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Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 04/20/2023 02:38pm • Here’s a look at how AP’s general news coverage is shaping up for select stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s complete coverage of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, and the rest of the world, visit Coverage Plan at newsroom.ap.org Questions about cov More peril for Trump in pending probes than NY: AP-NORC poll 04/20/2023 12:04pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has emerged largely unscathed politically from his New York indictment. But a new poll suggests that investigations in Georgia and Washington could prove more problematic. Only 4 in 10 U.S. adults believe Trump acted illegally in New York, where he h Republican effort to undo VA abortion rule fails in Senate 04/19/2023 06:50pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate rejected a Republican effort on Wednesday to reverse a Department of Veterans Affairs policy that has expanded some abortion services to veterans, a victory for President Joe Biden and Democrats who say the services are necessary medical care. The vote was one of sever How to ease your kids into estate planning 04/19/2023 10:51am • When parents talk with their kids at the dinner table, estate planning probably doesn’t come up. But considering we aren’t immortal, it should. It’s worth having age-appropriate conversations to introduce children to the idea of estate planning. As children grow older, parents can provide more 8 Indonesian fishermen feared dead, 11 rescued off Australia 04/19/2023 08:13am • CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Eight Indonesian fishermen are feared drowned and another 11 have been rescued after spending almost a week without food or water on a barren island off the northwest Australian coast in the wake of a powerful tropical cyclone, authorities said Wednesday. Two primitive w Montgomery Democrats pick community leader Greg Wims to fill latest vacancy in House of Delegates 04/19/2023 06:02am • W. Gregory Wims was nominated by the Montgomery County Democratic Central Committee on Tuesday to fill a District 39 vacancy in the House of Delegates. (Courtesy Maryland Matters) This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Biden pans McCarthy's debt plan as 'huge cuts' to Americans 04/18/2023 09:27pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy worked furiously Tuesday to build support for a Republican plan that would demand strict limits to federal spending in return for agreeing to raise the nation's debt limit and stave off an unprecedented U.S. default. But President Joe Biden swiftly sw US reporter held by Russia on spying charges denied release 04/18/2023 02:33pm • A Russian judge ruled Tuesday that American journalist Evan Gershkovich must remain behind bars on espionage charges in a case that is part of a crackdown the Kremlin has intensified on dissent and press freedom since invading Ukraine. Appearing in public for the first time in weeks, the 31-year-old Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 04/18/2023 01:12pm • Here’s a look at how AP’s general news coverage is shaping up for select stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s complete coverage of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, and the rest of the world, visit Coverage Plan at newsroom.ap.org Questions about cov Top Kremlin critic convicted of treason, gets 25 years 04/17/2023 11:39pm • A Russian court on Monday convicted top opposition figure Vladimir Kara-Murza Jr. of treason for publicly denouncing Moscow’s war in Ukraine and sentenced him to 25 years in prison as part of the Kremlin’s relentless crackdown on critics of the invasion. The political activist and journalist, wh Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 04/17/2023 01:16pm • Here’s a look at how AP’s general news coverage is shaping up for select stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s complete coverage of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, and the rest of the world, visit Coverage Plan at newsroom.ap.org Questions about cov What to Know About Continuing Care Retirement Communities 04/12/2023 08:00pm • America has an aging population, and as such, more and more people are considering options for where and how they'll live after retirement. Overall, 70% of people currently age 65 or older will need some kind of long-term care according to the federal government. Sorting through the myriad choices f A Patient's Guide to Mental Health 04/11/2023 08:00pm • We often think of mental health as something controlled by the brain. But it actually depends on a delicate balance of brain chemistry, physical health, life stressors, genetics and experiences. "Our experiences and physical health can change the brain, its structure and neuroconnections. It's like Determining When Memory Care Is Necessary 04/04/2023 08:00pm • Say your aging mom, who's living with dementia, has always been conscientious about opening her mail and paying her bills. You and other family members check on her regularly to see if she's OK. Yet, over time, you notice she's letting her mail accumulate unopened and forgetting to make her payments Md. lawmakers rush emergency bill to increase oversight of troubled veterans home 03/24/2023 08:38pm • Gov. Wes Moore on the steps of Government House with members of the Veterans Caucus following a breakfast meeting that included a discussion of the troubled Charlotte Hall Veterans Home. Photo by Bryan P. Sears. This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland