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12 Documents to Prepare Now for Your Heirs 10/16/2024 08:00pm • No one likes to think about death and end-of-life arrangements. However, being prepared for the inevitable is not only a smart thing to do, it's also a kind thing to do for loved ones. Failing to put your paperwork in order means family or friends will have to rely on the probate court to determine When Medicare Stops Paying for Nursing Homes 10/16/2024 08:00pm • While Medicare does not cover long-term nursing home stays, the federal agency provides limited coveragefor short-term support in skilled nursing care facilities. These facilities specialize in providing short-term care and rehabilitation for people who are recovering from illness, injury or surgery Father of Georgia school shooter knew of son’s deteriorating state, say investigators, who found notebook with disturbing drawings 10/16/2024 07:45pm • (CNN) — Colin Gray, the father of the teenager accused of killing four people at a Georgia high school, knew of his son’s deteriorating mental state and his fascination with campus shootings, investigators testified Wednesday during a hearing that elicited troubling new details of what led up to How to talk to your kids about the upcoming election 10/16/2024 06:25pm • For some, it might be uncomfortable talking to kids about the realities of American politics. For others, it could be a common occurrence in their household. Either way, a local expert in adolescents recommends having the conversation regardless. Staying informed as a family and emphasizing the r What to know about shaken baby syndrome as a Texas man could be first in US executed over it 10/16/2024 06:01pm • HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas man this week could become the first person executed in the U.S. for a murder conviction tied to the diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome. The Texas Board of Parole on Wednesday voted 6-0 against recommending clemency for Robert Roberson, who is scheduled to receive a lethal in Liam Payne, former One Direction member, dies after hotel balcony fall 10/16/2024 05:37pm • (CNN) — Liam Payne, a former member of the boyband One Direction, has died after falling from the third floor of a hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina, according to local police. Payne, who was 31, leaves behind his seven-year-old son, Bear.Police said they discovered Payne’s body after emergen Dolphins' Tyreek Hill expresses confidence in a turnaround despite lack of production this season 10/16/2024 05:27pm • MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Tyreek Hill’s receiving numbers are way down. The NFL’s 2023 receiving yards leader has caught 23 passes for 286 yards in five games for the Miami Dolphins, which is less than half of what he had in his first five games last season (651). The lack of production can b Prosecutors say father of Georgia shooting suspect knew son was obsessed with school shooters 10/16/2024 05:16pm • WINDER, Ga. (AP) — The father of a teenager accused of a deadly high school shooting in Georgia was aware that his son was obsessed with school shooters and even had a shrine above his home computer for the gunman in the 2018 massacre in Parkland, Florida, prosecutors said at a Wednesday court hea Editorial Roundup: United States 10/16/2024 04:32pm • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Oct. 11 The Washington Post on AI's impact on chemistry, biomedicine One of this year’s Nobel Prize winners in physics, Geoffrey Hinton, who pioneered work on the neural networks that undergird artificial intelligence, has warned Man gets a 45-year prison sentence in the fentanyl death of a toddler at a NYC daycare 10/16/2024 04:05pm • NEW YORK (AP) — A man who hid a stash of fentanyl beneath the floorboards of a Bronx daycare center was sentenced to 45 years in prison Wednesday in connection with a toddler's fatal opioid overdose. Felix Herrera-Garcia previously pleaded guilty to drug charges and causing bodily harm after the d Italy expands its ban on surrogacy to overseas as critics say it targets same-sex couples 10/16/2024 03:08pm • ROME (AP) — Italy on Wednesday criminalized citizens who go abroad to have children through surrogacy, a measure slammed by opponents as “medieval" and discriminatory to same-sex couples. The measure extending a surrogacy ban in place since 2004 was promoted by Premier Giorgia Meloni's far-right The pandas have landed! Here's what you need to know 10/16/2024 02:12pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington's newest power couple, Bao Li and Qing Bao, are settling into their new home at the National Zoo. The giant pandas will remain off-limits through early next year, when the zoo will unveil its newly renovated panda house to the public. When can we see them? Not for a w Death at Arlington Co. jail prompts federal lawsuit 10/16/2024 01:24pm • The death of an inmate at the jail in Arlington County, Virginia, has led to a lawsuit filed in federal court by the inmate's parents. Paul Thompson was found dead in his cell in February 2022. The lawsuit, filed against health care providers at the jail, seeks "actual damages and punitive dam In the heartland of Mexico's Sinaloa cartel, the old ways have changed and violence rages 10/16/2024 01:00pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) — Cellphone chats have become death sentences in the continuing, bloody factional war inside Mexico's Sinaloa drug cartel. Cartel gunmen stop youths on the street or in their cars and demand their phones. If they find a contact who’s a member of a rival faction, a chat with a wr Many schools are still closed weeks after Hurricane Helene. Teachers worry about long-term impact 10/16/2024 11:25am • Tens of thousands of students in the Southeast are dealing with school disruptions after Hurricane Helene wreaked havoc so severe — on homes, campuses and municipal power and water systems — that some districts have no idea when they will reopen. While virtual learning helped during the COVID-19