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Nursing Home Statistics: What to Know in 2023 11/29/2023 07:00pm • When it comes time for families to consider placing a loved one in a nursing home or assisted living facility, there are a lot of factors to consider. Where is it located? Who is in charge? What sorts of activities does the nursing home offer? You'll need to investigate these types of questions to f US life expectancy rose last year, but it remains below its pre-pandemic level 11/29/2023 03:59pm • NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. life expectancy rose last year — by more than a year — but still isn't close to what it was before the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2022 rise was mainly due to the waning pandemic, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention researchers said Wednesday. But even with the large in Today in History: November 29, Natalie Wood drowns at age 43 11/29/2023 12:00am • Today in History Today is Wednesday, Nov. 29, the 333rd day of 2023. There are 32 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Nov. 29, 1981, film star Natalie Wood drowned at age 43 while boating off California's Santa Catalina Island with her her actor husband Robert Wagner and acto R&B singer Kiana Ledé is taking back control of her music and her life 11/28/2023 10:42pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Kiana Ledé is one of R&B’s brightest rising stars but that doesn’t mean she always embraces the compliment. “I kind of have mixed feelings about it because it gets me in my head about me needing to do more or me being more invested in my craft, or I just don’t have the Kansas unveiled a new blue and gold license plate. People hated it and now it's back to square one 11/28/2023 07:10pm • TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — For some outsiders, Kansas conjures up images from “The Wizard of Oz:” flat, unending plains that are filmed in black and white to symbolize the drab life of the classic movie's heroine, Dorothy. So, when Kansas seeks to promote itself a little with a new license plate, it New York drivers could face license suspensions over vision tests 11/28/2023 01:57pm • ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York drivers who renewed their licenses during part of the coronavirus pandemic face license suspensions on Friday if they don't submit vision tests, the state Department of Motor Vehicles warned. About 49,500 drivers statewide could have their licenses suspended because t Amtrak seeks to take DC's Union Station in eminent domain case 11/28/2023 01:23pm • Amtrak will argue in federal court Tuesday that eminent domain privileges dictate it should be granted full control of historic Union Station in D.C. In a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court, Amtrak is seeking control of the property managed by a private company, Union Station Investco or USI. T One year after protests shook China, participants ponder the meaning of the brief flare of defiance 11/27/2023 08:07pm • BEIJING (AP) — A year ago, Li Houchen was on the streets of Shanghai, hollering “Freedom!” to protest China’s harsh “zero COVID” policy and growing authoritarianism. He was one of thousands of people demonstrating across China in what came to be called the White Paper movement, after the Biden says he's helped lower inflation as he hosts first meeting of his new supply chain council 11/27/2023 05:08pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday opened the first meeting of his supply chain resilience council by warning companies against price gouging and saying that his administration was working to lower costs for U.S. families. “We know that prices are still too high for too many things, Georgetown sees solid year despite retail, restaurant shuttering in DC 11/27/2023 01:45pm • (Courtesy Georgetown BID) The Georgetown Business Improvement District has decided to do an inventory of its own backyard, amid reports of retail and restaurant closings in D.C. this year. But 2023 has been a solid year for one of the District’s oldest and most established dining and shoppi Artist Zeng Fanzhi depicts 'zero-COVID' after a lifetime of service to the Chinese state 11/27/2023 12:51pm • SHENZHEN, China (AP) — In one painting, a child sits, mouth wide open, as a worker in white medical garb extends a long cotton swab toward her tonsils. In another, a masked officer and medical workers stand guard in front of an apartment cordoned off with ropes and seals reading “CLOSED,” as r Today in History: November 27, Harvey Milk and San Francisco Mayor George Moscone are fatally shot 11/27/2023 12:00am • Today in History Today is Monday, Nov. 27, the 331st day of 2023. There are 34 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Nov. 27, 1978, San Francisco Mayor George Moscone (mah-SKOH’-nee) and City Supervisor Harvey Milk, a gay-rights activist, were shot to death inside City Hall Tackling climate change and alleviating hunger: States recycle and donate food headed to landfills 11/26/2023 03:57pm • ELMSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — When Sean Rafferty got his start in the grocery business, anything that wasn't sold got tossed out. But on a recent day, Rafferty, the store manager for ShopRite of Elmsford-Greenburgh in New York, was preparing boxes of bread, donuts, fresh produce and dairy products to be p Skyscraper-studded Dubai has flourished during regional crises. Could it benefit from hosting COP28? 11/26/2023 12:06am • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — In a city known for its excesses, whether reaching toward the sky with the world’s tallest building or hard partying at its beach resorts and bars, Dubai has pulled off another record-breaking feat in the rolling dunes of its desert outskirts. Mohammed bin Ras Skyscraper-studded Dubai has flourished during regional crises. Could it benefit from hosting COP28? 11/26/2023 12:05am • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — In a city known for its excesses, whether reaching toward the sky with the world's tallest building or hard partying at its beach resorts and bars, Dubai has pulled off another record-breaking feat in the rolling dunes of its desert outskirts. Mohammed bin Rashi