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Venezuelan migrants in Mexico worry for their loved ones as political unrest roils their homeland 07/31/2024 08:58pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) — Yenny Morales, 33, left her native Venezuela because she felt she had no other option. Her 9-year-old son has a mental health disability, and in a country where 80% of people live in poverty, she couldn't afford a specialist. “I had to flee, because my son couldn't see a neuro Kansas stops enforcing a law against impersonating election officials 07/31/2024 08:37pm • TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas is no longer enforcing a 3-year-old law making it a felony to impersonate election officials as it faces a legal challenge from critics who argue that the law has hindered efforts to register new voters. Attorneys for the state and groups suing over the law agreed on sto Severe storms roll through before oppressive heat makes comeback to DC region 07/31/2024 08:27pm • Listen live to WTOP for traffic and weather updates on the 8s. After the fourth hottest July on record comes to a close, the D.C. region will be entering its fifth heat wave of the year with the potential to last a week at or above 90 degrees. But not before severe storms began rolling through. H Federal judge says US Soccer didn't show it made settlement offer in international games lawsuit 07/31/2024 08:20pm • NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge wrote the U.S. Soccer Federation failed to show it made a settlement proposal or demand to a promoter who sued over FIFA's decision to block a country from hosting league matches involving teams from other nations. U.S. Magistrate Judge Barbara Moses in Manhattan is Museums closed Native American exhibits 6 months ago. Tribes are still waiting to get items back 07/31/2024 08:01pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Tucked within the expansive Native American halls of the American Museum of Natural History is a diminutive wooden doll that holds a sacred place among the tribes whose territories once included Manhattan. For more than six months now, the ceremonial Ohtas, or Doll Being, has been People Power Has Felled Dictators Before. It Could Happen Again in Venezuela. 07/31/2024 08:00pm • If your attention is on the U.S. presidential campaign or the Paris Olympics, you're probably missing one of the most significant political dramas in the world right now. After years of oppressive authoritarianism and in the face of overwhelming obstacles, the Venezuelan people turned out in histori What Is the Difference Between a Skilled Nursing Facility and a Nursing Home? 07/31/2024 08:00pm • It's overwhelming enough helping your mom get discharged from the hospital after a fall. Then, what if her doctor doesn't think it's safe for her to return home? As you scramble to find somewhere for her to go, you're inundated with unfamiliar senior living terminology: What is a skilled nursing fac How to Track Congressional Stock Picks with These 2 ETFs 07/31/2024 08:00pm • While the bulk of media attention on the U.S. political scene has been focused on the withdrawal of incumbent President Joe Biden from the 2024 presidential race and the contest now between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris, it's overshadowed a potentially impactful chan What to Know About Buying a Log Cabin 07/31/2024 08:00pm • Depending on your point of view, living in a log cabin may seem positively dreamy -- or like a nightmare. If it's the latter, you're probably imagining a cabin without electricity on the frontier. If you're a fan of the idea, you're probably well acquainted with modern day log cabins the kind that h The 10 Biggest Regrets of Retirees 07/31/2024 08:00pm • Retirement is the ultimate goal for many workers: the day when you can clock out, head home and never look back again. However, the experience of retirement can differ from the expectation, and many retirees wish they had done things differently either before or after they left the workforce. Here a Buying an Older Home Is a Mixed Bag 07/31/2024 08:00pm • Purchasing residential real estate is a mixed bag under the best of circumstances, and buying an older home comes with its own unique set of challenges. Older homes ranging from 100 to 50 years of age -- as opposed to "newer" homes constructed since the 1980s -- were built to last. They feature supe What Is a Stop-Loss Order, and Should You Use It for Trades? 07/31/2024 08:00pm • Every investor and trader knows the feeling: You bought a stock, but then it dropped. You held on, hoping for a rebound that would at least get you back to even. Emotional trading, which includes holding for too long, can be avoided with a stop-loss order. Here's what you need to know about stop-los Massachusetts businesses with at least 24 employees must disclose salary range for new jobs 07/31/2024 07:27pm • BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts businesses with more than 25 employees must disclose salary ranges when posting jobs, under a new bill signed into law Wednesday that puts the commonwealth in line with 10 other states that already require pay transparency. The new law also protects a worker’s right t UPS AND DOWNS 07/31/2024 07:03pm • NEW YORK (AP) —The following list shows theNYSE MKT-listed stocks that havegone up the most and down the most based onpercent of change for 2023.No securities trading below 1000 shares are included.Net and percentage change are the difference be-tween last year's closing price and this year's clos US tops South Sudan 103-86 at Paris Olympics, earns spot in men's basketball quarterfinals 07/31/2024 06:58pm • VILLENEUVE-D’ASCQ, France (AP) — In the rematch, the U.S. had an easier time with South Sudan than it did when the teams first met a couple of weeks ago. Easier. Not easy. The U.S. clinched a trip to the quarterfinals at the Paris Olympics by beating South Sudan 103-86 on Wednesday night — a g