Social Issues

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Ms. Wilson, a resident of the District of Columbia, awaits the starting sign for her swimming competition. Ruth Dunkle, a professor and gerontologist at the University of Michigan's School of Social Work, argues that a healthy lifestyle coupled with good genes keeps people living longer.

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"The number of HIV infections remains far too high. HIV is preventable, and we need to do more to prevent it," said Dr. Thomas R. Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (The Washington Times)

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** FILE ** "Kitler," the kitten who was overlooked for adoption because of her resemblance to Adolf Hitler, found a loving home after hundreds of applications flooded the Wood Green Animal Shelter. (Daily Caller)

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Del Marsh, Alabama Senate president pro tem, contends that the federal government has "looked the other way" about immigration law enforcement in the state. (Associated Press)

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Illustration: Discrimination by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks to the media after the Senate passed the debt ceiling plan, on Capitol Hill, in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks to the media after the Senate passed the debt ceiling plan, on Capitol Hill, in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, speaks to the media on Capitol Hill after the Senate passed the debt ceiling plan on Aug. 2, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

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Pro-life activist Joe Scheidler speaks during a morning ceremony of prayer vigils and rallies against late-term abortion near "late-term abortion provider" Dr. Leroy Carhart's clinic in Germantown, Md. on Tuesday, August 2, 2011. The prayers and rallies are a part of the nine-day pro-life protesting event, Summer of Mercy 2.0. (Pratik Shah/The Washington Times)

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Pro-life activist Joe Scheidler at a morning ceremony of prayer vigils and rallies against late-term abortion near "late-term abortion provider" Dr. Leroy Carhart's clinic in Germantown, Md. on Tuesday, August 2, 2011. The prayers and rallies are a part of the nine-day pro-life protesting event, Summer of Mercy 2.0. (Pratik Shah/The Washington Times)

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Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty speaks to local residents at The Sports Page bar & grill in Indianola, Iowa, on July 20. He is among Republican presidential candidates refusing to sign a pledge denouncing gay marriage. But gay activists intend to eventually pin him down on his attitude. (Associated Press)

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Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota, a candidate for president, speaks during a rally at the Delaware County fairgrounds in Manchester, Iowa, on July 25. She strongly opposes gay marriage. (Associated Press)

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Silver Spring resident Wendy Hercules, 16, speaks in support of a lawsuit filed by immigrant advocacy group Casa de Maryland that claims elections officials erroneously validated many signatures that helped send Maryland's Dream Act to referendum. The law would allow some illegal immigrants to receive tuition breaks. (Associated Press)

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A former golf course is now a refugee camp for people displaced by an earthquake 18 months ago. More than 600,000 people still live in settlement camps. (Associated Press)

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Associated Press "All love is equal," says Miley Cyrus, who displays her support for gay marriage with an equal sign inked on her finger as her latest tattoo.

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (right), Kentucky Republican, and Minority Whip Jon Kyl, Arizona Republican, head to a caucus meeting on Aug. 1, 2011, with fellow Republicans on Capitol Hill to discuss the debt plan. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

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LOGJAM LIFTED?: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, is all smiles as he walks to the Senate floor Sunday to announce that a deal has been reached on the debt ceiling. It must still pass both houses of Congress. (Associated Press)