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Sean McCann stares through a spotting scope at the targets 50 meters away during a Biathlon event at the Soldier Hollow Nordic Center biathlon shooting range, Monday, Oct. 25, 2021, in Midway, Utah. McCann is a clinical psychologist who works for the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee — one of seven assigned to various sports teams. At certain times of the year, he's “embedded” with the U.S. biathlon team to help them perform at their best. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
Finding the 'happy bubble': Mental health key for Olympians

By Martha Bellisle Jan. 24, 2022 11:08 AM EST

FILE - In this Aug. 19, 2008, file photo, United States' LoLo Jones reacts after the women's 100-meter hurdles final during the athletics competitions in the National Stadium at the Beijing Olympics in Beijing. When Lolo Jones opens her book, “Over It,” she doesn’t start with her biggest accomplishment. Instead, she opens with the “most painful race” of her career—the 100-meter hurdles at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.(AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)
Olympian Lolo Jones examines life's hurdles in new book

By Ragan Clark Jul. 20, 2021 03:07 PM EDT

FILE - In this March 2, 2021, file photo, a woman, wearing a protective mask due to the coronavirus, walks past the signs of an employment agency, in Manchester, N.H. A new report finds that Latinas have left the workforce at rates higher than any other demographic and also have had some of the highest unemployment rates throughout the pandemic. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
Latinas left workforce at highest rate, see slow recovery

By Astrid Galvan Jun. 16, 2021 12:08 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Indiana

By The Associated Press Jun. 15, 2021 02:00 PM EDT
South Bend Tribune. June 11, 2021. Editorial: An irresponsible, but not surprising, decision on public health in southern Indiana ...

This Friday, May 28, 2021 photo shows a sign directing visitors to a meditation room through double doors to a hallway in the basement of the Kansas Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. The room once was located on the second floor, but Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly moved it to the basement to create more space for her staff, and the room's location has become a point of dispute between her and Republican lawmakers. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
Plan would return Kansas Statehouse prayer room to 1st spot

By John Hanna May. 29, 2021 03:04 PM EDT

This August 2020 photo provided by Peyton Crest shows her with her dog at home in Minnetonka, Minn. The 18-year-old ays she developed anorexia before the pandemic but has relapsed twice since it began. ‘’It was my junior year, I was about to apply for college,’’ Crest says. Suddenly deprived of friends and classmates, her support system, she’d spend all day alone in her room and became preoccupied with thoughts of food and anorexic behavior. (Courtesy Peyton Crest via AP)
Pandemic has fueled eating disorder surge in teens, adults

By Lindsey Tanner May. 23, 2021 09:00 AM EDT

Sen. Del Marsh talks on the senate floor during the last day of the regular session at the Alabama Statehouse in Montgomery, Ala., on Monday May 17, 2021. (Mickey Welsh/The Montgomery Advertiser via AP)
Alabama Legislature: What passed and failed on the last day

By Kim Chandler May. 18, 2021 01:09 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: North Carolina

By The Associated Press May. 12, 2021 01:30 PM EDT
Winston-Salem Journal. May 10, 2021. Editorial: Solving a troubling mental health situation A bevy of bills before the...

Trudy Berlin, who hosts a weekly Zoom session at the Levis Jewish Community Center, works in Boca Raton, Fla., Tuesday, March 16, 2021. During the coronavirus pandemic, Berlin moved her in-person classes to Zoom. She's grown a steady audience of about 50 women from the U.S. and Canada who have come to view the class as a support group. Berlin says it's "a whole new world out there" and she's having fun. (AP Photo/Cody Jackson)
One Good Thing: 98-year-old hosts virtual women's group

By Freida Frisaro And Cody Jackson May. 11, 2021 10:06 AM EDT

A closed branch of the sushi restaurant chain Itsu at Holborn in the City of London, Thursday, April 1, 2021. When the coronavirus struck, nearly 540,000 workers vanished almost overnight from the business hub, known as the City of London, or simply "the City." A year on, most haven't returned.(AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
Beyond the Pandemic: London's financial hub seeks a rebirth

By Sylvia Hui Apr. 07, 2021 02:18 AM EDT

FILE - Iowa center Luka Garza shoots against Illinois in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game at the Big Ten Conference tournament in Indianapolis, in this Saturday, March 13, 2021, file photo. Garza was named The Associated Press men's basketball player of the year on Thursday, April 1. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)
Iowa's Luka Garza named AP men's college player of the year

By Aaron Beard Apr. 01, 2021 04:00 PM EDT

FILE - In this Sept. 19, 2020 file photo, a couple greets the sun as they stand on a jetty while the sun rises over the Atlantic Ocean, in Bal Harbour, Fla. Even when they firmly believe in gender equality, many opposite-sex couples struggle to remain truly equal in their partnership, especially once children are in the picture. While couples may have the best of intentions, implicit bias can make them repeat patterns that don’t serve their relationship. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)
Millennial Money: Bust gender bias and balance work at home

Sara Rathner Of Nerdwallet Mar. 23, 2021 06:56 AM EDT

Michelle Elohim, a mother of four children, holds hammer to smash a side table in a rage room at Smash RX LLC Westlake Village, Calif., Friday, Feb. 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Pandemic fever got you down? Smash up stuff at the rage room

By John Rogers Feb. 11, 2021 06:06 PM EST

Editorial Roundup: US

By The Associated Press Feb. 03, 2021 06:14 PM EST
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Feb. 3 The Miami Herald on the...

CORRECTS TO MISSY MILLARD-Missy Millard, left, cooks with her mom, Kim, in their home in Layton on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021. (Annie Barker/The Deseret News via AP)
Juggling parenting, work and a pandemic not getting easier

By Lois M. Collins Jan. 31, 2021 08:00 AM EST

New Hampshire sets vaccine goal; Vermont urges mindfulness

By The Associated Press Jan. 02, 2021 01:14 PM EST
Coronavirus-related developments across New England: CONNECTICUT Bishop Frank Caggiano of the Roman Catholic Diocese...

Meditation expert, author and speaker Mallika Chopra poses for a portrait on Dec. 21, 2020, in Santa Monica, Calif. Chopra is a “mindfulness consultant” on the new Apple TV+ animated children's series ”Stillwater." (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
With ‘Stillwater,’ Mallika Chopra brings mindfulness to kids

By Brooke Lefferts Dec. 29, 2020 10:10 AM EST

Amid pandemic, Baltimore neighbors work to keep spirits up

By Lillian Reese, Sara Chernikoff And Laura Franklin Of Capital News Service Dec. 17, 2020 06:31 PM EST
BALTIMORE (AP) — Phone lines are busier for Baltimore mental health hotlines as demands for their services are on the rise. And across Baltimore, neighborhoods...

A nurse cares for the patient in room No. 9, during his battle against COVID-19 at Bichat Hospital, AP-HP, in Paris Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020. Even for ICU workers for whom death is a constant — and never more so than this year — witnessing the loss of a fellow human being to the virus can be a churn of emotions. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
'Such is life': In virus wards, death is a foe but a fact

By John Leicester Dec. 11, 2020 02:36 AM EST

COVID-19 pandemic strains Maryland groups helping homeless

By Kaitlyn Francis Of Capital News Service Nov. 18, 2020 05:11 PM EST
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — The coronavirus pandemic has increased the strain on groups that work to prevent homelessness in Maryland, with experts saying single...