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Joe Burrow���s Bengals miss playoffs for the 3rd straight year 01/05/2026 04:24pm • CINCINNATI (AP) ��� While the Cincinnati Bengals looked as if they were on track to being an AFC powerhouse in 2022, they���re now facing their third straight season outside of the playoffs. The Bengals have kept their core of Joe Burrow, Ja���Marr Chase and Tee Higgins intact. But not much else has Abuse, neglect common in Michigan nursing homes -- and no one is coming to help 01/05/2026 03:33pm • The plea was desperate: Help! Lorena Brown gasped for air on Sept. 12, 2022, turning blue, at the SKLD Muskegon nursing home. Her roommate called for help from a nurse. The response: ���Mind your own business.��� Using a washcloth, the roommate scooped vomit from the 68-year-old���s mouth, begging Push to rein in Virginia FOIA costs heads back to General Assembly 01/05/2026 02:22pm • When state Sen. Danica Roem, D-Manassas, talks about Virginia���s Freedom of Information Act, she often does so from experience ��� both as a former journalist and as a lawmaker who says she has repeatedly seen the law used to discourage public access rather than promote it. Since her first year US-based multinational companies will be exempt from global tax deal 01/05/2026 01:31pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� U.S. multinational corporations will be exempted from paying more corporate taxes overseas in a deal finalized by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. The OECD announced Monday that nearly 150 countries have agreed on the plan, initially crafted in 2021, to After judge's ruling, HHS authorized to resume sharing some Medicaid data with deportation officers 01/05/2026 12:47pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� The nation's health department starting Monday can resume sharing the personal data of certain Medicaid enrollees with deportation officials, according to a federal judge's ruling, in a blow to states that had sued the administration over privacy concerns. But the judge's decision, Here���s what Virginia is doing so far to reduce its SNAP error rate 01/05/2026 06:52am • As 850,000 Virginians (and millions nationwide)��went without food stamps��this fall during the federal government shutdown, the giant reconciliation bill Congress passed this summer set off a timer for states to reduce their error rates in computing the disbursement of funds to recipients. States t Ballots, tax returns and other important mail may not get postmarked the day you turn it in, Postal Service warns 01/05/2026 05:30am • (CNN) ��� If you rely on postmarks when casting your ballot, filing your taxes or paying bills, a new US Postal Service rule makes it clear that you should plan ahead. Postmarks ��� which include a date stamp from the USPS ��� can offer proof that a piece of mail, such as a ballot, was turned in This Vietnamese town boomed as factories left China. Now it���s asking what���s next? 01/05/2026 01:12am • BAC NINH, Vietnam (AP) ��� The transformation of Vietnam's Bac Ninh is evident in the signs above its shops and the spicy Chinese and Korean dishes on its tables. Once known for its rice fields and the love duets of its centuries-old Quan Ho folk songs, the city just north of Hanoi has become one of Does Medicare Cover Hospice? 01/04/2026 07:00pm • If you or a loved one has a terminal illness, it may be time for hospice care, a type of palliative care that focuses on making you as comfortable as possible in your final phase of life. Entering hospice care can seem scary, and navigating both grief and care options can be difficult for many famil What Is the Safest Investment with the Highest Return? 01/04/2026 07:00pm • Even in a bull market, it's wise for retirees to keep money for the next few years in a conservative bucket to preserve their spending power. Those who haven't yet retired may also want to set some money aside for short-term goals, or simply have an allocation with less volatility than stocks. Even What's behind Sunday closures at all but 9 Montgomery County libraries 01/03/2026 08:11am • Most Montgomery County Public Libraries will be closed Sundays moving forward, with the exception of nine regional branches. The change, which goes into effect Jan. 11, isn't based on budgetary concerns, according to Montgomery County Public Libraries Director Darcell Graham. "It's more st Tesla loses title as world's biggest electric vehicle maker as sales fall for second year in a row 01/02/2026 05:12pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Tesla lost its crown as the world���s bestselling electric vehicle maker on Friday as a customer revolt over Elon Musk���s right-wing politics, expiring U.S. tax breaks for buyers and stiff overseas competition pushed sales down for a second year in a row. Tesla said that it del Arlington County Board raises vehicle tow fees by $25 01/02/2026 11:14am • Drivers whose vehicles are towed in Arlington County, Virginia, for parking where they shouldn���t have will pay higher tow rates this year, but not as much as the local tow industry would have liked. In December, the county board approved a new rate structure that raises the fee from $135 to $16 Going out to eat? Expect to pay more for your meal in Fairfax County 01/02/2026 09:25am • Eating out is going to cost you a little more in Fairfax County, Virginia, as a new meals tax went into effect at the start of the new year. According to a posting on the county���s website, ���The new 4% tax applies to prepared meals and beverages sold at restaurants, cafes, bars, food truck Zohran Mamdani promises to govern 'expansively and audaciously' in inaugural speech as NYC mayor 01/01/2026 08:34pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Zohran Mamdani became mayor of New York City on Thursday, taking over one of the most unrelenting jobs in American politics with a promise to transform government on behalf of the city's striving, struggling working class. Mamdani, a Democrat, was sworn in at a decommissioned subwa