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Tick Bites: Prevention, Safe Removal and Symptoms of Tick-Borne Diseases 04/02/2026 08:00pm • Ticks are tiny parasites that feed on the blood of humans and animals. Adult ticks typically measure about 3 to 5 millimeters in length, based on their age, sex and species. Because of their small size, it's easy to be unaware when they've attached to you or your pet. "Ticks aren't just irritating. Co-Buying a House with Friends: How Mortgages and Ownership Work 04/02/2026 08:00pm • The median age of first-time homebuyers hit a record high of 40 last year, according to data from the National Association of Realtors. Low inventory and rising prices have pushed homeownership out of reach for many. To make housing more affordable, some people are embracing a nontraditional path to Heart Health and Extreme Heat: 7 Tips to Protect Your Heart During a Heat Wave 04/02/2026 08:00pm • Across the country in June 2025, Americans are experiencing the first heat dome -- an extreme, lingering heat wave -- of the summer season. This abrupt introduction of unusually hot temperatures has been nothing short of jarring, especially for East Coast dwellers who didn't have time to properly ac How SHIPs Can Help With Your Medicare Questions and Problems 04/02/2026 08:00pm • What do I do if I don't think I can afford my Medicare premiums? Are the unsolicited calls I'm getting from "Medicare" really offering me free medications, or is it a scam? What's the difference between Medigap Plan F, Plan G and Plan N? Should I enroll in a Medicare Advantage plan instead? 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In this kind of investing environment, it's worth considering a "risk off" approach that prioritizes capital preservation over growth -- particularly when the S&P 500 Scammers pose as Pepco workers, steal thousands, police say 04/02/2026 07:54pm • Prince George’s County police are warning residents about a rise in scams that involve face‑to‑face contact, including one in which suspects pose as utility workers and another that relies on couriers to collect large sums of cash. In a news release Thursday, the Prince George’s County Pol Bureau of Indian Affairs officer pleads guilty to sexually abusing teen on Montana reservation 04/02/2026 07:48pm • BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A former federal law enforcement officer pleaded guilty Thursday to sexual abuse after prosecutors said he raped an intoxicated 14-year-old girl on the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation and tried to cover it up. Prosecutors said defendant Murrell Deela, who was then an of Bigger and better: Women's Final Four teams filled with multi-talented frontcourt players 04/02/2026 07:47pm • PHOENIX (AP) — Madison Booker has a midrange jumper that's almost unblockable, beats defenders off the dribble, plays in the post when she wants, shoots the 3 if she needs to. The Texas junior has great court vision, is an adept passer and is a menace defensively, bullying smaller guards on the ba Man arrested after threatening an attack on a high-speed train in Germany 04/02/2026 07:37pm • A man was arrested on Thursday after threatening an attack on a high-speed train in Germany, police said. Several people were slightly injured when firecrackers were set off. The train was en route from Cologne to Frankfurt on Thursday evening. It was evacuated in Siegburg, not far from Cologne, and Federal government sues three states over their regulation of prediction markets 04/02/2026 07:35pm • The federal government on Thursday sued Connecticut, Arizona and Illinois, challenging their efforts to regulate prediction market operators such as Kalshi and Polymarket. All three states have sent cease and desist orders to such companies accusing them of engaging in illegal online gambling under Rapper Pooh Shiesty charged with kidnapping over alleged dispute involving rapper Gucci Mane's label 04/02/2026 07:34pm • DALLAS (AP) — Federal prosecutors on Thursday accused rapper Pooh Shiesty and eight others of robbing three men at gunpoint and kidnapping them earlier this year in Texas following a contract dispute involving rapper Gucci Mane 's record label. The U.S. Attorney's Office in Dallas declined to nam 8 arrests made in federal crackdown on alleged health care fraud in Southern California 04/02/2026 07:32pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Federal officials on Thursday arrested eight people they say were involved in various health care fraud schemes totaling $50 million in and around Los Angeles. Five of the cases involved hospice-care centers in cities of Glendale, Artesia, Tarzana and Simi Valley in the Los Ange Two-time All-Pro cornerback Stephon Gilmore announces his retirement 04/02/2026 07:23pm • Two-time All-Pro cornerback and 2019 NFL AP Defensive Player of the Year Stephon Gilmore, who last played in 2024, has announced his retirement. Gilmore issued an Instagram post Thursday that showed video highlights of his career and closed with the message, “The game ends here, but the journey co Eggs for Easter cost much less in the US than last year. A look at the numbers 04/02/2026 07:21pm • U.S. egg prices have fallen 60% from last year’s record highs, making it easier for consumers to fill their Easter baskets and Passover Seder plates. Bird flu was to blame for elevated retail prices during the first five months of 2025, and the course of the highly contagious disease is a big reas