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Maryland man spends 12 years of retirement as EMT 08/26/2025 02:31pm • He's responded to crashes and emergency calls in Bethesda, Maryland, over the past decade. At 76 years old, Ed Levien was one of the oldest emergency medical technicians in Maryland, spending more than a decade during his retirement to save lives. “I think that it's fine for anyone to retire fr Pirro doubles down on crime stats, while DC leaders want 'false narrative' to end 08/26/2025 02:29pm • As President Donald Trump's federal law enforcement surge in D.C. continues, new numbers show more than 1,000 arrests have been made in the first two weeks. More than 300 people have been arrested on immigration-related charges. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro, who is D.C.'s top prosecutor, is A new 'Toxic Avenger' emerges from the ooze 08/26/2025 02:19pm • SAN DIEGO (AP) — “The Toxic Avenger” got stuck in the sludge. Director Macon Blair's reboot of the classic 1980s cult superhero franchise from Troma Entertainment was shot four years ago and had its festival premiere two years ago, but for a long time, no theatrical distributors would bite. It Startup women’s leagues on the rise, fueled by popularity of women's sports. But will they last? 08/26/2025 09:59am • When Justine Siegal and Keith Stein envisioned the United States' first professional women's baseball league in 70 years, they wanted to do it right. So they examined the blueprints of successful women's leagues and studied the pitfalls that caused promising ventures to fail. Their research helped s Pregnancy has become a nightmare for many women in Nigeria's conflict-hit north 08/26/2025 03:27am • KONDUGA, Nigeria (AP) — Aisha Muhammed was in the third trimester of her pregnancy when she had the convulsions and high blood pressure of eclampsia, a leading cause of maternal death. Her village's only health clinic had no doctor, and the only medical help was 40 kilometers (25 miles) away in on Firefighters and weather are stabilizing Oregon wildfire. Flames so far spare California wineries 08/26/2025 02:28am • A wildfire that destroyed four homes in central Oregon was starting to stabilize on Monday, authorities said, while a blaze in Northern California wine country has so far spared some of the state's most famous vineyards. Moisture helped the 1,200 firefighters battling Oregon's Flat Fire, but more w The Latest: Trump fires Federal Reserve board member Lisa Cook amid mortgage fraud allegations 08/25/2025 09:19pm • President Donald Trump says he’s firing Lisa Cook, a member of the Federal Reserve’s board of governors, amid mortgage fraud allegations, opening a new front in the fight over America’s central bank. The president’s announcement came Monday night, days after Cook said she wouldn’t leave he Israel strikes a Gaza hospital twice, killing at least 20, including journalists and rescuers 08/25/2025 09:05pm • DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel struck one of the main hospitals in the Gaza Strip on Monday and then hit the facility again as journalists and rescue workers rushed to the scene, killing at least 20 people and wounding scores more, local health workers said. It was among the deadliest of What one expert says makes the deployment of the National Guard into DC different from other deployments 08/25/2025 09:01pm • The federal law enforcement surge in D.C. continues, and with new executive orders, President Donald Trump may be indicating that the deployment to fight crime could remain in the nation’s capital and soon stretch into other American cities. The White House declared a crime emergency in D.C. du After Trump and Congress spending cuts, public media stations wait on money for emergency alerts 08/25/2025 08:21pm • Warning: This may be an actual emergency — as far as emergencies about emergencies go, at least. The recently defunded nonprofit corporation that distributed federal money to public media stations across the United States is warning of another casualty when it shuts down next month: the resilience 9 Best Growth Stocks for the Next 10 Years 08/25/2025 08:00pm • Ten years can be an eternity when it comes to investing. But with a bit of research and a bit of perspective, it's possible to find stocks that will succeed for decades to come. Investors can do this by looking beyond the day-to-day and into long-term megatrends that are very likely to persist, and Duty Free: Is It a Good Deal? 08/25/2025 08:00pm • When you're traveling internationally, duty-free shops may beckon. These brightly lit, beautifully displayed retailers are stocked with all kinds of things you may want to bring home. It's a big business, too. According to a 2025 Coherent Market Insights report, the duty-free retailing market is est Questions to Ask Your College Premedical Adviser Before Graduation 08/25/2025 08:00pm • If you plan to attend or are considering medical school, a college premedical adviser can help guide you through aspects of the admissions process such as MCAT preparation, course selection and clinical or research opportunities. Prehealth advisers "provide access to a detailed collection of academi Philadelphia's mass transit cuts foreshadow possible similar moves by other agencies across US 08/25/2025 06:25pm • HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Commuters and students in Philadelphia woke up earlier than usual on Monday to navigate service reductions that the region's public transit agency has called more drastic than any undertaken by a major transit agency in the United States. The cuts took effect as the school y AP freelancer among 5 journalists killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza hospital, health officials say 08/25/2025 05:24pm • DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli strikes on a hospital in southern Gaza killed five journalists Monday, according to health officials, including one who days earlier had reported for The Associated Press on children being treated for starvation at the same facility. Mariam Dagga, 33, a vis