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Indictment charges church leaders with swindling millions in military benefits 09/11/2025 03:18pm • SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) ��� Leaders of a Georgia-based church with congregations in five states have been charged by federal prosecutors with swindling millions of dollars in veterans benefits from parishioners serving in the military. An indictment unsealed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Savannah Rising inflation and a deteriorating job market puts the Fed and Americans in a difficult spot 09/11/2025 02:50pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Inflation rose last month as the price of gas, groceries and airfares jumped while new data showed applications for unemployment aid soared, putting the Federal Reserve in an increasingly tough spot as it prepares to cut rates at its meeting next week despite persistent price pre European Central Bank leaves rates unchanged as economy weathers Trump's tariffs 09/11/2025 10:24am • FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) ��� The European Central Bank left interest rates unchanged Thursday with inflation back under control and the economy weathering Trump���s tariff onslaught better than expected. The bank���s rate-setting council left its benchmark deposit rate unchanged at 2% at a meeting at The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits last week hits 263,000, most in nearly 4 years 09/11/2025 09:43am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� In another grim sign for the U.S. labor market, jobless claim applications jumped to their highest level in almost four years last week, virtually assuring the Federal Reserve will cut its benchmark interest rate next week. The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits Leading Turkish broadcaster seized by state as part of fraud and tax investigation 09/11/2025 06:42am • ISTANBUL (AP) ��� One of Turkey���s largest television news broadcasters has been confiscated by the state as part of a fraud, tax evasion and money laundering investigation, media reported Thursday. Haberturk was one of 121 companies belonging to Can Holding to be seized and transferred to the stat Conservative activist Charlie Kirk assassinated at Utah university 09/11/2025 12:25am • OREM, Utah (AP) ��� Charlie Kirk, a conservative activist and close ally of President Donald Trump who played an influential role in rallying young Republican voters, was shot and killed Wednesday at a Utah college event in what the governor called a political assassination carried out from a roofto Charlie Kirk, who helped build support for Trump among young people, dies after campus shooting 09/10/2025 09:44pm • Charlie Kirk, who rose from a teenage conservative campus activist to a top podcaster and ally of President Donald Trump, was shot and killed Wednesday during one of his trademark public appearances at a college in Utah. He was 31. Kirk died doing what made him a potent political force ��� rallying Mexico's new tariffs on Asian imports aim to counter US trade pressures 09/10/2025 09:24pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) ��� Mexican import taxes on more than 1,400 products from China and other Asian countries will be as high as 50%, as the country tries to shore up domestic production and pass on some of the Trump administration���s tariff pain. President Claudia Sheinbaum said the tariffs revealed QQQ vs. QQQM: What's the Difference? 09/10/2025 08:00pm • The technology sector, led by the Magnificent 7 companies, including Apple Inc. (ticker: AAPL), Microsoft Corp. (MSFT), Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN), Alphabet Inc. (GOOG, GOOGL), Meta Platforms Inc. (META), Nvidia Corp. (NVDA) and Tesla Inc. (TSLA), has provided significant returns for stock investors ove 7 Best Vanguard Funds for Beginner Investors 09/10/2025 08:00pm • You may have heard advice on social media or from friends to "just buy a Vanguard fund and hold it." That kind of blanket recommendation lacks nuance. Without knowing which funds are truly beginner-friendly, you could inadvertently end up with a less-than-ideal choice. Vanguard may have built its re ���Block Everything��� protests turn new French PM���s first day into chaos 09/10/2025 07:00pm • PARIS (AP) ��� A day of anti-government action across France on Wednesday saw streets choked with smoke, barricades in flames and volleys of tear gas as protesters denounced budget cuts and political turmoil. The nationwide ���Block Everything��� campaign presented a challenge to President Emmanuel Dozens rally in Prince George's County against data center project at abandoned mall site 09/10/2025 06:47pm • Residents want something done with the old Landover Mall site. But they don't want data centers. Prince George's County residents concerned about the environmental and energy impact of data centers rallied ahead of a meeting of a county council task force studying and working to come up with Judge blocks a Trump policy cutting off some social services for immigrants in the US illegally 09/10/2025 06:11pm • A federal judge on Wednesday blocked Trump administration restrictions on services for immigrants in the country illegally, including the federal preschool program Head Start, health clinics and adult education. The order from the judge in U.S. District Court in Rhode Island applies to 20 states Agents seize hundreds of thousands of illegal vapes smuggled from China in nationwide crackdown 09/10/2025 06:08pm • BENSENVILLE, Ill. (AP) ��� Federal agents seized hundreds of thousands of illegal vaping products in raids across the country on Wednesday as the Trump administration moved to crack down on devices that are regularly used by teens in the U.S. after being smuggled in from China. Attorney General Pam The Latest: Trump���s emergency order over DC is expiring 09/10/2025 05:28pm • Congress did not extend President Donald Trump���s Aug. 11 order that federalized the city���s police force and launched a surge of law enforcement into the city. But the National Guard and some other federal agencies will continue their deployment, and it���s not clear when that might end. Also, th