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When Medicare Stops Paying for Nursing Homes 09/25/2025 08:00pm • While Medicare does not cover long-term nursing home stays, the federal agency provides limited coverage for short-term support in skilled nursing care facilities. These facilities specialize in providing short-term care and rehabilitation for people who are recovering from illness, injury or surger Ex-South Carolina sheriff pleads guilty to stealing from police fund 09/25/2025 07:59pm • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A former sheriff in South Carolina agreed to plead guilty Thursday to stealing money from the force's benevolence fund and taking pain pills that were supposed to be destroyed as part of a narcotics take-back program. Former Spartanburg County Sheriff Chuck Wright took money 76ers' Jared McCain suffers another setback with thumb injury 09/25/2025 07:10pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia 76ers guard Jared McCain, who already was working on coming back from a torn meniscus, sustained a UCL tear in his right thumb in a workout Thursday. The 76ers said they and McCain are checking with physicians to gauge how to address the injury. This is the latest Caleb Williams, Bears look to build on win over Cowboys when they visit Raiders 09/25/2025 06:36pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) — Maybe this was the Caleb Williams many expected when he was drafted first overall last year. Or perhaps Dallas' defense is just that bad. The Bears' game at Las Vegas on Sunday might be a clue as to whether Williams' four-touchdown performance in a blowout victory over the Cowboys Rams can't let Eagles beat them twice when high-scoring Colts come to town 09/25/2025 05:26pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — If ever a loss could beat a team twice, the Rams’ 33-26 defeat to the Philadelphia Eagles last Sunday certainly has all the ingredients. The stunning collapse had everything, from red-zone inefficiency and self-inflicted gaffes to two blocked field goals, the latter as time ex Banker for Alex Murdaugh faces prison time as state and federal cases wrap up 09/25/2025 05:21pm • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina banker who prosecutors said helped Alex Murdaugh move millions of dollars around to avoid detection of his thefts in exchange for a share of the money will spend at least five years in prison. Russell Laffitte pleaded guilty Thursday to eight counts in stat Trump-targeted GOP congressman Massie tours his Kentucky district with support from Sen. Paul 09/25/2025 03:45pm • SHELBYVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Republican Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky has enlisted help from a key ally, Sen. Rand Paul, as the maverick congressman tries to fend off President Donald Trump's threats to oust him from Congress. Massie is running headlong into his toughest political fight as a super PAC Q&A: Mariah Carey enters ‘the era of me’ with her first album in 7 years 09/25/2025 02:21pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Seven years after her last album and 35 years into a powerhouse career, Mariah Carey continues her reign as the queen of pop and R&B with “Here for It All.” If good things come to those who wait, fans are about to audibly feast on Carey’s evolution with this musically Japanese court rejects an appeal by Australian who says she was tricked into smuggling drugs 09/25/2025 12:33pm • TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese court on Thursday dismissed an appeal by an Australian woman who said she was tricked into smuggling drugs by a man she hoped to marry, allowing a six-year prison sentence issued by a lower court to stand. The Tokyo High Court said Donna Nelson, 59, from Perth, Australia, What we know about how a government shutdown would unfold 09/25/2025 11:51am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The threat of a government shutdown has become a recurring event in Washington, though most of the time lawmakers and the president are able to head it off. This time, however, prospects for a last-minute compromise look rather bleak. 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A new augmented reality tour of D.C. offers this exact type of enhanced glimpse into the history of the city’s mos Things to do in the DC area: Art on the Rocks, Craft2Wear … and more! 09/25/2025 04:42am • Art and culinary delights collide at this Thursday's event, Art on the Rocks. Hosted at the Heron Hotel in Alexandria, Virginia, the event invites 10 local mixologists and chefs to create cocktails and appetizer pairings that are each inspired by a piece of art from a local Art League artist. The