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Mikie Sherrill and Jack Ciattarelli clash over Trump, shutdown in final New Jersey governor's debate 10/08/2025 09:30pm • NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) ��� Democrat Mikie Sherrill and Republican Jack Ciattarelli repeatedly clashed during their second and final debate in the closely watched race for New Jersey governor Wednesday, butting heads over the federal government shutdown, Sherrill's military records, President Donal How Much Do CCRCs Cost? 10/08/2025 08:00pm • As more people age and begin to explore their retirement living options, one question keeps coming up: Can you afford to live in a continuing care retirement community (CCRC)? It's a common concern for people who are potentially interested in living in these communities because the true cost of seni The Latest: Trump says officials should be jailed as they oppose his use of National Guard troops 10/08/2025 06:58pm • President Donald Trump on Wednesday said Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, both Democrats, should be jailed as they oppose his deployment of National Guard troops to Chicago. The officials said they would not be deterred. National Guard troops from Texas are now positi IRS will furlough nearly half of its workforce as the government shutdown enters a second week 10/08/2025 06:02pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The IRS will furlough nearly half of its workforce on Wednesday as part of the ongoing government shutdown, according to an updated contingency plan posted to its website. Most IRS operations are closed, the agency said in a separate letter to its workers. The news comes after Pr Congresswoman Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, a tireless advocate for Detroit, dies at age 80 10/08/2025 12:32pm • DETROIT (AP) ��� Former Detroit Congresswoman Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick has died at age 80, according to her family. The family announced Cheeks Kilpatrick's death Wednesday in a statement, calling her a ���tireless warrior��� for Detroit and an ���unwavering champion for her constituents.��� ���For Unaffiliated voters ask Maryland judge to let challenge to partisan primaries move ahead 10/08/2025 11:46am • A lawyer representing five unaffiliated voters is asking an Anne Arundel County Circuit Court judge to deny a motion to dismiss their suit challenging a state law that limits the participation of unaffiliated voters in Maryland primary elections. The plaintiffs, represented by former Lt. Gov. Boy IMF chief warns of economic uncertainty and offers this advice: 'Buckle up' 10/08/2025 10:36am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The global economy is holding up better than expected despite major shocks such as President Donald Trump's tariffs, but the head of the International Monetary Fund says that resilience may not last. ���Buckle up,��� Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said in a speech at a th ���Roofman' tells a stranger-than-fiction story with rigorous accuracy and a whole lot of toys 10/08/2025 10:23am • TORONTO (AP) ��� The lengths writer-director Derek Cianfrance goes to create immersive environments for his actors has grown into a kind of legend. After making the much-improvised doomed romance of ���Blue Valentine��� (2010), Michelle Williams said she would have to remind herself that she was nev Germany revises 2025 growth forecast to 0.2%, rising to 1.3% next year 10/08/2025 08:47am • BERLIN (AP) ��� Germany's new government said Wednesday it expects Europe's biggest economy to see minimal growth of 0.2% this year, with a forecast for 1.3% growth next year and 1.4% in 2027. The outlook for 2025 is slightly higher than the previous government's forecast in late April for zero grow Britain���s once-mighty Conservative Party is battling to avoid extinction 10/08/2025 07:47am • MANCHESTER, England (AP) ��� Britain���s Conservatives used to boast they were the world���s most successful political party. Not anymore. The center-right party that governed the U.K. for more than 60 of the last 100 years before being ousted in 2024 is embracing Donald Trump -style policies, inclu Fairfax Co. extends car tax payment deadline, considers other ways to support federal workers 10/08/2025 04:46am • Fairfax County leaders approved a plan on Tuesday��to delay the car tax payment deadline by a month and briefly considered additional ways to support federal workers during the current government shutdown. While the payment was originally due on Monday, the Board of Supervisors approved a plan to Florida county battered by 2024 hurricanes spends $125M on beach restoration 10/08/2025 12:04am • INDIAN ROCKS BEACH, Fla. (AP) ��� The white sandy beaches along a swath of Florida's Gulf Coast were battered by three hurricanes last year, leading to a multimillion-dollar effort to repair a coastline that is the region's economic engine. Crews are working with dredges, trucks and pipelines along Trump-backed Van Epps and Democrat Behn win Tennessee primaries for US House special election 10/07/2025 11:05pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) ��� Matt Van Epps, a former commissioner in Gov. Bill Lee���s administration who was endorsed by President Donald Trump, and Democratic state Rep. Aftyn Behn won their crowded primary races Tuesday and will face off in December in a special election to replace a GOP congressman Butler���s Orchard���s guide to picking the perfect pumpkin 10/07/2025 10:15pm • When you have a question about your feet, you ask a podiatrist. If you need information about your taxes, you call an accountant. But if you want to know how to keep your pumpkin from rotting on your front porch, you head to Germantown, Maryland, and ask someone at Butler���s Orchard. From ap US corruption indictment of billionaire politician won't block him from Guyana's parliament 10/07/2025 08:38pm • GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) ��� The recent U.S. indictment accusing Guyana���s soon-to-be legislative opposition leader of money laundering and other corruption charges won't stand in the way of the billionaire businessman serving in the South American nation���s parliament, experts say. Azruddin Mohame