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A Guide to Calling in Sick 10/16/2024 08:00pm • Calling in sick can induce anxiety for workers who wonder when to call, what to say and how to say it. They may question whether they are truly sick enough to take the day off or worry that missing work will reflect poorly on them. "First, there is a worry about the work they are going to miss," say 10 Questions to Ask Financial Advisors 10/16/2024 08:00pm • Financial advisors are many things, but an oracle is not one of them. The quality of the advice you get from them depends on your transparency and the quality of information you provide them. This means that your financial advisor will learn intimate details about your life, including your financial When Medicare Stops Paying for Nursing Homes 10/16/2024 08:00pm • While Medicare does not cover long-term nursing home stays, the federal agency provides limited coveragefor 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 surgery Panthers' Chuba Hubbard continues to hold off competition as starting running back 10/16/2024 07:23pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Almost since the day Chuba Hubbard arrived in Carolina, it seems as if the Panthers have been trying to find a better alternative at running back. And the more Hubbard plays, the more he continues to prove he has what it takes to be a productive, every-down back. The Canadia Judge dismisses lawsuit over old abortion rights ruling in Mississippi 10/16/2024 07:00pm • JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi judge dismissed a lawsuit Tuesday that challenged a potential conflict between a 2022 state law that bans most abortions and a 1998 state Supreme Court ruling that said abortion is guaranteed in the Mississippi Constitution because of the right of privacy. Hinds What to know about shaken baby syndrome as a Texas man could be first in US executed over it 10/16/2024 06:01pm • HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas man this week could become the first person executed in the U.S. for a murder conviction tied to the diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome. The Texas Board of Parole on Wednesday voted 6-0 against recommending clemency for Robert Roberson, who is scheduled to receive a lethal in 3 states renew their effort to reduce access to the abortion drug mifepristone 10/16/2024 04:33pm • Three states are renewing a legal push to restrict access to the abortion medication mifepristone, including reinstating requirements it be dispensed in person instead of by mail. The request from Kansas, Idaho and Missouri filed Friday would bar the drug’s use after seven weeks of pregnancy inste Editorial Roundup: United States 10/16/2024 04:32pm • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Oct. 11 The Washington Post on AI's impact on chemistry, biomedicine One of this year’s Nobel Prize winners in physics, Geoffrey Hinton, who pioneered work on the neural networks that undergird artificial intelligence, has warned Idaho issues execution warrant for inmate who survived a botched attempt 10/16/2024 04:27pm • BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho prison officials will attempt to execute the state’s longest-serving death row inmate next month using new protocols after botching the first attempt several months ago. A judge issued a death warrant for Thomas Eugene Creech Wednesday morning, one day after the Idaho D Trump would be the oldest person to become president. He's not sharing health details 10/16/2024 01:49pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — If he wins next month's election, Donald Trump would be the oldest person in U.S. history to be elected president. Yet the 78-year-old Republican nominee refuses to disclose new details about his physical or mental well-being, breaking decades of precedent. There have been limite Trump would be the oldest person to become president. He's not sharing health details 10/16/2024 01:45pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — If he wins next month's election, Donald Trump would be the oldest person in U.S. history to be elected president. Yet the 78-year-old Republican nominee refuses to disclose new details about his physical or mental well-being, breaking decades of precedent. There have been limite A Russian rescued after 67 days adrift in the chilly Sea of Okhotsk describes his ordeal 10/16/2024 11:47am • MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian man rescued after 67 days adrift in a small inflatable boat in the Sea of Okhotsk described Wednesday how he survived by battling shivering cold and drinking rainwater. Mikhail Pichugin, 46, had set off to watch whales with his 49-year-old brother and 15-year-old nephew. Bu Many schools are still closed weeks after Hurricane Helene. Teachers worry about long-term impact 10/16/2024 11:25am • Tens of thousands of students in the Southeast are dealing with school disruptions after Hurricane Helene wreaked havoc so severe — on homes, campuses and municipal power and water systems — that some districts have no idea when they will reopen. While virtual learning helped during the COVID-19 New UK bill aims to legalize assisted dying for people who are terminally ill 10/16/2024 11:09am • LONDON (AP) — A new bill aiming to legalize assisted dying in Britain was introduced in Parliament on Wednesday, marking the first time in nearly a decade that the House of Commons will debate allowing doctors to help end people’s lives after previous court challenges to change a legal blanket b Abortion rights group sues after Florida orders TV stations to stop airing ad 10/16/2024 10:45am • A group campaigning for a Florida abortion-right ballot measure sued state officials Wednesday over their order to TV stations to stop airing one ad produced by the group, Floridians Protecting Freedom. The state's health department, part of the administration of Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, told T