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How Senior Living Fosters Strong Family Connections 10/19/2025 08:00pm • For octogenarian Ed Bollinger, moving with his wife to Oak Crest, a senior living community in Maryland, became a family affair. "My oldest sibling spent the last five years living by herself in Massachusetts, and her son convinced her to come to live here," he says. "We eat together on Saturday and How Americans are feeling about their chances on the job market, according to an AP-NORC poll 10/19/2025 01:44pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans are growing increasingly concerned about their ability to find a good job under President Donald Trump, an Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll finds, in what is a potential warning sign for Republicans as a promised economic boom has given way Shutdown impact: What it means for workers, federal programs and the economy 10/18/2025 01:30pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government shutdown is quickly approaching the second longest on record with no end in sight. Some lawmakers are predicting it could become the longest, surpassing the 35 days from President Donald Trump's first term. The Trump administration is using the current s UK sees lessons from Northern Ireland that could aid the fragile Gaza ceasefire process 10/18/2025 12:01am • LONDON (AP) — As Israelis and Palestinians wait anxiously to see what comes after a ceasefire in the two-year war in Gaza, the experience of the Northern Ireland peace process in the 1990s may offer lessons in the thorny process of moving from seemingly intractable conflict to enduring peace. Two Daily struggles persist in Gaza even as ceasefire offers some respite 10/17/2025 03:45pm • DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Bassil Naggar can finally sleep without getting jolted awake by the sounds of Israeli airstrikes. For Naggar and his displaced family, and for many in Gaza facing similar challenges, the ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war has provided a much-needed respite from a tw How Trump's approval shifted after the ceasefire in Gaza, according to a new AP-NORC poll 10/17/2025 03:28pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — More U.S. adults support President Donald Trump's handling of the conflict in Israel after he brokered a ceasefire deal in Gaza, a new AP-NORC poll finds — but his approval ratings on domestic issues remain weak. The survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affa Gaza awaits the reopening of the Rafah border crossing, its link to the outside world 10/17/2025 02:02pm • CAIRO (AP) — Palestinians and aid workers are eagerly awaiting the reopening of the Rafah border crossing, which is the Gaza Strip’s lifeline for food and other aid and its only gateway to the outside world that wasn't controlled by Israel before the war. The crossing between Gaza and Egypt will The Latest: Indicted ex-Trump adviser John Bolton accused of sharing 1K+ docs on government info 10/16/2025 08:22pm • Former Trump administration national security adviser John Bolton was charged Thursday with 18 counts of retention and transmission of national defense information, according to unsealed court documents. Bolton is accused of sharing more than 1,000 pages of information about government activities wi California mpox cases raise concerns. But health officials say the risk remains low 10/16/2025 07:08pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Two Californians diagnosed with mpox may be the first U.S. cases resulting from the local spread of a different version of the virus, health officials said. The Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services this week confirmed the first case through testing at a state lab. Lo Who's winning the blame game over the shutdown? Here's what a new AP-NORC poll shows 10/16/2025 11:35am • WASHINGTON (AP) — As the government shutdown drags on with no end in sight, a new AP-NORC poll finds that most Americans see it as a significant problem — and all of the major players are being blamed. Roughly 6 in 10 Americans say President Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress have “a gr Ex-Angels official says employee convicted of pitcher's fatal overdose struggled with mental health 10/15/2025 06:44pm • SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A former Los Angeles Angels official testified Wednesday that a team employee convicted of providing drugs that led to the death of one of the team's star pitchers was good at his job but had some behavioral issues and had been taking prescription medication to deal with d The Latest: Israel receives remains of 2 more hostages 10/15/2025 05:14pm • Israel received the remains of two more hostages Wednesday, hours after the Israeli military said that one of the bodies previously turned over was not that of a hostage. The remains were transferred by the Red Cross from Hamas. After the two coffins arrived in Israel, the military in a statement c The Latest: Trump awards Charlie Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom 10/14/2025 09:00pm • President Donald Trump awarded the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, posthumously to Charlie Kirk on Tuesday. Kirk was an activist who inspired a generation of young conservatives and helped push the nation’s politics further to the right; he was killed last mon After hostages and prisoners are freed, complex issues remain for Israel-Hamas ceasefire 10/13/2025 09:43pm • JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel and Hamas moved ahead on a key first step of the tenuous Gaza ceasefire agreement on Monday by freeing hostages and prisoners, raising hopes that the U.S.-brokered deal might lead to a permanent end to the two-year war that ravaged the Palestinian territory. But thornier is Father running Marine Corps Marathon to remember late son 10/13/2025 04:16am • The 50th Marine Corps Marathon is less than a month away, and here at WTOP we are highlighting some of the inspiring people that are running to that start line and what brought them there. One father is running the People’s Marathon as a Blue Mile Runner. It will be his first time running the s