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Higher fees for foreigners visiting US national parks stokes tourism concerns 11/26/2025 05:54pm • BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A $100-per-person charge for foreigners entering Yellowstone, Grand Canyon and other popular national parks is stoking apprehension among some tourist-oriented businesses that it could discourage travelers, but supporters say the change will generate money for cash-strapped Immigrant with family ties to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt is detained by ICE 11/26/2025 04:46pm • CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A Massachusetts woman who was once engaged to the brother of White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt remains in ICE custody two weeks after being arrested on her way to pick up the son she shares with her former fiance. Bruna Ferreira, 33, was driving to her son's school Canada's prime minister announces supports for lumber, steel sectors hit by U.S. tariffs 11/26/2025 04:11pm • TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced Wednesday new supports for the steel and lumber industries hit hard by U.S. tariffs. U.S. President Donald Trump has imposed 50% tariffs on steel and softwood lumber, long subject to U.S. tariffs, is currently taxed at 45% after the Trum Brazil’s Lula sanctions an increase in tax exemptions for low-income people 11/26/2025 12:57pm • RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Wednesday sanctioned a bill that exempts people earning up to 5,000 reais ($940) a month from income taxes, more than doubling the current exemption and meeting a key priority of his 2022 election campaign. “A promise made, UK's unpopular Labour government tries to fight back with a tax-raising budget 11/26/2025 12:18pm • LONDON (AP) — Britain’s unpopular center-left Labour government sought to seize the political narrative Wednesday with a tax-raising budget that it hopes will boost economic growth, reduce child poverty and ease cost-of-living pressures. But the budget's contents were leaked half an hour before Prince George’s Democrats choose Kevin Harris to fill vacant District 27 Senate seat in Maryland 11/26/2025 09:47am • It’s a done deal. The Prince George’s County Democratic Central Committee chose Del. Kevin Harris (D-Charles and Prince George’s) on Tuesday night to fill the District 27 Senate seat vacated this month by Michael Jackson, who is now the State Police superintendent. The Democratic Central Sellers in other countries struggle to maintain US customers as holiday shopping season starts 11/26/2025 09:15am • NEW YORK (AP) — At Fleece & Harmony, a woolen mill and yarn shop in bucolic Belfast, Prince Edward Island, in Canada, owner Kim Doherty used to be able to send yarn skeins to U.S. customers across the border with little fanfare. The yarn orders usually met an import tax exemption for packages Health care plan circulated by the White House runs into familiar GOP divisions 11/25/2025 07:35pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — A health care proposal circulated by the White House in recent days is running into the reality of Republican divisions on the issue — a familiar struggle for a party that has been trying to scrap or overhaul the Affordable Care Act for the past 15 years. The tentative proposal Bolivia's new president plans to scrap taxes and borrow money to confront economic crisis 11/25/2025 07:22pm • LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — President Rodrigo Paz of Bolivia said Tuesday he planned to scrap a ream of taxes, in one of his first moves since becoming the nation's first conservative leader in nearly two decades in a bid to rescue a crisis-stricken economy. Just over two weeks since taking office, Paz Dementia Home Care: Safety, Daily Tips & Caregiver Self-Care 11/25/2025 07:00pm • For most older adults, the idea of aging in place and staying at home for as long as possible is an attractive one. However, for seniors who've been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease or another form of dementia, finding the balance between safety and support at home can be a challenging prospect. A Judge sets $60K bond for Florida congresswoman accused of stealing $5M in COVID-19 funds 11/25/2025 06:25pm • FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge in Miami set a $60,000 bond Tuesday for U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, who made her first appearance in court on charges of conspiring to steal $5 million in federal disaster funds meant to slow the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021. The Fl U.S. Sen. Jim Justice of West Virginia agrees to pay nearly $5.2M in overdue personal taxes 11/25/2025 11:35am • CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Jim Justice of West Virginia has agreed to pay nearly $5.2 million in overdue personal taxes, the latest saga for the former billionaire who has been followed by a trail of financial challenges going back well over a decade. An attorney for Justice and his wife, EU's top court tells Poland to recognize same-sex marriages registered elsewhere in Europe 11/25/2025 08:03am • WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The European Union's highest court on Tuesday ordered Poland to recognize same-sex marriages registered in other EU countries even if Polish law does not permit them. EU countries have the obligation to recognize a marriage between two EU citizens of the same sex lawfully con The European Union votes to deepen defense industry ties with Ukraine 11/25/2025 08:02am • BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union lawmakers voted on Tuesday to deepen integration of the bloc's defense industry with Ukraine as a U.S. peace plan remains in flux and Russia's unconventional warfare operations rattle the 27-nation bloc. European Parliament legislators voted 457-148, with 33 abstenti How to Rebalance Your Portfolio in a Lofty Market 11/25/2025 06:00am • If you’ve chosen a target asset allocation—the mix of stocks, bonds, and cash in your portfolio— you’re probably ahead of many investors. But unless you’re investing in a set-and-forget investment option like a target-date fund, your portfolio’s asset mix will shift as the market fluctua