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Vice President JD Vance and his wife Usha Vance say they are expecting their fourth child 01/20/2026 07:30pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Vice President JD Vance and his wife, second lady Usha Vance, are expecting a son in late July, they announced in a social media post Tuesday. The couple said they were excited to share the news of their fourth child, who will join their other three young kids: Ewan, Vivek and Mi How to Choose a Hospice Provider and Questions to Ask 01/20/2026 07:00pm • As patients near the end of life with a terminal diagnosis, some may decided they will seek medical care only for comfort and not to cure an illness. Care for comfort, rather than a cure is hospice care. What Is Hospice Care?Hospice refers to a structure of medical care designed to keep patients co What to Know Before Gifting a Down Payment 01/20/2026 07:00pm • Giving your child money toward a down payment can help them save money and borrow less when buying a home. This can be especially helpful when they're dealing with soaring home prices and high interest rates. But before you hand over the cash, you should understand the rules and tax implications of The US is on the verge of losing its measles elimination status. Here's why that matters 01/20/2026 05:56pm • It���s been a year since a measles outbreak began in West Texas, and international health authorities say they plan to meet in April to determine if the U.S. has lost its measles-free designation. Experts fear the vaccine-preventable virus has regained a foothold and that the U.S. may soon follow Ca Testimony ends in Uvalde officer's trial over response to 2022 school shooting, case set for jury 01/20/2026 05:38pm • Witness testimony ended Tuesday in the trial of a former Uvalde, Texas, school police officer accused of failing in his duty to stop a gunman in the critical first minutes of the 2022 Robb Elementary School attack, setting up the case to go to the jury. Defense lawyers for Adrian Gonzales rested the A man pleads not guilty to setting fire to Mississippi synagogue 01/20/2026 05:25pm • JACKSON, Miss. (AP) ��� The man accused of setting fire to a Mississippi synagogue pleaded not guilty to a federal arson charge on Tuesday. The fire badly damaged the Beth Israel Congregation, a historic synagogue that was bombed by the Ku Klux Klan in 1967 for the congregation's involvement in the Forecasters warn of a 'potentially catastrophic' storm from Texas to the Carolinas 01/20/2026 04:22pm • ATLANTA (AP) ��� With many Americans still recovering from multiple blasts of snow and unrelenting freezing temperatures in the nation���s northern tier, a new storm is set to emerge this weekend that could coat roads, trees and power lines with devastating ice across a wide expanse of the South. Th Anna Gibson's journey from trail running to ski mountaineering in a few months leads to Olympic spot 01/20/2026 02:15pm • Several months ago, Anna Gibson was mostly an elite trail runner. Like, sponsored-by-a-shoe-company, soon-to-be world bronze medalist sort of elite. A detour to another endeavor was the last thing on her agenda. Until, that is, a persuasive conversation. It was at a trail race in June that her frie Why experts question whether China's one-child policy was necessary in the first place 01/20/2026 12:05pm • BEIJING (AP) ��� China's one-child policy, one of the harshest attempts at population control the world has seen, forced abortions on women, made sterilization widespread and led to baby daughters being sold or even killed, because parents wanted their only child to be a male. Now, experts say, the South African authorities revise death toll in school bus crash to 12 as driver is arrested 01/20/2026 11:21am • JOHANNESBURG (AP) ��� South African authorities on Tuesday revised the death toll in a school bus crash to 12 children and announced the driver had been arrested and would face criminal charges. The privately operated minibus collided head-on with a truck early Monday morning while carrying children Analysis: China's birth-rate struggles underscore its millennia-long effort to manage 'the masses' 01/20/2026 08:29am • BEIJING (AP) ��� From ancient times until today, an enormous population has been a foundational way for China to project its strength. But anxiety about managing so many mouths has always loomed. ���China has a population of 600 million people, and we must never forget this fact,��� Mao Zedong said British leader says ���no option off the table��� as UK considers Australia-style teen social media ban 01/20/2026 07:39am • LONDON (AP) ��� The British government says it will consider banning young teenagers from social media as it tightens laws designed to protect children from harmful content and excessive screen time. The government said it would consult with parents, young people and other interested parties about t Why Fairfax County's school system is taking on its first boundary review in decades 01/20/2026 05:56am • Fairfax County Public Schools has been working on its first comprehensive boundary review in decades, a step school leaders expect will help ease overcrowding in some places and reduce circumstances that lead to kids at the same elementary schools attending different middle and high schools. The Jadin O'Brien's rapid rise is complete. The track star is now a US Olympic bobsledder 01/19/2026 02:41pm • Jadin O'Brien was running track for Notre Dame a year ago. She's now an Olympic bobsledder. O'Brien, who got in a sled for the first time only about three months ago, was one of the six women's bobsledders selected Monday to be part of the U.S. Olympic team that will compete at next month's Milan Co Virginia lawmakers send reproductive rights amendment toward November vote 01/19/2026 08:39am • A proposal allowing mid-decade redistricting of Virginia���s congressional maps that cleared the legislature last week may dominate debate heading into a spring special referendum, but a constitutional amendment on reproductive rights is poised to ignite similar fervor as the November election appro