social Security system until their income reaches the Social Security tax limit for that year. Earnings above this amount are not subject to Social Security tax or factored into Social Swiss voters reject mandatory national service for women and new inheritance tax 11/30/2025 10:00am • GENEVA (AP) ��� Swiss voters on Sunday decisively rejected a call to require women to do national service in the military, civil protection teams or other forms, as men must do already. In a referendum, over 84% of voters rejected the ���citizen service initiative��� and none of the country's 26 can Hondurans to elect new president and Congress even as candidates fan electoral doubt 11/28/2025 06:02pm • TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) ��� Amanda Dur��n Garc��a supports herself and her 74-year-old mother with the roughly $7 she earns daily selling soft drinks, chips and gum on the campus of Honduras��� national university. Her four adult children are married and out of the house, but every day is a strug Editorial Roundup: United States 11/28/2025 04:42pm • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Nov. 19 The New York Times says the U.S. shouldn't provide cover for the misdeeds of our allies The realities of geopolitics have long required the United States to ally itself with foreign leaders who commit terrible deeds. Defeat With extra cash, Fairfax Co. contemplates ways to bring in more tourists 11/28/2025 04:22pm • With millions of new dollars to help attract tourists to Fairfax County, leaders in the Northern Virginia suburb are recommending a grant program for local businesses and the possibility of upgrading sports fields to make it a more attractive place to host events. During a Board of Supervisors E What a federal ban on THC-infused drinks and snacks could mean for the hemp industry 11/28/2025 12:27pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ��� The production lines at Indeed Brewing moved quickly, the cans filling not with beer, but with THC-infused seltzer. The product, which features the compound that gets cannabis users high, has been a lifeline at Indeed and other craft breweries as alcohol sales have fallen in rec Paris' Louvre museum to increase ticket price for visitors from outside the EU 11/28/2025 11:39am • PARIS (AP) ��� Paris' Louvre museum has approved a ticket hike from 22 to 32 euros ($25 to $37) for non-European visitors from January to help finance an overhaul of the building whose degradation has been exposed by the Oct. 19 crown jewels heist. The measure comes as other major cultural sites ac Santa Fe tackles rental rates with first-in-US minimum wage approach 11/27/2025 03:02pm • SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) ��� Santa Fe has long referred to itself as ���The City Different��� for its distinct atmosphere and a blending of cultures that stretches back centuries. Now, it's trying something different ��� something officials hope will prevent a cultural erosion as residents are priced out Brazilian police crack down on $4.8B tax evasion and money laundering scheme 11/27/2025 11:35am • SAO PAULO (AP) ��� Brazilian police launched Thursday a police operation to dismantle a major tax evasion and money-laundering scheme in the fuel sector. The group under investigation is the country���s largest tax debtor, owing more than 26 billion reais ($4.8 billion), authorities said. Local and Bulgaria withdraws 2026 budget proposal following street protests 11/27/2025 07:30am • SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) ��� Bulgaria���s government announced Thursday that it is withdrawing its 2026 draft budget, following street protests at home over steep tax increases included in the budget, and warnings from abroad. The surprise move was announced by the leader of the ruling center-right GERB Thousands protest in Bulgaria before budget with steep tax increases gets final approval 11/26/2025 10:43pm • SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) ��� Thousands took to the streets of Sofia, Bulgaria���s capital, Wednesday to denounce steep tax increases in next year���s draft budget before its final vote in parliament. The opposition coalition We Continue the Change ��� Democratic Bulgaria organized the rally, which drew The Latest: West Virginia National Guard members shot near White House 11/26/2025 08:48pm • Two West Virginia National Guard members who deployed to the nation���s capital were shot Wednesday just blocks from the White House in a brazen act of violence. The West Virginia governor initially said the troops had died, but later walked back the statement to say the office was ���receiving conf