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Assisted Living Benefits for Veterans and Their Spouses 08/28/2025 08:00pm • If you or your spouse served in the military, you may be entitled to certain benefits that could make getting older a little less expensive. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs offers several funding programs that can help offset the costs of specific kinds of care later in life. For some people Mets catcher Francisco Alvarez has fractured pinkie after getting hit by pitch in rehab game 08/28/2025 06:32pm • NEW YORK (AP) — New York Mets catcher Francisco Alvarez has a small fracture in his left pinkie after getting hit by a pitch while on a minor league rehab assignment — but it might only slow him down a few days. Alvarez is on the 10-day injured list with a sprained ulnar collateral ligament in h CDC Director Susan Monarez refuses to step down, arguing only Trump can fire her 08/28/2025 08:57am • ▶ Watch Video: CDC director Susan Monarez ousted less than one month after being confirmed by Senate Washington — Susan Monarez, the director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is being ousted from her role less than a month afte Sudan's Rapid Support Forces shell a besieged Darfur city, killing 24 and wounding 55, group says 08/28/2025 06:43am • CAIRO (AP) — A paramilitary group fighting against Sudan’s military shelled a besieged city in the western region of Darfur, killing at least 24 people, a medical group said Thursday. The Rapid Support Forces shelled the densely populated areas of the central market and Awlad al-Reef neighborhoo Jury awards more than $2 million to protester shot in face with nonlethal projectile 08/27/2025 09:42pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — A jury has awarded at least $2.2 million to a protester who was shot in the face with a less-lethal munition by a Los Angeles sheriff’s deputy during a demonstration against police brutality in 2020. In the verdict last week, the jury found LA County liable for the injuries su PA School vs. Med School: What to Consider 08/27/2025 08:00pm • For aspiring clinicians, the dream of treating patients can lead down a couple of paths: four years of medical school plus several years of residency, or two to three years in a physician associate program. Pursuing a career as a medical doctor is more demanding in time, cost and depth of knowledge, Does Medicare Cover Home Health Care? 08/27/2025 08:00pm • Given the choice, the majority of individuals would rather recuperate in the comfort of their own home rather than stay in the hospital overnight. With advancements in medical treatments and care, recovery from major surgery at home has become increasingly possible. Home health care offers a cost-ef FDA approves updated COVID-19 shots with limits for some kids and adults 08/27/2025 06:28pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators approved updated COVID-19 shots Wednesday but limited their use for many Americans — and removed one of the two vaccines available for young children. The new shots from Pfizer, Moderna and Novavax are approved for all seniors. But the Food and Drug Administrati A deadly truck crash in Florida has fueled an immigration fight. Here's what to know 08/27/2025 02:09pm • A foreign truck driver's deadly U-turn on a Florida highway has become a national political flashpoint over immigration, trucking safety and millions of dollars in federal funding for several states. Governors, high-ranking Trump administration officials and advocacy groups have all traded accusati Man who hit Montgomery Co. officer, causing him to lose both legs, sentenced to 22 years in prison 08/27/2025 12:48pm • The man who ran over a Montgomery County, Maryland, officer on Interstate 270 nearly two years ago was sentenced Wednesday to more than 22 years in prison. Sgt. Patrick Kepp was trying to put down stop sticks across the road in October 2023 when then 19-year-old Raphael Mayorga plowed into him a Takeaways from AP's reporting on Venezuelans' daily struggles to access food 08/27/2025 10:03am • CORO, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelans are familiar with hardship — they have lived under a complex social, economic and political crisis for more than a decade. Now, across the South American country, they are finding themselves hungry and unable to buy food. The Associated Press over the summer se For many families, every meal is a struggle in Venezuela's economic crisis 08/27/2025 08:59am • CORO, Venezuela (AP) — Alnilys Chirino’s tiny fridge and pantry are almost empty — a handful of peppers and wilting herbs, a kilo of rice, half that of beans, a bit of canned meat, some flour. Chirino used to worry about food spoiling quickly under western Venezuela's punishing heat. These day From surgeries to comebacks: Rugby stars defy odds to shine at Women's World Cup 08/27/2025 04:22am • LONDON (AP) — Heartbreaking sports injuries before major events are as fated as sunset. The Women's Rugby World Cup is no different. Charlotte Caslick gave up the captaincy of Australia's world champion sevens team to be a World Cup Wallaroo but withdrew from the squad this month after running out Trump administration threatens some funding for 3 states for not enforcing trucker English rules 08/26/2025 10:51pm • California, Washington and New Mexico could lose millions of dollars of federal funding if they continue failing to enforce English language requirements for truckers, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Tuesday. An investigation launched after a deadly Florida crash involving a foreign truck d Editorial Roundup: United States 08/26/2025 10:44pm • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Aug. 26 The Washington Post on the precedent of politicizing the Federal Reserve It’s not hard to find mistakes in the Federal Reserve’s recent history, but Donald Trump’s latest attempt to erode the institution’s independe