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A history of the Panama Canal — and why Trump can't take it back on his own
PANAMA CITY (AP) — Teddy Roosevelt once declared the Panama Canal "one of the feats to which the people of this republic will look back with the highest pride." More than a century later, Donald Trump is threatening to take back the waterway for the same republic.
The president-elect is decrying increased fees Pa ... (full story)
Working Well: Returning to the office can disrupt life. Here are some tips to navigate the changes
NEW YORK (AP) — Jason LaCroix felt privileged to work from home, especially as a father to two young children. He needed flexibility when his son, then 6, suffered a brain injury and spent 35 days in intensive care.
LaCroix, a senior systems engineer based in Atlanta, took time off and then worked from home while managing ... (full story)
Balanced funds, explained
Q: What are "balanced" mutual funds, and should I invest in them? -- M.S., Victoria, Texas
A: While many mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) focus mainly on one kind of asset, such as stocks or bonds, balanced funds feature multiple kinds of assets. That means they'll offer gains from stock appreciation and s ... (full story)
Local
What does 2025 hold for interest rates, inflation and the American consumer?
(THE CONVERSATION) Brian Blank is a finance scholar and Fed watcher who researches how companies navigate downturns and make financial decisions, as well as how markets process information. Brandy Hadley is a finance professor who leads a student-managed investment fund and studies corporate decision-makingand incentives. Together, ... (full story)
Wildfire smoke's health risks can linger long-term in homes that escape burning
(THE CONVERSATION) Three years ago, on Dec. 30, 2021, a wind-driven wildfire raced through two communities just outside Boulder, Colorado. In the span of about eight hours, more than 1,000 homes and businesses burned.
The fire left entire blocks in ash, but among them, pockets of houses survived, seemingly untouched. The owners ... (full story)
State
Relief, defiance, anger: Families and advocates react to Biden's death row commutations
COLUMBIA, South Carolina (AP) — Victims' families and others affected by crimes that resulted in federal death row convictions shared a range of emotions from relief to anger, after President Joe Biden commuted dozens of the sentences.
Biden converted the sentences of 37 federal death row inmates to life imprisonment witho ... (full story)
Peyote sacred to Native Americans threatened by psychedelic renaissance
HEBBRONVILLE, Texas (AP) — In this corner of southern Texas, the plump cacti seem to pop out of arid dust and cracked earth, like magic dumplings.
It's only here and in northern Mexico that the bluish-green peyote plant can be found growing naturally, nestled under thorny mesquite, acacia and blackbrush.
For many Nativ ... (full story)