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For decades, states have taken foster children's federal benefits. That's starting to change
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - States have for decades been using foster children's federal Social Security benefits to help cover the costs of state services. The practice has saved states millions of dollars. But that's beginning to change in some states under pressure from child advocates who contend it is immoral and d...
May 18, 2024
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US intelligence suggests American who vanished in Syria in 2017 has died, daughter says she was told
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. officials have developed highly credible intelligence suggesting that an American citizen who disappeared seven years ago while traveling in Syria has died. That word comes from the man's daughter. Maryam Kamalmaz said in an interview Saturday (May 18, 2024) with The Associated Press that during ...
May 18, 2024
last pandas at any US zoo are expected to leave Atlanta for China this fall
MAY 17, 2024: ATLANTA (AP) - The last U.S. zoo with pandas in its care expects to say goodbye to the four giant bears this fall. Zoo Atlanta is making preparations to return panda parents Lun Lun and Yang Yang to China along with their American-born twins Ya Lun and Xi Lun, zoo officials said Friday (May 17, 2024). The...
May 18, 2024
Less alcohol, or none at all, is one path to better health
UNDATED (AP)-Moderate drinking was once thought to have benefits for the heart. But better research methods have thrown cold water on that idea. A growing number of public health experts say if you choose to drink alcohol, you should drink as little as possible. Guidelines vary from country to country but the overall t...
May 18, 2024
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Bob Ross' legacy lives on in new 'The Joy of Painting' series
UNDATED (AP)- When Bob Ross died of complications from cancer in 1995, he had completed about half of the paintings he planned to teach from in a 32 season of "The Joy of Painting." In the new series "The Joy of Painting with Nicholas Hankins: Bob Ross' Unfinished Season," a certified Bob Ross instr...
May 18, 2024
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Pay your bills, not impersonators
If you're paying a medical, utility, or other bill online, you probably expect to wind up on the company's website. What might you not expect? An impersonator tricking you into paying them instead. But that's what the FTC says a company called Doxo did. Here's what you need to know. According to the FTC, Doxo pretended...
May 17, 2024
Judge considers dismissing indictment against Alec Baldwin in fatal shooting of cinematographer
MAY 17, 2024: SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - A New Mexico judge is considering whether to dismiss a grand jury indictment against actor Alec Baldwin in the fatal shooting on the set of the Western movie "Rust." There's a virtual court hearing Friday (May 17, 2024) on the motion to dismiss the case. Defense attorneys f...
May 17, 2024
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Man convicted of attacking ex-Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband with a hammer sentenced to 30 years
MAY 17, 2024: SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The man convicted of attempting to kidnap then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and attacking her husband with a hammer has been sentenced to 30 years in prison. A federal judge handed down the sentenced for 44-year-old David DePape on Friday (May 17, 2024). Prosecutors had asked for a 40-y...
May 17, 2024
Hundreds pack funeral for Roger Fortson, the Black airman killed in his home by a Florida deputy
MAY 17, 2024: STONECREST, Ga. (AP) - Hundreds of Air Force members in dress blues have joined Roger Fortson's family, friends and others at a suburban Atlanta megachurch to pay their final respects to the Black senior airman, who was shot and killed in his Florida home earlier this month by a sheriff's deputy. People l...
May 17, 2024
Reported sex assaults in the US military have dropped. That reverses what had been a growing problem
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. officials say the number of reported sexual assaults across the military decreased last year. A confidential survey also found a 19% drop in the number of service members who said they had experienced some type of unwanted sexual contact. Both are dramatic reversals of what has been a growing pro...
May 16, 2024