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Comedian George Wallace, the 'real George Costanza,' cracks up the DC Improv 10/10/2023 04:33am • Hear our full chat on my podcast “Beyond the Fame with Jason Fraley.” Legendary comedian George Wallace cracks up the D.C. Improv twice next week on Oct. 20 and Oct. 21. However, he wants to make sure that folks don't confuse him with the former 1960s governor of Alabama. "I say In Poland, church and state draw nearer, and some Catholic faithful rebel 10/10/2023 01:41am • CZESTOCHOWA, Poland (AP) — Dominika Gala grew up going to Mass with her grandmother and attending Catholic school in Warsaw. After her grandmother’s death in 2010, she began to drift away from the church. A decade later, when the Catholic leadership backed a near-total abortion ban in Poland, Ga Israel strikes and seals off Gaza after incursion by Hamas, which vows to execute hostages 10/09/2023 11:54pm • JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel increased airstrikes on the Gaza Strip and sealed it off from food, fuel and other supplies Monday in retaliation for a bloody incursion by Hamas militants, as the war's death toll rose to nearly 1,600 on both sides. Hamas also escalated the conflict, pledging to kill captu As Republicans split over who will be House speaker, McCarthy positions himself as a de facto leader 10/09/2023 11:24pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans have no clear idea who will be the next U.S. House speaker, leaving an unprecedented power vacuum in Congress and severely limiting America's ability to quickly respond to the crisis in Israel — or any number of other problems at home and abroad. On Monday, the oust How a Fairfax Co. family supports students with disabilities 10/09/2023 09:43pm • Edison High School Principal Amanda Burke didn't motivate her son Zachary Foley to also become a special-education teacher. But he noticed the service she was providing students, and was hired by Fairfax County Public Schools long before his time as a student in Virginia's largest school system e What to Drink If You Have Diabetes 10/09/2023 08:00pm • Staying well hydrated is important for maintaining good health and wellness. But for those who have diabetes -- a chronic condition in which your blood sugars are too high -- there are certain dietary changes you'll need to make that can limit your choices of what to drink. "Having diabetes means yo What to Do When Medicare Stops Paying for Skilled Nursing Care 10/09/2023 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 Guide to Sexually Transmitted Diseases 10/09/2023 08:00pm • Reported cases of sexually transmitted infections in the United States have been on the rise in the past two decades, and rates in the U.S. are among the highest in high-income countries globally. Approximately, 1 in 5 people in the U.S. had an STI at any given day in 2018, according to a 2021 repor Rio de Janeiro's security forces launch raids in 3 favelas to target criminals 10/09/2023 05:07pm • RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Rio de Janeiro's state government deployed hundreds of police officers early Monday to three of the city's sprawling, low-income neighborhoods, saying it aimed to clamp down on organized crime groups. Security forces targeted not only the Mare complex of favelas by Rio's inte What does the science say about the grass vs. turf debate in sports? 10/09/2023 12:11pm • Which playing surface is safer for athletes: natural grass or artificial turf? The question is important not just in football, but also for soccer, recreational sports and high school and college athletics — anywhere athletes make sudden shifts in direction that can twist joints and tear ligaments British government tries to assure UK Supreme Court it's safe to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda 10/09/2023 08:00am • LONDON (AP) — A lawyer sought to assure the U.K. Supreme Court on Monday that the British government had adequately analyzed the risks of sending asylum-seekers to Rwanda and would have people “on the ground” to make sure it's safe and that deportees' rights are protected. Attorney James Eadie Mouthguard technology detecting brain injuries to be adopted in rugby 10/09/2023 07:57am • DUBLIN (AP) — Rugby will use mouthguard technology as part of its efforts to detect brain injuries suffered by players on the field. The smart technology, which measures the force of head impacts in real time, will send alerts to an independent matchday doctor to signal “a high level of accelera Desperate people dig out dead and injured from Afghanistan earthquakes that killed at least 2,000 10/08/2023 09:01pm • ISLAMABAD (AP) — Men dug through rubble with their bare hands and shovels in western Afghanistan Sunday in desperate attempts to pull victims from the wreckage left by powerful earthquakes that killed at least 2,000 people. Entire villages were flattened, bodies were trapped under collapsed house How Law Schools Evaluate an Applicant's Grades 10/08/2023 08:00pm • Grades are one of the two most important factors in law school admissions, along with standardized test scores on the LSAT or GRE. There are three reasons for this. First, studies have shown that applicants' LSAT scores and college grades are reliable predictors of performance in the first year of l Blue Jays GM Atkins says RHP Manoah had injection in shoulder, no structural damage 10/07/2023 03:34pm • TORONTO (AP) — Blue Jays general manager Ross Atkins says right-hander Alek Manoah received an injection to relieve discomfort in his shoulder, and multiple tests on the 2022 AL Cy Young Award finalist haven't revealed any structural damage. “He has been motivated to get back to form,” Atkins