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Back-to-school stress can be 'healthy,' DC doctor says 08/30/2023 03:56am • Back-to-school season can bring intense anxiety for some children and their families, but one expert in D.C. said it shouldn't always be considered a bad thing. "For most kids and families, the stress that they feel around the start of the school year is healthy," said Dr. Matthew Biel, a child a Venus Williams suffers her most lopsided US Open loss: 6-1, 6-1 in the first round 08/30/2023 12:49am • NEW YORK (AP) — There was a Williams sister out there in Arthur Ashe Stadium on Tuesday night, much to the delight of spectators who offered a standing ovation at the end of the match. Except this time it was Venus, not Serena, and there was no ceremony, no formal farewell — and, unlike a year a Alabama lawmaker arrested on voter fraud charge 08/29/2023 09:27pm • HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama legislator was arrested Tuesday on felony voter fraud charges accusing him of voting in a district where he did not live. Republican Rep. David Cole of Huntsville was arrested on charges of voting in an unauthorized location, according to Madison County Jail reco Can You Build a Hurricane-Proof House? 08/29/2023 08:00pm • Hurricane season stretches from June 1 to Nov. 30, but the financial pain and long-term recovery from a hurricane can last for years to come. This is why, now more than ever, it's important to consider hurricanes as you make choices concerning your current and future homes, if you live in an hurrica Judge delays deciding whether prosecution of man charged in Colorado supermarket shooting can resume 08/29/2023 06:29pm • BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — A judge on Tuesday granted a defense request to hold a hearing with experts to determine if a mentally ill man charged with killing 10 people at a Colorado supermarket in 2021 is mentally competent to be prosecuted for the mass shooting. Prosecutors revealed last week that ex Chan Kim leaves his success on the Japan Golf Tour. Now he has a PGA Tour card 08/29/2023 04:18pm • ATLANTA (AP) — Chan Kim was making a comfortable living on the Japan Golf Tour, winning eight times over five seasons at tournaments like the Japan Open and the Dunlop Phoenix. He was sixth on the Order of Merit last year, making just short of $600,000. But when the Official World Golf Ranking rev Your doctor wants you to eat healthy. You could even get a prescription for it 08/29/2023 03:49pm • When Octavia Hammond of Southeast D.C. goes to the grocery store, she uses two cards to pay for what she is buying. One card is for all the fresh produce, and the other pays for everything else. The one that buys the produce, a Fresh Connect card, is distributed by the nonprofit DC Greens and its Sudan’s military leader visits Egypt on his first trip abroad since his country plunged into war 08/29/2023 03:24pm • CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s top military officer made a one-day visit to Egypt on Tuesday for talks with the Egyptian president, making his first trip abroad since his country plunged into a bitter conflict this year. Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan, chairman of the ruling Sovereign Council, arrived in the Me What does Florida's red flag law say, and could it have thwarted the Jacksonville shooter? 08/29/2023 02:46pm • CHICAGO (AP) — Police in Florida took a 15-year-old into custody six years ago for threatening to take his own life, though he was soon released following an involuntary mental health examination, according to official records. This past weekend, that same person entered a Jacksonville Dollar Gen Millennial Money: How to manage caregiving costs for parents while raising kids 08/29/2023 09:29am • Nearly a quarter of millennials are caregivers for an adult, according to a 2020 AARP survey. And a 2020 report from insurance marketplace GoHealth found that 1 in 3 millennials are supporting their parents financially, and more than a quarter help manage their parents’ health care. This means tha Alumni grieve for Jesuit-run university seized by Nicaraguan government that transformed their lives 08/29/2023 08:00am • MÉXICO CITY (AP) — Long before it was confiscated by President Daniel Ortega's government in mid-August, the Jesuit-run University of Central America in Nicaragua was a special place for the thousands whose minds and lives it transformed. “The university was the only center of independent thoug NFL-style lawsuit and brain-injury concerns hang over Rugby World Cup 08/29/2023 05:01am • Alix Popham traveled the world as a rugby player. He played 33 times for Wales and competed at two Rugby World Cups, and even got to meet Nelson Mandela before a match in South Africa. Or so he’s told. He can’t actually remember. Popham is 43 and his rugby career is, in his words, “all a blur. Missouri law banning minors from beginning gender-affirming treatments takes effect 08/28/2023 07:39pm • COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Two new laws restricting the access of transgender youth in Missouri to gender-affirming health care and school sports took effect Monday. One law bans minors from beginning puberty blockers and hormones and outlaws gender-affirming surgeries for youths. The other law requires Haiti police probe killings of parishioners who were led by a pastor into gang territory 08/28/2023 05:13pm • PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The director of Haiti’s National Police vowed Monday to hold accountable those who encouraged hundreds of parishioners to take up machetes and sticks over the weekend to try and rid a community of gang members, only to be fatally shot by them. Police Chief Frantz El Military leader Burhan visits east Sudan in first tour outside of capital since conflict erupted 08/28/2023 10:47am • CAIRO (AP) — The head of Sudan's army made a rare public speech Monday in his first tour outside of the capital since the conflict with a rival general erupted in mid-April. Sudan was plunged into chaos after monthslong tensions between the military, led by Gen. Abdel Fattah Burhan, and the Rapid