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Giant snails and tiny insects threaten the South's rice and crawfish farms 02/06/2026 02:11am • KAPLAN, La. (AP) ��� Josh Courville has harvested crawfish his whole life, but these days, he's finding a less welcome catch in some of the fields he manages in southern Louisiana. Snails. Big ones. For every crawfish Courville dumps out of a trap, three or four snails clang onto the boat���s metal 7 Best Long-Term ETFs to Buy and Hold 02/05/2026 07:00pm • Markets have experienced a choppy start to 2026, with continued chatter about a potential artificial intelligence bubble along with significant volatility in precious metals. However, long-term investors know that financial success is measured in years and decades, not over just a few weeks. Low-cos IVF Loans: Fertility Financing Options, Explained 02/05/2026 07:00pm • On your family-building journey, you may need to consider how to pay for in vitro fertilization and other fertility-related expenses. The good news is that you likely won't be at a loss for IVF financing or financing for other costs, thanks to the wide variety of options in the marketplace. Fertilit Kindergarten readiness varies widely by income, new data shows. Cities are stepping in to help 02/05/2026 10:17am • SAN ANTONIO (AP) ��� Sandra Mosqueda watched with an amused smile as her 2-year-old son, Atreus, began sweeping the floor with a miniature mop. Atreus is part of the inaugural class of infants and toddlers receiving free preschool in a citywide program in San Antonio, Texas. It's something his mothe A pink backpack and an odd phone case are US Speedskating's fantasy football punishments 02/05/2026 08:03am • MILWAUKEE (AP) ��� Fun and goofy off-ice bonding is no guarantee of Olympic success, of course. Still, the U.S. Speedskating team competing at the Milan Cortina Winter Games starting Saturday does see value in the odd-as-can-be plastic foot attached to a phone case and the schoolkid���s pink, heart- Christian McCaffrey wins 2025 Salute to Service award for supporting military veterans 02/04/2026 08:44pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ��� San Francisco 49ers All-Pro running back Christian McCaffrey is the USAA 2025 Salute to Service award winner. McCaffrey beat out Minnesota Vikings running back Aaron Jones and Dallas Cowboys tight end Jake Ferguson to win the award announced on Wednesday. The award recognizes Backyard vegetable gardens are healthy for people and the planet. Here's how to start yours 02/04/2026 09:01am • If you want healthy food, experts say to eat what's local, organic and in-season. Those foods benefit the planet too, because they are less taxing on the soil and they don't travel as far. It doesn't get more local, organic and in-season than a backyard vegetable garden. At this time of year, many b Does Medicare Cover Rare Diseases? 02/03/2026 07:00pm • When you have a rare disease, managing doctor's appointments, prescriptions and care plans is difficult enough -- figuring out what Medicare will (and won't) cover often adds another layer of stress. "In many instances, people who are diagnosed with a rare disease can face special challenges when it House lawmaker raises new concerns over FDA's ultra-fast drug review program 02/03/2026 05:12pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� A Democratic lawmaker raised new concerns about a Food and Drug Administration program designed to drastically shorten the review of certain drugs, including whether senior officials involved in the effort are complying with federal ethics rules. In a letter sent Tuesday, Rep. Ja The Latest: Trump demands ���NO CHANGES��� to House funding bill 02/02/2026 07:34pm • As Republican leadership in the House hopes to begin the process of reopening the government by advancing a funding package on Monday that passed the Senate last week, President Donald Trump urged lawmakers not to oppose the deal. ���We need to get the Government open, and I hope all Republicans and School closures in the Southeast stretch into 2nd week after latest winter storm 02/02/2026 05:31pm • RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) ��� School systems across the Southeast are dealing with weather-related school closures for the second week in a row, leading some to try remote learning while many prepare to add more school days to make up for lost instructional time. A series of winter storms has left tens of From Elon Musk to the former Prince Andrew, a who���s who of powerful people named in Epstein files 02/01/2026 10:12pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� From tech titans to Wall Street power brokers and foreign dignitaries, a who���s who of powerful men make appearances in the huge trove of documents released by the Justice Department in connection with its investigations of Jeffrey Epstein. All have denied having anything to do wi Right-wing influencers target Somali child care centers after viral Minneapolis video 02/01/2026 02:55pm • It all began after a viral video alleging fraud in Somali-run child care centers in Minneapolis: strangers peering through windows, right-wing journalists showing up outside homes, influencers hurling false accusations. In San Diego, child care provider Samsam Khalif was shuttling kids to her home- The ranks of US rabbis grow more diverse, with rising numbers of women and LGBTQ people 02/01/2026 07:45am • Rabbi Laura Geller recalls how of the 30 people in her class at Hebrew Union College, she was the only woman. Ordained in 1976, she would go on to become one of the first women rabbis in the Jewish Reform Movement. Fifty years later, she's proud to have helped break that glass ceiling and pave the w United Nations faces 'imminent financial collapse' without urgent action, UN chief says 01/30/2026 06:04pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) ��� The United Nations chief is warning that the world body faces ���imminent financial collapse��� unless its financial rules are overhauled or all 193 member nations pay their dues ��� a message likely directed at the United States and the billions it owes. Secretary-General An