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Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA) questions Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin during a hearing of the Congressional Oversight Commission on December 10, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. (Sarah Silbiger/POOL/AFP via Getty Images/TNS)

Lawmakers, Regulators Seek Long-Term Care Insurance Solutions

WASHINGTON — The long-term care insurance industry is foundering, and attempts to address the issue have flummoxed lawmakers and regulators. Long-term care insurance covers assisted living … more

Justin Papp / CQ-Roll Call (TNS) | 4/27/22

The SpaceX Falcon 9 lifts off from Launch Complex 39-A at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, carrying the Crew-4 astronauts on a NASA mission to the International Space Station, Wednesday, April 27, 2022. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel/TNS)

New SpaceX Dragon Launches From Kennedy Space Center Taking Crew-4 to the ISS

ORLANDO, Fla. — A brand new SpaceX Crew Dragon lifted off from Kennedy Space Center taking another four astronauts to the International Space Station on an early morning launch Wednesday. … more

Richard Tribou / Orlando Sentinel (TNS) | 4/27/22

Congress Members Tiptoeing Into Crypto Raise Conflict Concerns

As efforts to regulate the rapidly-growing cryptocurrency market increase, some observers are raising concern about the rising number of U.S. lawmakers beginning to dabble in digital assets. … more

Akayla Gardner / Bloomberg News (TNS) | 4/27/22

An image from an electron microscope shows SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. (NIAID-RML/Zuma Press/TNS)

More Than Half of Americans Show Signs of Prior COVID Infection

Well over half the U.S. population has been infected with the coronavirus at some point, according to a nationwide study of blood samples, the latest evidence of COVID-19’s far-reaching impact. … more

Drew Armstrong / Bloomberg News (TNS) | 4/26/22

A resident whose apartment got destroyed as a result of a missile strike on a residential building, looks at the work of the rescue team on April 25, 2022, in Odessa, Ukraine. Ukrainian forces, as well as civilian Odessans, remain on guard against a potential Russian advance on this historic port city, whose capture could help give Russia control of Ukraine's southern coast. But given Russia's setbacks in this two-month-long war, including the sinking of its Black Sea Fleet's flagship Moskva, analysts regard a full-scale attack on Odessa to be unlikely. (Anastasia Vlasova/Getty Images/TNS)

Russia ‘Failing’ in Ukraine War, Blinken Says, Amid New Battles in East

DNIPRO, Ukraine — U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken declared Monday that “Russia is failing” in its war aims, as deadly new fighting flared in Ukraine’s eastern battle … more

Nabih Bulos and Laura King / Los Angeles Times (TNS) | 4/25/22

Voters line up for the first day of early voting outside of the High Museum polling station on Dec. 14, 2020, in Atlanta, Georgia. (Jessica McGowan/Getty Images/TNS)

Russian Cyberattack Could Capitalize on Election Doubts

As the war in Ukraine continues, the United States is warning that Russia and aligned criminal groups may launch cyberattacks against critical American infrastructure, potentially including election … more

Matt Vasilogambros / Stateline.org (TNS) | 4/25/22

Former President Donald Trump speaks during a rally at the Canyon Moon Ranch festival grounds in Florence, Arizona, southeast of Phoenix, on Jan. 15, 2022. (Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images/TNS)

Donald Trump Hit With $10,000 Daily Fines, Held In Contempt in New York Probe

NEW YORK — A Manhattan judge held former President Donald Trump in civil contempt on Monday, slapping him with $10,000 fines a day for “repeated delays and failures” to comply with … more

Molly Crane-Newman / New York Daily News (TNS) | 4/25/22

The four parachutes fully deploy on the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour as it concludes the AX-1 mission for Axiom Space splashing down off the Florida coast in the Atlantic Ocean on April 25, 2022. (SpaceX/TNS)

Axiom Space Private Astronauts Splash Down off Florida Coast

ORLANDO, Fla. — The International Space Station turned into a bit of an extended stay hotel for the four Axiom Space private astronauts who finally were able to climb back on board a SpaceX … more

Richard Tribou / Orlando Sentinel (TNS) | 4/25/22

A man is given a nucleic acid test to detect COVID-19 by a health worker at a makeshift testing site in Chaoyang District on April 25, 2022, in Beijing, China. China is trying to contain a spike in coronavirus cases in the capital Beijing after dozens of people tested positive for the virus in recent days, causing local authorities to initiate mass testing in some areas and to lockdown some neighborhoods where cases are found in an effort to maintain the country's zero COVID strategy. (Kevin Frayer/Getty Images/TNS)

Xi Puts Ideology Before Economy With Market-Busting Lockdowns

China’s worst equity selloff since early 2020 reflects a growing concern about President Xi Jinping: He can’t afford the political costs of shifting from a COVID Zero strategy that is … more

Bloomberg News (TNS) | 4/25/22

CEO of Tesla Motors Elon Musk speaks at the Tesla Giga Texas manufacturing "Cyber Rodeo" grand opening party on April 7, 2022, in Austin, Texas. (Suzanne Cordeiro/AFP via Getty Images/TNS)

Twitter Eyes Deal With Musk as Soon as Monday

Twitter Inc. is in the final stretch of negotiations about a $43 billion sale to Elon Musk that could rank as one of the biggest-ever leveraged buyouts of a listed company, people with knowledge of … more

Liana Baker and Michelle F. Davis / Bloomberg News (TNS) | 4/25/22

The U.S. Supreme Court building as seen on Sunday, July 11, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Daniel Slim/AFP/Getty Images/TNS)

Supreme Court and the Praying Coach: Is It Free Speech or Promoting Religion at School?

