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How to Prepare for a Colonoscopy 05/08/2024 08:00pm • A colonoscopy -- and the steps required to get one -- can cause a spike of anxiety, but don't worry. Understanding the health benefits and the correct way to prepare for this routine procedure can assuage any apprehension. Plus, if you have an upcoming colonoscopy, you're in good company. More than Parent PLUS Loans vs. Private Student Loans: Compare Your Options 05/08/2024 08:00pm • Parents who want to help their children pay for college may have invested in a 529 college savings plan or reviewed a school's financial aid package. But often, the total cost of attendance -- not just tuition, but also books and room and board -- isn't fully covered by savings or financial aid. In 2 young children die after being swept away by fast-flowing California creek 05/08/2024 07:45pm • MOUNTAIN HOME VILLAGE, Calif. (AP) — Two young siblings died after being swept away by a rapidly flowing creek in Southern California's San Bernardino Mountains, authorities said. The tragedy occurred Tuesday when a mother took her 4-year-old daughter and 2-year-old son to spend the afternoon at T Portland, Oregon, OKs new homeless camping rules that threaten fines or jail in some cases 05/08/2024 07:21pm • PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Homeless people who camp on public property in Portland, Oregon, and reject offers of shelter could be fined up to $100 or sentenced to up to seven days in jail under new rules approved unanimously by the City Council on Wednesday. When shelter is not available, the same pena Pennsylvania will make the animal sedative xylazine a controlled substance 05/08/2024 07:04pm • HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro will sign legislation to criminalize the misuse of a powerful animal tranquilizer called xylazine that is showing up in supplies of illicit drugs and contributing to a growing number of human overdose deaths, his office said Wednesday. Xylazine Fans are following Taylor Swift to Europe after finding Eras Tour tickets less costly there 05/08/2024 07:01pm • LONDON (AP) — Thousands of ride-or-die Taylor Swift fans who missed out on her U.S. concert tour last year or didn't want to buy exorbitantly priced tickets to see her again found an out-of-the-way solution: Fly to Europe. The pop star is scheduled to kick off the 18-city Europe leg of her record- California Supreme Court weighs removing a measure making it harder to raise taxes from the ballot 05/08/2024 06:48pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The California Supreme Court is weighing whether to keep a measure off the November ballot that would make it harder for the state and local governments to raise taxes, in a legal battle pitting Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democratic lawmakers against the business groups and taxpaye Adell homers, Angels rally past Pirates 5-4 to earn first series victory since early April 05/08/2024 06:34pm • PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jo Adell hit his fifth homer of the season and added an RBI single and the Los Angeles Angels slipped by the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-4 on Wednesday. Brandon Drury doubled twice, including a shot to the wall in left during a three-run outburst in the sixth by Los Angeles, before leav What is a tornado emergency and how is it different from a warning or a watch? 05/08/2024 06:30pm • DETROIT (AP) — The first-ever tornado emergency in Michigan was issued Tuesday, one of many called across the country in recent weeks as severe weather tears through states in the Plains and Midwest. As massive storms barrel East, homes and property have been destroyed and thousands of people have Advocates ask Supreme Court to back Louisiana's new, mostly Black House district 05/08/2024 04:40pm • NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Voting rights advocates filed an emergency motion Wednesday asking the Supreme Court to keep a new Louisiana congressional map in place for this year's elections that gives the state a second majority Black district. A divided panel of federal judges in western Louisiana ruled A Dozens still missing after South African building collapse; 7 confirmed dead 05/08/2024 01:45pm • GEORGE, South Africa (AP) — Rescue teams used underground cameras and sniffer dogs Wednesday to search for nearly 40 construction workers still missing in rubble two days after the collapse of an apartment building under construction in coastal South Africa. Seven workers have been confirmed dead, Agreement reached in Arab Student Union's suit against DC, high school principal 05/08/2024 01:36pm • The Arab Student Union at Jackson-Reed High School in Northwest D.C. has withdrawn its request for a federal court to take emergency action in a lawsuit that claimed the school suppressed the student club's right to free speech. The American Civil Liberties Union, which initially filed the suit o Kosovo prime minister deplores new condition ahead of Council of Europe's membership vote next week 05/08/2024 01:17pm • TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Kosovo’s prime minister Wednesday deplored the fact that some Western powers reportedly have set another condition ahead of Kosovo's joining the Council of Europe. Kosovo media reported that France and Germany want Kosovo to take a significant step toward establishing an a The Latest | Israel forces block Gaza's Rafah border crossing. UN says it's running out of fuel 05/08/2024 12:10pm • Israeli forces have seized the Gaza side of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt, pressing their offensive into the southern city on Tuesday. The closed border means U.N. humanitarian teams in Gaza will run out of diesel fuel by Wednesday, a senior humanitarian official said, leaving them unable to In the NIL landscape, schools are turning to companies to train and manage in-house general managers 05/08/2024 12:02pm • ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Riley Ammenhauser has become a record-breaking, triple-jumping track athlete at Michigan and something of an entrepreneur. Leveraging her value with about 250,000 followers on social media, she has landed endorsement deals with Peloton, Gatorade and Lululemon while potentia