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Trump says he is open to restrictions on contraception before backing away from the statement 05/21/2024 08:36pm • Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he was open to supporting regulations on contraception and that his campaign would release a policy on the issue “very shortly,” comments that he later said were misinterpreted. The comments, made during an interview with a Pittsburgh television s 'Not acceptable': DC attorney general seeks overhaul of agency tasked with rehabilitating youth offenders 05/21/2024 08:18pm • The vast majority of young people committed to D.C.'s Department of Youth Rehabilitative Services end up getting arrested again, according to a 2022 study of the juvenile justice system in the District. Attorney General Brian Schwalb rolled out legislation Tuesday aiming to change that. It's c Nicaraguan police are monitoring the brother of President Daniel Ortega 05/21/2024 08:16pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) — Nicaragua’s National Police appeared to confirm Tuesday that retired Gen. Humberto Ortega, brother of President Daniel Ortega, has been under guard since local media reports emerged two days earlier that police had surrounded his home. The police said in a statement that the H Having the Conversation With a Loved One About Senior Living 05/21/2024 08:00pm • When an older loved one begins having difficulty completing the tasks of daily living -- laundry, driving, shopping, managing a household and just plain looking after themselves -- it's time to talk about what happens next. But these conversations can be awkward and uncomfortable. It's not uncommon 15 Low-Stress Jobs 05/21/2024 08:00pm • Work can be stressful, but some jobs offer work-life balance, less emotional stress and solid paychecks.Find out whether your job is among the most low-stress careers, according to experts, and how it compares with other low-stress careers from U.S. News' 100 Best Jobs ranking. Many of these positio Considering a Crowdfunding Campaign? Know the Pros and Cons 05/21/2024 08:00pm • You need money. It might be to pay for unreimbursed medical expenses, help someone in need, get a special project off the ground or secure capital for your startup. Rather than asking relatives and friends directly for contributions or turning to traditional lenders, you may decide to use a crowdfun New cars in California could alert drivers for breaking the speed limit 05/21/2024 07:45pm • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California could eventually join the European Union in requiring all new cars to alert drivers when they break the speed limit, a proposal aimed at reducing traffic deaths that would likely impact motorists across the country should it become law. The federal government s A Minnesota city will rewrite an anti-crime law seen as harming mentally ill residents 05/21/2024 06:28pm • A Minnesota city has agreed not to disclose private medical information about renters with mental health issues and to pay $175,000 to resolve a complaint from the federal government that the city discriminated against mentally ill residents in enforcing an anti-crime law. The U.S. Department of Jus West Virginia lawmakers approve funding to support students due to FAFSA delays 05/21/2024 06:04pm • CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia students struggling to figure out how to pay for college in one of the nation's poorest states after the botched rollout of a new federal student aid application could get help under a bill headed to Gov. Jim Justice. State lawmakers approved $83 million for Driver of pickup that collided with farmworker bus in Florida, killing 8, is arrested on DUI charges 05/21/2024 03:49pm • OCALA, Fla. (AP) — The Florida Highway Patrol has arrested the driver of a pickup truck that crashed into a farmworker bus early Tuesday, killing eight, on charges of driving under the influence-manslaughter. Bryan Maclean Howard, 41, faces eight counts of DUI-Manslaughter, the FHP said in a stat Tennessee is the latest state to mandate automatic defibrillators at high schools 05/21/2024 03:12pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell joined Gov. Bill Lee on Tuesday to celebrate Tennessee's new law requiring all high schools to keep an automated external defibrillator available during classes, athletic practices and games. Lee signed the legislation earlier this year, but Woman found living in Michigan store sign told police it was a little-known 'safe spot' 05/21/2024 02:52pm • MIDLAND, Mich. (AP) — A woman who was living inside a sign on the roof of a Michigan grocery store told police it was an “old safe spot” known to her family, though she didn't explain why she chose to stay there for a year, according to video of the encounter. The 34-year-old woman, whose name Maryland vehicle registration costs set to go up July 1 05/21/2024 02:48pm • Maryland motorists will have to dig a little deeper after July 1 when they renew their vehicle registrations. The cost of registering a passenger vehicle will increase 60-75% under new rates that take effect on July 1. The new fees, passed as part of a budget compromise between the House and Sena Catholic diocesan hermit approved by Kentucky bishop comes out as transgender 05/21/2024 02:47pm • (RNS) — Diocesan hermits by nature don’t get much attention. A small subset of religious persons, hermits mostly spend their lives engaged in quiet prayer. Brother Christian Matson, a Catholic diocesan hermit in Kentucky, has spent years doing just that. His monk’s habit might catch his neighb Biden releasing 1 million barrels of gasoline from Northeast reserve in bid to lower prices at pump 05/21/2024 02:36pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration said Tuesday it is releasing 1 million barrels of gasoline from a Northeast reserve established after Superstorm Sandy in a bid to lower prices at the pump this summer. The sale, from storage sites in New Jersey and Maine, will be allocated in increments