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Use Storytelling to Make a Med School Application and Interview Stand Out 10/06/2025 08:00pm • A story can make a lasting impression during the medical school admissions process -- but not always a good one if it doesn't show resiliency, self-reflection and gratitude. Sincere self-reflection can help med school hopefuls. Nothing makes a lasting impression the way a story does. A story can ill Trump Proposed Eliminating Social Security Taxes. Here Are the Bills That Could Make It Happen 10/06/2025 08:00pm • While on the campaign trail, President Donald Trump promised to end taxes on Social Security benefits. But you won't find that provision in "The One Big Beautiful Bill" that was signed into law over the summer. While the bill does include a "bonus deduction" for seniors, that isn't tied to Social Se The Latest: National Guard deploys as ICE uses increasingly combative tactics in US cities 10/06/2025 07:51pm • It���s now Day 6 of the shutdown, and the Democratic minority leader has challenged the Republican House speaker to a televised debate on the impasse over reopening the federal government. Mike Johnson dismissed Hakeem Jeffries��� challenge as ���theatrics.��� Mutual trust between President Donald T Trial underway over Angels' alleged role in baseball pitcher Tyler Skaggs' overdose death 10/06/2025 06:34pm • SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) ��� A wrongful-death lawsuit that accuses the Los Angeles Angels of being responsible for the 2019 drug overdose death of one of its star pitchers began Monday. Jury selection was underway in the long-awaited civil trial over whether the Major League Baseball team is responsi CDC stops recommending COVID-19 shots for all, leaves decision to patients 10/06/2025 05:06pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has adopted recommendations by a new group of vaccine advisers, and stopped recommending COVID-19 shots for anyone ��� leaving the choice up to patients. The government health agency on Monday announced it has adopted recommendations m Is federal immigration policy contributing to drop in Fairfax Co. schools enrollment? 10/06/2025 04:06pm • Federal immigration policies may be contributing to a drop in Fairfax County Public Schools' enrollment, Superintendent Michelle Reid said at a recent school board meeting. During a report on this year's opening of schools, Reid said the Northern Virginia district is the ninth-largest in the U.S. The Supreme Court begins a term that will examine Trump's expansive claims of presidential power 10/06/2025 02:10pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Supreme Court on Monday began a new term that will have a sharp focus on President Donald Trump's robust assertion of executive power. Pivotal cases on voting and the rights of LGBTQ people also are on the agenda. On Tuesday, the justices will hear arguments over bans passed Using helicopters and chemical agents, immigration agents become increasingly aggressive in Chicago 10/06/2025 01:30pm • CHICAGO (AP) ��� Storming an apartment complex by helicopter as families slept. Deploying chemical agents near a public school. Handcuffing a Chicago City Council member at a hospital. Activists, residents and leaders say increasingly combative tactics used by federal immigration agents are sparking Daria Kasatkina says she's at 'breaking point' as she ends tennis season early 10/06/2025 04:56am • MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) ��� Russia-born Australian tennis player Daria Kasatkina says she's ending the season early for the sake of her mental wellbeing after hitting ���breaking point��� on tour. The 19th-ranked Kasatkina, a French Open semifinalist in 2022, said Monday she has been left drained Prosecutors appeal for longer sentence for Erin Patterson in mushroom poisoning murders 10/06/2025 03:46am • MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) ��� Australian prosecutors on Monday filed an appeal seeking a longer guaranteed prison term for Erin Patterson, who was sentenced to life for poisoning four of her estranged husband���s relatives with death cap mushrooms but will be eligible for parole after 33 years. Vict 'We have to protect the whole village': Doctors warn parents as RSV season begins 10/05/2025 08:47pm • As cooler weather arrives, so does a rise in seasonal illnesses. One in particular is drawing concern from health experts for its impact on young children. ���RSV peak season is upon us,��� said Dr. Juanita Mora, an allergist, immunologist and National Medical spokesperson for the American Lung A U.S. News Best Children's Hospitals Rankings: A Guide for Parents 10/05/2025 08:00pm • When your child faces a serious medical condition, the search for the best possible health care becomes vital for families. The U.S. News Best Children's Hospitals rankings serve as an important resource in this challenging journey, providing an annual, data-driven assessment of top-tier pediatric f DHS says officers in Chicago fired at driver who ���rammed the law enforcement vehicle��� 10/05/2025 08:00am • (CNN) ��� Federal agents shot at a woman after she rammed a law enforcement vehicle in Chicago, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), amid escalating anti-ICE protests and the Trump administration���s efforts to clamp down on unrest in Democrat-led cities. Officers fired ���defe Kensington Volunteer Fire Department celebrates its 100th anniversary 10/04/2025 10:33pm • Members of the Kensington, Maryland, community gathered outside its town hall Saturday to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Kensington Volunteer Fire Department. The open house featured food trucks, face painting, a moon bounce, a fire truck pull and kids got to be a firefighter for a da New Supreme Court term confronts justices with Trump's aggressive assertion of presidential power 10/04/2025 08:15pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� A monumental Supreme Court term begins Monday with major tests of presidential power on the agenda along with pivotal cases on voting and the rights of LGBTQ people. The court's conservative majority has so far been receptive, at least in preliminary rulings, to many of President