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Black residents worry new Louisiana congressional district could be lost in Supreme Court case 10/14/2025 07:04am • BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) ��� For nearly three decades, the small town of Mansfield was represented in Louisiana���s congressional delegation by white Republicans, even though its population is about 80% Black and leans heavily Democratic. That changed with the election last year of U.S. Rep. Cleo Field Is a continuing care retirement community right for you? 10/14/2025 06:00am • Deciding where to live later in life isn���t an easy task. Many seniors prefer to stay in their own homes but may need help managing medical issues or day-to-day tasks. Others might move in with their adult children or family members. One potential solution is a continuing care retirement community, Home sales and the government shutdown: What buyers and sellers need to know 10/14/2025 03:53am • The longer the government shutdown continues, the more uncertainty could be injected into the process of buying or selling a home. That's according to Denise Lewis, president of Maryland Realtors, a nonprofit association representing more than 25,000 realtors statewide. "I think this is go Brewers manager Pat Murphy jokes that most Dodgers players `can't name 8 guys' on Milwaukee roster 10/13/2025 08:15pm • MILWAUKEE (AP) ��� Milwaukee Brewers manager Pat Murphy keeps finding new ways to play up his team���s underdog status for its National League Championship Series matchup with the defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers. ���I���m sure that most Dodger players can���t name eight guys on o How to Pay for Assisted Living 10/13/2025 08:00pm • Paying for assisted living requires planning and research. Genworth and CareScout's 2024 Cost of Care Survey reports that the median cost of assisted living facilities is $5,900 per month. Meanwhile, the American Health Care Association and the National Center for Assisted Living report that the med When Will Mortgage Rates Go Down? The Answer's Not As Simple As You Think 10/13/2025 08:00pm • Ever since mortgage rates began climbing from below 3% in 2021 to above 7% in 2022, interest in the search query "When will mortgage rates go down?" has surged, according to Google Trends. Three years later, many prospective homebuyers and homeowners looking to refinance are still asking the same qu The True Cost of a 'No-Cost' Mortgage Refinance 10/13/2025 08:00pm • If you took out a mortgage in the last year or two, you might still be reeling from the closing costs you paid -- and understandably hesitant to repeat the process even if mortgage rates have fallen significantly. So, a refinance with no closing costs might be very appealing. What Is a 'No-Cost' Ref Wall Street veers upward after Trump softens his criticism of China 10/13/2025 05:59pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� And back up goes Wall Street. U.S. stocks rallied Monday after President Donald Trump said ��� it will all be fine,��� just days after he sent the market reeling by threatening much higher tariffs on China. The S&P 500 jumped 1.6% in its best day since May and recovered just o Harders, Stewart face off in civil and amicable Gainesville supervisor debate 10/13/2025 04:53pm • The two candidates for the Gainesville District supervisor seat on the Prince William Board of County Supervisors ��� left vacant by the July 20��passing of Supervisor Bob Weir����� faced off Oct. 10 in a candidate forum at Gainesville High School, trading occasional barbs and frequent niceties in a Murphy embracing Brewers' underdog status before NLCS matchup with Dodgers 10/12/2025 10:00pm • MILWAUKEE (AP) ��� Pat Murphy and his Milwaukee Brewers adopted an underdog mentality even as they produced the best regular-season record in the major leagues this year. Their NL Championship Series matchup with the reigning World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers enables them to embrace that app Low-Income Senior Housing Options 10/12/2025 08:00pm • The statistics are grim: America is aging fast, and many people don't have the money to pay for the care and support they need as they age. According to a report from the U.S. Census Bureau in 2024, 15% of older adults in America, about 9.2 million people, were living in poverty. In addition, Census How to Get Preapproved for a Mortgage 10/12/2025 08:00pm • When you're serious about buying a home, one of the first steps you should take is getting a mortgage preapproval. It's a relatively quick process that involves a lender pulling your credit and reviewing your financial situation to determine whether you qualify for a home loan and how much house you China vows to stand firm against Trump's tariff threat. He urges Beijing to be less confrontational 10/12/2025 01:50pm • BEIJING (AP) ��� China signaled on Sunday that it would not back down in the face of a 100% tariff threat from President Donald Trump and urged the United States to resolve differences through negotiations instead of threats. Trump responded by taking a less confrontational approach without retreati Feeling hopeless in custody, many drop claims to remain in the US, leave voluntarily 10/12/2025 09:24am • SEATTLE (AP) ��� Ram��n Rodriguez Vazquez was a farmworker for 16 years in southeast Washington state, where he and his wife of 40 years raised four children and 10 grandchildren. The 62-year-old was a part of a tight-knit community and never committed a crime. On Feb. 5, immigration officers who ca California oil workers face an uncertain future in the state's energy transition 10/12/2025 07:42am • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) ��� Thirty years ago, Willie Cruz was shocked when he learned the Southern California oil refinery where he worked was shutting down. Cruz, now a 61-year-old living in Arizona, had spent five years working in the environmental department when Powerine Oil Company said it woul