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Roofers work atop a house in Anna, Texas, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/LM Otero)2025-12-23T13:41:38Z WASHINGTON (AP) The U.S. economy economy expanded at a surprisingly strong 4.3% annual rate in the third quarter as consumer spending, exports and government spending all grew.U.S. gross domestic product from July through September the economys total output of goods and services rose from its 3.8% growth rate in the April-June quarter, the Commerce Department said Tuesday in a report delayed by the government shutdown. Analysts surveyed by the data firm FactSet forecast growth of 3% in the period.However, inflation remains higher than the Federal Reserve would like. The Feds favored inflation gauge called the personal consumption expenditures index, or PCE climbed to a 2.8% annual pace last quarter, up from 2.1% in the second quarter.Excluding volatile food and energy prices, so-called core PCE inflation was 2.9%, up from 2.6% in the April-June quarter. Consumer spending, which accounts for about 70% of U.S. economic activity, rose to a 3.5% annual pace last quarter, up from 2.5% in the April-June period.Within the GDP data, a category that measures the economys underlying strength grew at a 3% annual rate from July through September, up slightly from 2.9% in the second quarter. This category includes consumer spending and private investment, but excludes volatile items like exports, inventories and government spending. Exports grew at an 8.8% rate, while imports, which subtract from GDP, fell another 4.7%. Tuesdays report is the first of three estimates the government will make of GDP growth for the third quarter of the year. Outside of the first quarter, when the economy shrank for the first time in three years as companies rushed to import goods ahead of President Donald Trumps tariff rollout, the U.S. economy has continued to expand at a healthy rate. Thats despite much higher borrowing rates the Fed imposed in 2022 and 2023 in its drive to curb the inflation that surged as the United States bounced back with unexpected strength from the brief but devastating COVID-19 recession of 2020. Though inflation remains above the Feds 2% target, the central bank cut its benchmark lending rate three times in a row to close out 2025, mostly out of concern for a job market that has steadily lost momentum since spring.Last week, the government reported that the U.S. economy gained a decent 64,000 jobs in November but lost 105,000 in October. Notably, the unemployment rate rose to 4.6% last month, the highest since 2021.The countrys labor market has been stuck in a low hire, low fire state, economists say, as businesses stand pat due to uncertainty over Trumps tariffs and the lingering effects of elevated interest rates. Since March, job creation has fallen to an average 35,000 a month, compared to 71,000 in the year ended in March. Fed Chair Jerome Powell has said that he suspects those numbers will be revised even lower.

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Volunteer soldier Rusya Danylkina, 21, who lost her leg in Russia-Ukraine war, and choreographer Pavlo Semakin perform during the shooting of the Christmas TV show ''Dancing with the Stars'' in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)2025-12-23T13:19:02Z KYIV, Ukraine (AP) Before the war, Ukraines own Dancing with the Stars was a cherished and popular television show, dazzling the audiences with performances by celebrities and professional dancers. The show is now back on for one special episode this time with Ukrainian wartime heroes as the stars, underscoring the nations resilience in difficult times. Many still remember how President Volodymyr Zelenskyy then an actor won the dance competition in 2006, the year that Tantsi z zirkamy as the show is known in Ukrainian, first debuted. In the new, special episode, the dancers perform with prosthetic limbs, showcasing their strength in overcoming adversity. The lineup of participants includes public figures who rose to prominence since Russias full-out war on Ukraine was launched in February 2022.But like all of present-day Ukraine, the show which is part of an international franchise has had to deal with a multitude of wartime challenges, including frequent power outages. All the proceeds will go to the Superhumans Center, a specialist clinic for the treatment and rehabilitation of war-wounded victims. A new reality During a prerecording last week, dancers spun, leapt and glided under the sparkle of lights, some seamlessly integrating their prosthetic limbs into the choreography.For creative producer Volodymyr Zavadiuk, every segment of the show is precious, creating something special during tough times.Its about our resilience and its about our future, said Zavadiuk, who also heads Big Brave Events and the Big Entertainment Shows department at 1+1 Media.Among the performers was Ruslana Danilkina, a war veteran who lost her leg in combat in 2022 and is now renowned in Ukraine for dedicating herself to helping injured troops adapt to life with prosthetics.She delivered a passionate performance centered on reclaiming her womanhood following the traumatic injury. Also back in the show is beloved dancer Dmytro Dikusar, this time as a competition judge. He juggled filming and serving with his platoon on the front lines.Ukrainian rock musician Yevhen Halych sat in the makeup chair ahead of his number, reflecting on his own determination to bring back the show. We are filming this project in a country where there is a war. ... We have power cuts, we may have an air alert, it could be bombing, he said. What do I feel? I feel a genuine desire to live a full life, no matter what happens.Wartime challengesProducing the shows special episode has been no easy feat in time of war. A live broadcast was impossible a Russian attack can happen at any time. Then there were the technical obstacles: during last weeks recording, a key generator malfunctioned. When the show airs on Sunday, audiences will vote for