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Today in History: October 20, MacArthur returns to the Philippines 10/20/2025 07:57am • Today is Monday, Oct. 20, the 293rd day of 2024. There are 72 days left in the year. Today in history: On Oct. 20, 1944, Gen. Douglas MacArthur waded ashore in his return to the Philippines against Japanese forces in World War II, fulfilling a promise he made (���I shall return���) after being ord Vietnam���s love affair with gas bikes is colliding with a new electric reality 10/20/2025 01:51am • HANOI, Vietnam (AP) ��� Vietnam is split between two visions: the rumbling, reliable gas-powered motorbikes that now rule the roads, and sleek, silent electric bikes the government says are its future. Hanoi plans to ban fossil-fuel motorcycles from its city center in July 2026, part of a national d 7 Money Apps to Keep Your Retirement Planning on Track 10/19/2025 08:00pm • Financial apps have changed the way many people manage their money. It's no longer necessary to pay a professional to monitor a portfolio or explain how the market works. "Apps ... not only give you insights into your situation in real time with modern and simplified dashboards, reports and breakdow Private Student Loan Forgiveness Options 10/19/2025 08:00pm • When you have a large student loan balance, you may struggle to keep up with monthly payments or to qualify for other types of credit. This can be especially true for private student loan borrowers who don't have access to income-based repayment plans. Borrowers collectively shoulder $134 billion in How Americans are feeling about their chances on the job market, according to an AP-NORC poll 10/19/2025 01:44pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Americans are growing increasingly concerned about their ability to find a good job under President Donald Trump, an Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll finds, in what is a potential warning sign for Republicans as a promised economic boom has given way F1 extends US Grand Prix at COTA with 8-year deal through 2034 10/19/2025 12:04pm • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) ��� Formula 1 on Sunday announced an eight-year extension with the Circuit of the Americas to continue hosting the United States Grand Prix through 2034. The central Texas track has been a key U.S. footprint for the global motorsports series since it opened in 2012. The race has b The next major film studios could be in Nevada if some unions have their way 10/19/2025 08:02am • LAS VEGAS (AP) ��� Movies like ���The Hangover��� and ���Ocean's Eleven��� piqued interest in the Las Vegas Strip long ago. But now Nevada labor unions hoping to boost jobs and tourism are pushing state officials to offer tax credits aimed at bringing more Hollywood filmmaking to the state. The effo The champion Dodgers are dominating October again. There's more behind their success than money 10/18/2025 11:35am • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� During the Los Angeles Dodgers��� October rampage to the NL pennant, the defending World Series champions have actually been the dark eminence that many baseball people have long feared they would become. The Dodgers are 9-1 in the postseason ��� and they've looked like a jugger Undocumented residents��� access to Maryland health insurance marketplace delayed from 2026 to 2028 10/18/2025 10:03am • A plan to give undocumented immigrants access to Maryland���s state health insurance marketplace next year has been put off until 2028 by state officials, citing recent federal policies affecting immigrants as well as overall uncertainty in health care markets. The delay was the one of the bigges Brewers outclassed by Ohtani and big-money Dodgers as rousing season ends with NLCS sweep 10/18/2025 04:48am • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� Turned out the National League Championship Series was indeed a mismatch, just as Milwaukee Brewers manager Pat Murphy suggested. But not only in payroll and star power. On the baseball field, too. Where it really matters. After compiling the majors' best record during the regu In AP interview, Harris says Democrats 'are standing up for working people' in government shutdown 10/18/2025 01:39am • BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) ��� As Democrats dig in for a lengthening government shutdown, former Vice President Kamala Harris is cheering them on as she travels the country touting her presidential campaign memoir amid speculation about another White House run. The Democratic 2024 nominee told The Associ After Voting Rights Act case arguments, concerns over diminished minority representation rise 10/18/2025 12:08am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� For decades, the faces of American politics have grown more diverse by nearly every measure, especially as racial minority communities gained political representation after longtime legal disenfranchisement and violent discrimination. But after some Supreme Court justices express The Latest: Trump says he has commuted the sentence of former US Rep. George Santos in fraud case 10/17/2025 09:51pm • President Donald Trump said Friday that he commuted the sentence of former U.S. Rep. George Santos, who is serving more than seven years in federal prison after pleading guilty to fraud and identity theft charges. The New York Republican was sentenced in April after admitting last year to deceiving Trump offers US automakers additional relief from his tariffs 10/17/2025 07:04pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� President Donald Trump is giving domestic automakers additional relief from tariffs on auto parts, extending what was supposed to have been a short-term rebate until 2030. It's part of a proclamation Trump signed Friday that also made official a 25% import tax on medium and heavy Iowa superintendent detained by ICE falsely claimed he was a US citizen, indictment says 10/17/2025 04:34pm • DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) ��� The former superintendent of Iowa���s largest school district falsely claimed to be a U.S. citizen on a federal form and knowingly possessed several firearms illegally, according to a newly returned indictment that raises the prospect of a lengthy prison term. A federal gra