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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration will restrict immigrants in the country illegally from enrolling in Head Start, a federally funded preschool program, the Department of Health and Human Services announced Thursday. The move is part of a broad effort to limit access to federal benefits for immigrants who lack legal status. People in the country illegally are largely ineligible for federal public benefits such as food stamps, student loans and financial aid for higher education. But for decades they have been able to access some community-level programs such as Head Start and community health centers. HHS said it will…

Facebook Tweet Email Link Doing exercises that increase your heart and breathing rate on a regular basis may reduce your risk of an early death across all causes by up to 40%, according to a new meta-analysis of 85 studies that looked at 7 million people worldwide. “Physical activity may be even more important for long-term health than we previously thought,” study coauthor Gregore Mielke, a senior lecturer at the School of Public Health at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia, said in an email. Age didn’t seem to matter — people who started exercising at older ages could…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Trump administration said Thursday that it has opened an investigation into whether a Minnesota state agency’s newly updated affirmative action policy violates civil rights laws.The Minnesota Department of Human Services’ policy requires supervisors to provide a “hiring justification when seeking to hire a non-underrepresented candidate.” Supervisors who don’t comply can be disciplined, even fired. The Department of Justice said in a statement that the policy “seems to be part of a broader effort by the state to engage in race- and sex-based employment practices in its ‘affirmative action’ objectives.”The Trump administration has been using federal civil…

In just five days, startup leaders from across the country will descend on Boston’s SoWa Power Station for TechCrunch All Stage 2025 — and your chance to lock in the lowest ticket prices will be gone. Whether you’re preparing for your next raise, looking to fine-tune your go-to-market strategy, or building your founding team, TC All Stage is where real startup momentum happens. This is a full-day event packed with actionable sessions, tactical advice, and conversations that push your company forward. Right now, Founder Passes are just $100 and Investor Passes are $200 — but those savings (up to $475…

An Alabama mom welcomed triplets this year after thinking for nearly 10 years that she couldn’t have any more kids.Brittany Ingram, 36, and her husband Josh Ingram, 34, of Deatsville, Alabama, had their eldest child, a son named JB, in 2015. In February this year, the couple welcomed identical triplet daughters Emersyn Claire, Adalyn Renae and Layla Michele.Courtesy The Ingram Family – PHOTO: Brittany Ingram learned she was pregnant with identical triplets in August 2024. She and her husband, Josh Ingram, welcomed their three daughters on February 4, 2025.Brittany Ingram’s triplet pregnancy was a shock the couple hadn’t seen coming.…

Grok 4 crunched the numbers and predicted a winner of the World Series. To the disappointment of San Francisco Giants fans, it thinks the Los Angeles Dodgers are in pole position.Sports bettors rely on a variety of tools for their wagers. Betting sites like FanDuel and BetMGM have their own odds, as do prediction markets like Polymarket. Grok 4, the newest iteration of xAI’s large language model, may be their next resource.During the launch of Grok 4 — just a day after its previous iteration, Grok 3, went on several antisemitic rants — Elon Musk and his xAI panel prompted…

What do you put in a swag bag for a billionaire CEO?If the outfits at Sun Valley offer any indication, the answer is…pretty similar to what the average Joe or finance guy would get.The annual Allen & Co. Sun Valley Conference is taking place this week, offering power brokers in tech and media fertile ground to hobnob, make deals, and play a few rounds of golf.Many are sporting looks befitting of the conference nicknamed “summer camp for billionaires.” Some also appear to be going around with swag that attendees presumably receive.Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, for…

Tommy Chan doesn’t remember it, but after he collapsed from a cardiac arrest, a woman driving by parked her car on the side of the road and gave him CPR. She kept going until paramedics arrived and took him to the hospital in critical condition.More than a month later, while wondering about the bystander who helped him survive that May night, Chan posted on Reddit: “Did you save my life?” as the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation first reported.Subscribe to The Post Most newsletter for the most important and interesting stories from The Washington Post. The post received thousands of upvotes and…

Are you getting more migraines this time of year? Your mind isn’t playing tricks on you — there are summertime factors that can make the severe headaches even worse.Dr. Shae Datta, a neurologist at NYU Langone Health, told CBS News many migraine sufferers experience more headaches during the summer months.”Weather-related changes — even sun, and then going from the sun being warm into like AC can trigger migraines for patients,” she said.Kristin Thorvaldsen, 50, has suffered with migraines since she was a teen.”It usually starts with a pain in the corner of my eye, or I get tension in my…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Thursday opened a civil rights investigation into the hiring practices at George Mason University, expanding a national campaign against diversity policies to Virginia’s largest public university.The Education Department said it is responding to a complaint from multiple professors at George Mason who accuse the university of favoring those from underrepresented groups. The complaint takes aim at the university’s president, Gregory Washington, saying he issued guidance that favors faculty candidates based on diversity considerations rather than their credentials, according to the department.It marks an expansion of the Trump administrations campaign to reshape higher education,…