their favorite. Danilkina, who was only 18 years old when she lost her leg and who today works at the Superhumans Center, enthralled everyone with her passionate performance, her prosthetic limb artfully integrated into her routine. Our dance number is about life. Its about accepting love, she told The Associated Press after her performance. Because in reality, when your body is wounded, its very difficult to love yourself. And allowing someone else to love you is even harder. Her injury was not the end of her life, she said, and now she wants to show thousands of wounded boys and girls who are starting their lives over again that its not the end of theirs. For veteran Ivan Voinov and his wife of three months, Solomiia, the show was more than just a dance performance: it was the second time they had danced together since his injury, the first time was at their wedding.Solomiia Voinov smiled shyly, recounting how she had long tried to persuade Ivan that they should dance until he gave in.We dont take our eyes off each other while dancing, and its a great connection, she said. Im happy.Voinov said he was already planning their next dance a bachata, a fast-paced, hip-swaying style of dance that originated in the Dominican Republic.We will be able to continue dancing, he said. It means that there is a future. SAMYA KULLAB Kullab is an Associated Press reporter covering Ukraine since June 2023. Before that, she covered Iraq and the wider Middle East from her base in Baghdad since joining the AP in 2019. twitter instagram mailto

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CORRECTS FIRST NAME TO DIANE - Diane West sits with her grandson Paul Quirk as they speak to a reporter, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025, in Marietta, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)2025-12-23T05:01:44Z The oldest baby boomers once the vanguard of an American youth that revolutionized U.S. culture and politics turn 80 in 2026.The generation that twirled the first plastic hula hoops and dressed up the first Barbie dolls, embraced the TV age, blissed out at Woodstock and protested the Vietnam War the cohort that didnt trust anyone over age 30 now is contributing to the overall aging of America. Boomers becoming octogenarians in 2026 include actor Henry Winkler and baseball Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson, singers Cher and Dolly Parton and presidents Donald Trump, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton. The aging and shrinking youth of AmericaAmericas population swelled with around 76 million births from 1946 to 1964, a spike magnified by couples reuniting after World War Two and enjoying postwar prosperity.Boomers were better educated and richer than previous generations, and they helped grow a consumer-driven economy. In their youth, they pushed for social change through the Civil Rights Movement, the womens rights movement and efforts to end the Vietnam War.We had rock n roll. We were the first generation to get out and demonstrate in the streets. We were the first generation, that was, you know, a socially conscious generation, said Diane West, a metro Atlanta resident who turns 80 in January. Our parents played by the rules. We didnt necessarily play by the rules, and there were lots of us. As they got older they became known as the me generation, a pejorative term coined by writer Tom Wolfe to reflect what some regarded as their self-absorption and consumerism. Stay up to date with the news and the best of AP by following our WhatsApp channel. Follow on The thing about baby boomers is theyve always had a spotlight on them, no matter what age they were, Brookings demographer William Frey said. They were a big generation, but they also did important things. By the end of this decade, all baby boomers will be 65 and older, and the number of people 80 and over will double in 20 years, Frey said. The share of senior citizens in the U.S. population is projected to grow from 18.7% in 2025 to nearly 23% by 2050, while children under 18 decline from almost 21% to a projected 18.4%. Without any immigration, the U.S. population will start shrinking in five years. Thats when deaths will surpass births, according to projections from the Congressional Budget Office, which were revised in September to account for the Trump administrations immigration crackdown. Population growth comes from immigration as well as births outpacing deaths.The aging of America is being compounded by longer lives due to better health care and lower birth rates. The projected average U.S. life expectancy at birth rises from 78.9 years in 2025 to 82.2 years in 2055, according to the CBO. And since the Great Recession in 2008, when the fertility rate was 2.08, around the 2.1 rate needed for children to numerically replace their parents, it has been on a steady decline, hitting 1.6 in 2025. Younger generations miss boomer milestonesWomen are having fewer children because they are better educated, theyre delaying marriage to focus on careers and theyre having their first child at a later age. Unaffordable housing, poor access to child care and the growing expenses of child-rearing also add up to fewer kids. University of New Hampshire senior demographer Kenneth Johnson estimates that the result has been 11.8 million fewer births, compared to what might have been had the fertility rate stayed at Great Recession levels.I was young when I had kids. I mean thats what we did we got out of college, we got married and we had babies, said West, who has two daughters, a stepdaughter and six grandchildren. My kids got married in their 30s, so its very different.A recent Census Bureau study showed that 21st century young adults in the U.S. havent been adulting like baby boomers did. In 1975, almost half of 25-to-34-year-olds had moved out of their parents home, landed jobs, gotten married and had kids. By the early 2020s, less than a quarter of U.S. adults had hit these milestones.West, whose 21-year-old grandson lives with her, understands why: They lack the prospects her generation