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Story highlights Low desire in one partner is one main reason couples seek out sex therapy Sexual desire changes across long-term relationships Ian Kerner is a licensed psychotherapist, certified sexuality counselor and New York Times best-selling author. Read more from him on his website, iankerner.com. (CNN)About 15% of men and 34% of women say they're not really interested in sex, according to a new study, statistics that few experts find surprising. In fact, low desire in one partner is probably the top reason couples seek out sex therapy. When one of you has more interest in sex than the other, it's easy for the person with the higher sex drive to feel rejected, bruised and undesirable and for the partner who avoids sex to feel pressure, anxious and guilty. Any number of factors can affect sexual desire, and most of them have little to do with your … [Read more...]

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - The trial of a truck driver charged with killing six people in a 2015 interstate crash has been postponed for the second time this year. The Chattanooga Times Free-Press reports Hamilton County Criminal Court Judge Don Poole postponed Benjamin Brewer’s trial date after attorneys debated over a potential witness Tuesday and expressed uncertainty over their preparation for the Sept. 25 start date. The first postponement came in June, following the revelation of a retest of Brewer’s blood that found a lower amount of methamphetamine in his system. The debate Tuesday among public defenders, state prosecutors and government attorneys hinged on deposing the federal employee who oversaw that retest. Attorneys are due to return to court Oct. 17, but it’s unclear if they’ll pick a new date then. ___ Information from: Chattanooga Times Free Press, http://www.timesfreepress.com … [Read more...]

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - An official in the FBI’s directorate of intelligence will be the next head of the FBI’s New Orleans office. A news release Wednesday said Eric Rommal has been a deputy assistant director in the intelligence directorate since 2016. He will report to New Orleans in November, when Special Agent in Charge Jeffrey Sallet takes over the Chicago field office. Sallet has been in New Orleans since 2015. Rommal joined the FBI in 1997 in the Savannah resident agency of the Atlanta Division. The FBI says that throughout his career Rommal has held leadership positions in the counterterrorism division and the directorate of intelligence at headquarters, and the Washington field office. LOAD COMMENTS ( HIDE COMMENTS   … [Read more...]

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) - Hedgehogs dodged the chopping block, but a Virginia county is putting an end to residents adopting a variety of exotic animals as pets. The Arlington County Board on Tuesday voted to prohibit keeping exotic animals as pets. Existing exotic pets are exempt from the ban, but residents will be required to register them with the local animal welfare league. Banned species include primates, raccoons, skunks, wolves, squirrels, foxes, leopards, tigers, lions, bears, crocodiles, venomous snakes and certain spiders, including tarantulas, recluse and widow spiders. Hedgehogs and nonvenomous snakes are permitted. Rabbits, hamsters, guinea pigs and birds that have been bred in captivity are also permitted. County officials say the new rules bring the county in line with state law and neighboring jurisdictions. LOAD COMMENTS ( HIDE COMMENTS   … [Read more...]

NEW YORK (AP) - President Donald Trump has determined how he wants to approach the Iran nuclear deal, but Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says Trump has not informed him or others in the administration about his decision. Tillerson says Trump even refused to share his decision with British Prime Minister Theresa May when she asked about it. The top U.S. diplomat says that while Iran might be meeting its obligations to the letter of the deal, it is violating its spirit. He says, “One can almost set the countdown clock to Iran resuming its nuclear activities.” Tillerson spoke to reporters after a meeting Wednesday evening of the parties to the nuclear deal, including Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif LOAD COMMENTS ( HIDE COMMENTS   … [Read more...]

BROOKSVILLE, Fla. (AP) - An endangered Florida panther was struck and killed by a vehicle. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission says the male panther’s remains were found Saturday in Highlands County. Officials say the panther was 3 years old. It’s the 18th fatal collision this year, out of 23 total panther deaths. Biologists will study the panther’s remains. Florida panthers once roamed the entire southeastern United States, but now their habitat mostly is confined to southwest Florida. Only about 230 Florida panthers remain in the wild. LOAD COMMENTS ( HIDE COMMENTS   … [Read more...]

RANDOLPH, Vt. (AP) - A private boys school in Connecticut has purchased a well-known Vermont inn and surrounding property in order to create a satellite campus in Vermont. The Brunswick School in Greenwich announced Tuesday that it purchased the Three Stallion Inn and 650 acres (260 hectares) of surrounding property in Randolph for a new wilderness education and applied learning program. The $2.1 million deal has been in the works since last year. The inn’s owner, Jesse “Sam” Sammis III, is an alumnus of Brunswick and initially proposed the sale. The school plans to begin programs at their new Randolph campus next fall. LOAD COMMENTS ( HIDE COMMENTS   … [Read more...]

MADISON, W.Va. (AP) - A former president and a former member of a West Virginia county school board have been indicted on charges that they accepted gifts while in office from companies doing business with the school system. Media outlets report that ex-Boone County school board president Mark Sumpter and former board member Danny Lee Cantley were indicted this week. According to the indictment, each was indicted on three counts. It says Sumpter allegedly accepted tires from school board vendors, while Cantley allegedly received auto racing event tickets. In March, police arrested two employees of the school system’s transportation department after they allegedly stole more than $20,000 through fraudulent purchases. Before their arraignment the two men told police they made fraudulent purchases for Cantley and Sumpter. Sumpter resigned last October and Cantley resigned in April. LOAD … [Read more...]

BALTIMORE (AP) - The Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services is offering new correctional officers $5,000 to join the department. Secretary Stephen T. Moyer will announce the incentives program on Thursday in the Jail Industries building. Recruits will receive $2,000 for completing officer training academy, and an additional $3,000 after completing a one-year probationary period. The department already offers $500 to officers who refer successful candidates. Officials hope the incentives will help ease understaffing woes. LOAD COMMENTS ( HIDE COMMENTS   … [Read more...]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Robert Mueller's team of investigators is seeking information from the White House related to Michael Flynn's stint as national security adviser and about the response to a meeting with a Russian lawyer that was attended by President Donald Trump's oldest son, The Associated Press has learned.Mueller's office has requested a large batch of documents from the White House and is expected to interview at least a half-dozen current and former aides in the coming weeks. Lawyers for the White House are in the process of trying to cooperate with the document requests.Though the full scope of the investigation is not clear, the information requests make evident at least some of the areas that Mueller and his team of prosecutors intend to look into and also reveal a strong interest in certain of … [Read more...]