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Fairfax County concerned about impact of proposed cuts to homeland security funding 10/15/2025 09:56pm • Leaders in Fairfax County, Virginia, are seeking more information about the impact of proposed homeland security grant cuts that could leave the D.C. region without the tens of millions of dollars it considers vital to keep the area safe. Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Chair Jeff McKay said Two explosions rock Ecuador. Authorities blame local criminal gang and Colombian ex-FARC dissidents 10/15/2025 08:45pm • QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Two explosions rocked different parts of Ecuador on Wednesday, less than 24 hours after a vehicle exploded in a port city in the South American country and left one person dead. Explosives were placed on bridges “to block traffic,” Transportation Minister Roberto Luque wr Doctors Without Borders permanently closes its emergency center in Haiti's capital 10/15/2025 08:40pm • PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Doctors Without Borders said Wednesday that ongoing violence in the capital of Haiti has forced it to permanently close its Port-au-Prince emergency care center, which had been a key lifeline in a city now 90% controlled by gangs. More than 60% of the capital's health 2026 Medicare Supplement Insurance (Medigap) Plans 10/15/2025 08:00pm • In a landscape where health care choices are complex, selecting the right Medicare supplemental plan is an important decision. From coverage options to cost factors, learn everything you need to know to secure comprehensive health care through a Medicare supplement plan. What Is Medigap?Medicare sup What Causes Kidney Stones? 10/15/2025 08:00pm • Kidney stones rank right up at the top of the most painful health conditions, according to patients asked to rate their discomfort on a scale of 1 to 10. Kidney stones are hard pellets composed of minerals -- typically calcium -- and salts that form inside the kidneys, the organ in the body that pr COVID Vaccines and Boosters: What's Changing in 2026 10/15/2025 08:00pm • After years of updates on COVID-19 vaccines and boosters, it can be confusing to know who should get a shot and when. While a lot of that confusion has to do with the new COVID strains that have emerged, recent changes to federal vaccination guidelines by U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Rob Frederick school employee charged with sex abuse of students, attempted suicide during raid, police say 10/15/2025 06:34pm • A special education instructional assistant at Oakdale Middle School in the Frederick, Maryland, area has been charged with sexually abusing students, according to the Frederick County Sheriff's Office, which said he attempted suicide when authorities showed up to his home with a warrant. Authori Faulty engineering led to implosion of Titan submersible headed to Titanic wreckage, NTSB finds 10/15/2025 06:06pm • PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Faulty engineering led to the implosion of an experimental submersible that killed five people on the way to the wreck of the Titanic, the National Transportation Safety Board concluded in a report Wednesday. The NTSB made the statement in its final report on the hull failur Packers rookie Matthew Golden already emerging as reliable target in crucial situations 10/15/2025 06:03pm • GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Green Bay Packers receiver Matthew Golden has become one of Jordan Love’s most reliable targets. The way Golden sees it, that first touchdown is coming up on the horizon. The rookie made a clutch catch on fourth down in the Packers’ 40-all tie at Dallas, and then had a k After months in chains and darkness, freed Hamas hostages begin their long road to recovery 10/15/2025 05:04pm • TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — They will be treated for malnutrition, lack of sunlight and the trauma of wearing leg chains for months. They suffer from unexplained pain and unresolved emotions, and they will have to relearn how to make everyday decisions as simple as when to use the bathroom. The last 2 Democratic governors form a public health alliance in rebuke of Trump administration 10/15/2025 04:49pm • A group of Democratic state governors has launched a new alliance aimed at coordinating their public health efforts. They're framing it as a way to share data, messages about threats, emergency preparedness and public health policy — and as a rebuke to President Donald Trump's administration, w Hegseth's plane diverted to UK due to cracked windshield on flight from Brussels to US 10/15/2025 04:34pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's plane made an unscheduled landing in the United Kingdom because a windshield cracked on a flight back to the U.S. from a NATO meeting and all aboard are safe, the Pentagon said. The plane landed “based on standard procedures,” Pentagon spokesm UN warns Colombia over mercury contamination in Atrato River, calls crisis a human rights emergency 10/15/2025 03:26pm • BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The United Nations warned that mercury contamination from illegal gold mining in Colombia’s Atrato River basin has created a “serious and ongoing human rights crisis,” threatening the health and survival of Indigenous and Afro-descendant communities who depend on the UN's World Food Program warns donor cuts are pushing millions more into hunger 10/15/2025 03:17pm • ROME (AP) — The United Nations' food aid agency said Wednesday that severe funding cuts from its top donors are especially hurting its operations in six countries and warned that nearly 14 million people could be forced into emergency levels of hunger. The World Food Program, traditionally the U. Movie Review: Jafar Panahi's 'It Was Just an Accident' is a darkly moving and funny look at revenge 10/15/2025 01:42pm • The mundane act of a car breaking down one night on a road in Iran sets in motion one of the most moving movies of the year in “It Was Just an Accident.” The sputtering car comes to a stop outside a business. The driver comes out and asks those inside for help. He's just trying to get his pregna