enjoyed. Her grandson, Paul Quirk, said it comes down to financial instability. They were able to buy a lot of things, a lot cheaper, Quirk said. All of her grandchildren are frustrated by the economy, West added.You have to get three roommates in order to afford a place, she said. When we got out of college, we had a job waiting for us. And now, people who have masters degrees are going to work fast food while they look for a real job. Implications for the economyThe aging of America could constrain economic growth. With fewer workers paying taxes, Social Security and Medicare will be under more pressure. About 34 seniors have been supported by every 100 workers in 2025, but that ratio grows to 50 seniors per 100 working-age people in about 30 years, according to estimates released last year by the White House.When West launched her career in employee benefits and retirement planning in 1973, each 100 workers supported 20 or fewer retirees, by some calculations. Vice President JD Vance and Tesla CEO Elon Musk are among those pushing for an increase in fertility. Vance has suggested giving parents more voting power, according to their numbers of children, or following the example of Hungarys Viktor Orbn in giving low-interest loans to married parents and tax exemptions to women who have four children or more.Frey said programs that incentivize fertility among U.S. women hardly ever work, so funding should support pre-kindergarten and paid family leave.I think the best you can do for people who do want to have kids is to make it easier and less expensive to have them and raise them, he said. Those things may not bring up the fertility rate as much as people would like, but at least the kids who are being born will have a better chance of succeeding.___Emilie Megnien in Atlanta contributed to this report.___Follow Mike Schneider on the social platform Bluesky: @mikeysid.bsky.social MIKE SCHNEIDER Schneider covers census, demographics and Florida for The Associated Press. Author of 2023 book, Mickey and the Teamsters. twitter mailto

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In this image provided by Sky Decker Jr., authorities and volunteers respond to a Mexican Navy plane crash near Galveston, Texas, Monday, Dec. 22, 2025. (Sky Decker Jr. via AP)null2025-12-23T16:05:42Z Air traffic controllers lost communication for about 10 minutes with a small Mexican Navy plane carrying a young medical patient and seven others before it crashed off the Texas coast, killing at least five people, Mexicos president said Tuesday.Authorities initially believed the plane had landed safely at its destination in Galveston, near Houston, before learning it had gone down Monday afternoon, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said. The cause of the crash remains under investigation. A search-and-resuce operation in waters near Galveston pulled two survivors from the planes wreckage, Mexicos Navy said, while one remained missing.Four of the eight people aboard were Navy officers and four were civilians, including a child, Mexicos Navy said. Two of the passengers were affiliated with a nonprofit that helps transport Mexican children with severe burns to a hospital in Galveston. My condolences to the families of the sailors who unfortunately died in this accident and to the people who were traveling on board, Sheinbaum said in her morning press briefing, without elaborating on a possible cause. What happened is very tragic. U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer Luke Baker said at least five aboard had died but did not identify which passengers. Stay up to date with the news and the best of AP by following our WhatsApp channel. Follow on The plane crashed Monday afternoon in a bay near the base of the causeway connecting Galveston Island to the mainland. Emergency responders rushed to the scene near the popular beach destination about 50 miles (80 kilometers) southeast of Houston. Sky Decker, a professional yacht captain who lives about a mile (1.6 kilometers) from the crash site, said he jumped in his boat to see if he could help. He picked up two police officers who guided him through thick fog to a nearly submerged plane. Decker jumped into the water and found a badly injured woman trapped beneath chairs and other debris. I couldnt believe. She had maybe 3 inches of air gap to breathe in, he said. And there was jet fuel in there mixed with the water, fumes real bad. She was really fighting for her life.He said he also pulled out a man seated in front of her who had already died. Both were wearing civilian clothes.Its not immediately clear if weather was a factor. The area has been experiencing foggy conditions over the past few days, according to Cameron Batiste, a National Weather Service meteorologist. He said that at about 2:30 p.m. Monday a fog came in that had about a half-mile visibility. Mexicos Navy said the plane was helping with a medical mission in coordination with the Michou and Mau Foundation. In a social media post, the foundation said: We express our deepest solidarity with the families in light of these events. We share their grief with respect and compassion, honoring their memory and reaffirming our commitment to providing humane, sensitive, and dignified care to children with burns.Teams from the Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board were at the crash site Monday, the Texas Department of Public Safety said, and a spokesperson for the NTSB said the agency was gathering information about the crash. The Galveston County Sheriffs Office said officials from its dive team, crime scene unit, drone unit and patrol responded the crash. MEGAN JANETSKY Megan Janetsky covers migration, conflict, human rights and politics in Mexico and Central America for The AP based in Mexico City. Previously, she covered Cuba and the Caribbean for The AP and worked as freelance journalist in Colombia, reporting across South America. twitter instagram facebook mailto RSShttps://feedx.net https://feedx.site

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