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GM boosts full-year outlook as it foresees a smaller impact from tariffs and 3Q results top Street 10/21/2025 12:13pm • General Motors anticipates a smaller impact from tariffs and is boosting its full-year adjusted earnings forecast as its third-quarter performance topped Wall Street's expectations. Shares surged more than 15% in afternoon trading on Tuesday, its biggest one-day jump since May 2018. The automaker re What to expect for Japan's economy under Sanae Takaichi, its 1st female prime minister 10/21/2025 03:40am • TOKYO (AP) ��� Share prices have soared recently in Tokyo on hopes that conservative Japanese lawmaker Sanae Takaichi, who was chosen Tuesday to be Japan���s first female prime minister, will double down on market friendly policies, including hefty spending on defense and cheap credit. The benchmar Blue Jays in World Series for first time since before Ohtani was born, while Dodgers seek to repeat 10/21/2025 01:40am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� When slugger Joe Carter hit the last World Series pitch thrown in Canada over the left-field wall to win the Toronto Blue Jays' second consecutive title, it was 8 1/2 months before Shohei Ohtani was born. The Blue Jays are back in baseball's championship round for the first time si France's former President Sarkozy will begin serving a 5-year prison sentence Tuesday 10/20/2025 10:07pm • Nicolas Sarkozy will become the first former French president in living memory to be imprisoned when he is expected to begin a five-year sentence Tuesday in Paris��� La Sant�� prison. Convicted of criminal conspiracy in a scheme to finance his 2007 election campaign with funds from Libya, Sarkozy ma Citi Launches New Credit Card for American-First Flyers 10/20/2025 08:00pm • As the song goes, you're proud to be an American -- in this case, an American Airlines flyer. Citi has launched a new credit card that will pay you for your loyalty while taking just a medium-sized bite out of your wallet. The Citi�� / AAdvantage�� Globe��� Mastercard��, announced this week, is desi 7 Best Cryptocurrency ETFs to Buy 10/20/2025 08:00pm • After reaching a peak of $124,310 on Oct. 7, Bitcoin fell about 14% to $106,959 on Oct. 18. For most risk assets, a decline of that size would be considered major. For example, the S&P 500's historical monthly 5% value-at-risk of 6.4% means that in a typical month, there's only about a 1-in-20 c 7 High-Return, Low-Risk Investments for Retirees 10/20/2025 08:00pm • The S&P 500 is up 14.5% year to date as of Oct. 20 after recovering from a relatively mild pullback earlier in the year. Some investors are still wary, however, amid uncertainty related to tariffs and rocky trade relations, particularly with China; geopolitical conflict in Ukraine and the Middle Is Refinancing a Mortgage Expensive? 10/20/2025 08:00pm • Refinancing a mortgage means getting a new loan to replace your current mortgage, which could lower your interest rate, accelerate your repayment term or cash out equity -- all of which can help you achieve other financial goals. But lenders will charge you fees to refinance, just as they did when y Georgia Democrats seek wins in utility regulator elections, as GOP appeals to party loyalty 10/20/2025 07:25pm • ATLANTA (AP) ��� Georgia Democrats are seeking to make a statewide election of two utility regulators a referendum on rising electricity bills. Republicans, warning Democrats could steal rare wins in the races for the Public Service Commission, want to make the vote about party loyalty. Among Repub Apple���s rally pulls Wall Street to the cusp of its record 10/20/2025 06:16pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� U.S. stocks rallied on Monday to the cusp of their records. The S&P 500 climbed 1.1% and pulled within 0.3% of its all-time high set earlier this month. The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 515 points, or 1.1%, and the Nasdaq composite gained 1.4%. Apple led the way and ro George Santos says he's humbled but dismisses 'pearl clutching' critics 10/20/2025 06:03pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Freed from the prison where he had been serving time for ripping off his campaign donors, former U.S. Rep. George Santos says he���s humbled by his experience behind bars but unconcerned about the ���pearl clutching��� of critics upset that President Donald Trump granted him clemen Trump backs retired Navy SEAL in his quest to oust Kentucky Rep. Massie in Republican primary 10/20/2025 05:50pm • SHELBYVILLE, Ky. (AP) ��� President Donald Trump has encouraged a retired Navy SEAL and unsuccessful legislative candidate to challenge Republican Rep. Thomas Massie in next year's Kentucky primary, building up his choice as ���A WINNER WHO WILL NOT LET YOU DOWN" in his latest social media barrage a Newspapers closing, news deserts growing for beleaguered news industry 10/20/2025 04:36pm • Some 136 newspapers in the United States have closed in the past year, news deserts are expanding and web traffic to the nation's top newspapers has dropped markedly this decade, according to a report issued Monday that struggles to find hope for the beleaguered news industry. While entrepreneurs ar Racers look forward to honoring fallen warriors at the Marine Corps Marathon's 'Wear Blue Mile' 10/20/2025 12:48pm • In just six days, runners will take over the streets of D.C. and Arlington, Virginia, for the 50th Marine Corps Marathon, and one of the highlights of the race is the commemorative "Wear Blue Mile." As runners approach the halfway mark of the race, they will turn calm and silent ��� Mile 12 o Rodrigo Paz wins presidential runoff, becoming Bolivia's first conservative leader in decades 10/20/2025 08:22am • LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) ��� Rodrigo Paz, a centrist senator, will be Bolivia���s next president, preliminary results showed on Sunday, paving the way for a major political transformation after almost 20 years of rule by the Movement Toward Socialism party and during the nation���s worst economic crisis