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Curricular Practical Training: What International College Students Should Know 10/09/2024 08:00pm • Curricular Practical Training, or CPT, gives international students in the U.S. an opportunity to gain work experience directly related to their studies. For those who hope to gain work experience while studying in the U.S., it's important to have a solid understanding of this training option. Vaish Israeli defense minister warns an attack on Iran would be 'lethal' and 'surprising' 10/09/2024 05:40pm • JERUSALEM (AP) ��� Israel's defense minister warned on Wednesday that his country's retaliation for a recent Iranian missile attack will be ���lethal��� and ���surprising,��� while the Israeli military pushed ahead with a large-scale operation in northern Gaza and a ground offensive in Lebanon again Bakery that makes Sara Lee and Entenmann's pushes back on FDA sesame warning 10/09/2024 01:26pm • A top U.S. commercial bakery is pushing back on a Food and Drug Administration warning to stop using labels that say its products contain sesame ��� a potentially dangerous allergen ��� when they don't. Bimbo Bakeries USA, which includes brands such as Sara Lee, Entenmann's and Ball Park buns and r Social Security's scheduled cost of living increase 'won't make a dent' for some retirees 10/09/2024 12:38pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Sherri Myers, an 82-year-old resident of Pensacola City, Florida, says the Social Security cost-of-living increase she'll receive in January ���won't make a dent��� in helping her meet her day-to-day expenses. ���Inflation has eaten up my savings," she said. ���I don���t have an Feeling stressed about the election? Here's what some are doing and what they say you can do too 10/09/2024 11:36am • If the high stakes presidential election is causing troublesome thoughts, existential dread or rifts with loved ones, there���s no need to white knuckle through it. Take a deep breath. Literally. Meditation and mindfulness teacher Rosie Acosta says focusing on each inhale and exhale can help regain Editorial Roundup: United States 10/09/2024 10:57am • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Oct. 6 The Washington Post on Hurricane Helene, FEMA and misinformation An underwater arts district. Health-care workers and patients stranded on hospital rooftops. Isolated residents pointing mirrors at the sky to catch rescue hel Hezbollah steps up rocket fire as Israel sends more troops into Lebanon 10/08/2024 10:38pm • BEIRUT (AP) ��� Hezbollah fired another barrage of rockets into Israel on Tuesday, and the militant group���s acting leader vowed to keep up pressure that has forced tens of thousands of Israelis from their homes near the Lebanese border. The Israeli military said it sent more ground troops into sou Middle East latest: Netanyahu says Israel has killed the successor to the head of Hezbollah 10/08/2024 07:45pm • Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that Israel has killed the successor to the head of Hezbollah while the militant group's acting leader promised more fighting in southern Lebanon. Hezbollah���s overall leader, Hassan Nasrallah, and several of his top commanders were killed in recent w Democrats hope the latest court rulings restricting abortion energize voters as election nears 10/08/2024 06:09pm • CHICAGO (AP) ��� Two court rulings this week have delivered major blows to reproductive rights in Texas and Georgia but, during a crucial time in the election cycle, Democrats are seizing on them in an attempt to energize voters who support abortion access. Advocates hope the rulings will serve as r How AP VoteCast works, and how it's different from an exit poll 10/08/2024 03:14pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� When it comes to understanding elections, it's not just about who won and lost. To explain what really happened, it's important to understand who voted and how, what they cared about and how they felt about important issues facing the country. At The Associated Press, AP VoteCast What polling shows about Black voters' views of Harris and Trump 10/08/2024 07:47am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Black registered voters have an overwhelmingly positive���view of Vice President Kamala Harris, but they���re less sure that she would change the country for the better, according to a recent poll from the ��� AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. The poll, which was conduc Middle East latest: Palestinian militants in Gaza fire rockets into Israel as it marks Oct. 7 10/07/2024 11:40pm • Palestinian militants in Gaza fired a barrage of rockets into Israel on Monday as mourners marked the anniversary of the Oct. 7 attack, without disrupting a nearby ceremony. The fighting on the anniversary underscored militants��� resilience in the face of a devastating Israeli offensive in Gaza th Maryland's 6th District candidate forum erupts in anger 10/07/2024 10:45pm • For 57 minutes Sunday, the first candidate forum in Maryland���s most competitive U.S. House district was fairly staid and civil, with Democrat April McClain Delaney and Republican Neil C. Parrott sticking to their well-rehearsed talking points and mild partisan attack lines. But the final three Gaza is in ruins after Israel's yearlong offensive. Rebuilding may take decades 10/07/2024 09:54am • The Gaza Strip is in ruins. There are hills of rubble where apartment blocks stood, and pools of sewage-tainted water spreading disease. City streets have been churned into dirt canyons and, in many places, the air is filled with the stench of unrecovered corpses. Israel���s yearlong offensive again Takeaways from AP's report on the destruction in Gaza a year into the war 10/07/2024 01:51am • Israel's yearlong offensive against Hamas, launched in response to the militant group's Oct. 7 attack into Israel, has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians and caused staggering destruction across the Gaza Strip that could take decades to rebuild. Hundreds of thousands of people are crammed into