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6 Tips for Aging Alone 10/29/2025 08:00pm • Whether it's a widow or widower remaining on their own, a childless and single older adult who relishes independence or a rural resident embracing solitude, the term "solo ager" is used to describe an individual who lives without a partner or other relatives. These adults are also particularly commo What's New on the 2026-2027 FAFSA 10/29/2025 08:00pm • After several cycles of delayed releases and technical issues, many financial aid experts say they think families will have a smoother experience filling out the 2026-2027 FAFSA, which is now open. "Students and parents alike are reporting that completing the FAFSA this year is faster and easier tha How Do You Insure Funds More Than the FDIC Limit? 10/29/2025 08:00pm • Deposit accounts are one of the most common tools used in day-to-day personal banking. There are two government agencies responsible for protecting the money in these accounts. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. insures deposits at most banks, while the National Credit Union Administration insures Dodgers' 18-inning victory averages 11.31M viewers in US, falls short of "Monday Night Football" 10/29/2025 07:53pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Monday night's 18-inning marathon between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays in Game 3 of the World Series averaged 11.31 million viewers in the U.S. according to Nielsen, Fox and MLB. That is a 17% decline from the audience of last year's third game between the Dodgers DC residents say police department is still cooperating with ICE, violating human rights�� 10/29/2025 07:01pm • Dozens of District residents spoke out at a public hearing before the D.C. Council on Wednesday about what they described as a continued collaboration between the city's police department and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. The neighbors told D.C. Council member Brianne Nadeau, w Google's corporate parent posts first-ever quarter with $100B in revenue in latest show of its power 10/29/2025 06:31pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ��� Google���s corporate parent on Wednesday announced its first-ever quarter with more than $100 billion in revenue, a milestone that illustrates the unwavering power of its internet empire amid legal and competitive threats. The news of Alphabet Inc.���s accelerating growth in r Anxiety over global warming is leading some young Americans to say they don't want children 10/29/2025 05:20pm • Amanda Porretto isn't sure she'll ever have children. At 27, she is the average age of new mothers in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. She's feeling the pressure as an only child. Her father wants to be a grandfather and her mother, before she died, alw Fairfax Co. dad overseeing renovation of elementary school he once attended 10/29/2025 05:15pm • When Jordan Short started working with Fairfax County Public Schools in 2021, he noticed Armstrong Elementary School was in the queue to be renovated. Short grew up near and attended the Reston, Virginia, school, but at that point, the project was in the design phase. He wasn���t assigned to the A man who spent 43 years in prison before his conviction was overturned now faces deportation 10/29/2025 04:19pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) ��� After waiting more than four decades to clear his name in a friend���s 1980 killing, Subramanyam Vedam was set to walk free from a Pennsylvania prison this month. A judge in August threw out a murder conviction against Vedam in the death of Thomas Kinser, finding new ballistics How to keep your kid out of the emergency room on Halloween night 10/29/2025 02:21pm • Friday is Halloween, and a D.C. emergency room physician said several factors could make this year's holiday particularly dangerous. "It's Friday night, it's cold and wet, nobody has school or work the next day, so everybody's going to stay out a little later," said Dr. Miriam Fischer, senior att Dictionary.com picks a 'nonsensical and playfully absurd' word of the year 10/29/2025 01:39pm • ▶ Watch Video: Word of the year for 2025 is "67," Dictionary.com announces Sorry, parents and teachers of middle schoolers: your days of hearing "67" shouted randomly are far from over.Dictionary.com on Wednesday announced it has chosen "67" — pronou From India to Pakistan and the global diaspora, South Asian sounds make an impact worldwide 10/29/2025 11:58am • Arooj Aftab became the first Pakistani Grammy winner when she took home the global music performance award for her song ���Mohabbat��� in 2022. A year later, actor and singer Diljit Dosanjh stepped onto the smoke-filled stage of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Southern California, b Virginia SNAP substitute to roll out weekly through November 10/29/2025 11:18am • Virginia���s budget surplus will fund a state-level replacement for the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program should the federal government shutdown continue into November, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Tuesday. Dubbed Virginia Emergency Nutrition Assistance, or VENA, the newly-create Uber plans to offer autonomous taxi rides in San Francisco starting next year 10/29/2025 10:49am • Uber said Wednesday that the San Francisco Bay Area will be the first market for its specially built autonomous taxi, which is expected to launch in late 2026. The San Francisco ride-hailing company said in July it was developing a robotaxi with the electric car company Lucid and the self-driving te 'Digital masculinity' bombarding teen boys with content, stereotypes of 'what it means to be a man' 10/29/2025 10:31am • It's always been a challenging task, helping teenage boys develop into well-rounded young men ��� the new trend of social media-fueled "digital masculinity" is complicating that transition even more. "The adolescent years are a period where you are trying to get a good sense of self," said Dr. Mu