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday will hear the case of a former high school football coach who said he had a free-speech right to pray at the 50-yard line surrounded by players. If … more

David G. Savage / Los Angeles Times (TNS) | 4/25/22

The Twitter icon on a cellphone. (Dreamstime/TNS)

Twitter Bans ‘Misleading’ Ads on Climate Change

Twitter users who do not believe in climate change will no longer be able to advertise such beliefs on the social media platform. Under the new policy — announced on Friday, which was also … more

Jessica Schladebeck / New York Daily News (TNS) | 4/23/22

A bear moments after its release in Lake Tahoe as part of a coordinated trap, tag and haze effort between the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and California State Parks. A family of bears was seen hibernating beneath a Lake Tahoe home in April of 2022. (Travis VanZant/California Department of Fish and Wildlife/TNS)

California Family Finds Five Bears Hibernating Under Their Lake Tahoe Home

Bear with them. They were just hibernating. A family in California had quite a surprise after finding five bears hibernating under their Lake Tahoe home. According to the BEAR League (Bear … more

Muri Assuncao / New York Daily News (TNS) | 4/23/22

The Supreme Court of the United States on Feb. 10, 2022, in Washington, D.C. A man on Friday, April 22, 2022, set him self on fire outside the Supreme Court and died. (Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Man Sets Himself on Fire Outside Supreme Court, Dies From Injuries

A Colorado man died after setting himself on fire outside the Supreme Court building on Friday. Police said Saturday that Wynn Bruce, a 50-year-old man from Boulder, Colorado, had died from the … more

Joseph Wilkinson / New York Daily News (TNS) | 4/23/22

War-damaged buildings in Borodyanka, Ukraine, on Saturday, April 23, 2022. (Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Ukraine Fends Off Russian Attacks as Mariupol, Odesa Take Pounding; Top U.S. Officials to Arrive

KRAMATORSK, Ukraine — Russian and Ukrainian troops faced off Saturday along a 300-mile battlefront in the country’s east, where Ukraine said it beat back numerous attacks but faced … more

Nabih Bulos, Laura King and Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times (TNS) | 4/23/22

U.S. Border Patrol agents process immigrant families after they crossed the Rio Grande into south Texas on April 30, 2021, in Roma, Texas. (John Moore/Getty Images/TNS)

National Guard Searching for Soldier Swept Away While He Helped Migrants Struggling in Texas River

The search continued on Saturday for a soldier swept away by the Rio Grande as he tried to rescue migrants struggling in the water along the U.S. border. The service member was working a mission … more

Jessica Schladebeck / New York Daily News (TNS) | 4/23/22

The 101 Freeway confines larger animals on either side of it, preventing gene flow among them and thus endangering some species.(Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

A Cougar Passage Rises Over a Deadly Southern California Freeway

LOS ANGELES — Chalk one up for the cougars. When conservationists first announced plans to raise $30 million for a wildlife crossing over a deadly 10-lane stretch of the 101 Freeway in … more

Louis Sahagún / Los Angeles Times (TNS) | 4/22/22

Sherri Papini leaves the Sacramento County Main Jail on March 8, 2022, after appearing at a federal court hearing. The Redding mother is accused of lying to federal agents about her 2016 disappearance, which resulted in a nationwide search. (Paul Kitagaki Jr./Sacramento Bee/Zuma Press/TNS)

Sherri Papini’s Husband Files for Divorce After She Pleads Guilty to Hoax

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Keith Papini, who loyally stood by his wife’s side for six years as Sherri Papini maintained she had been kidnapped, filed for divorce Wednesday, two days after she … more

Ryan Sabalow and Sam Stanton / The Sacramento Bee (TNS) | 4/22/22

U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene sits in the courtroom, April 22, 2022, in Atlanta. Greene is appearing at the hearing Friday in Atlanta in a challenge filed by voters who say she shouldn't be allowed to seek reelection because she helped facilitate the attack on the U.S. Capitol that disrupted certification of Joe Bide's presidential victory. (John Bazemore/Pool/Getty Images/TNS)

A Fiery Marjorie Taylor Greene Fights Court Challenge on Her Candidacy

ATLANTA — Georgia Republican U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene gave fiery testimony on the witness stand Friday to fight a legal challenge filed by a group of her constituents who want her … more

Tia Mitchell and Greg Bluestein / The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (TNS) | 4/22/22

People fleeing fighting in the southern city of Mariupol meet with relatives and friends as they arrive in a small convoy after the opening of a humanitarian corridor, at a registration center for internally displaced people in Zaporizhzhia on April 21, 2022. (Ed Jones/AFP via Getty Images/TNS)

Ukraine Citizens Trapped as Russia Attacks Hospitals, Schools and Refuses Evacuations

LYSYCHANSK, Ukraine — The mayor of Mariupol pleaded Friday for a “full evacuation” of the shattered southern Ukrainian port city as Russia reported striking dozens of military … more

Nabih Bulos, Laura King and Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times (TNS) | 4/22/22