| |  | | Brought to you by USATODAY.com | | After nearly 100 days, Trump is ready to go to Mars | | There is no shortage of advice for President Trump, who has a lot on his plate as he prepares to mark his 100th day in office — and 100 days of presidential tweets — on Saturday. There's the looming threat of a government shutdown as Congress works on a new spending bill. And people are increasingly anxious to see the specifics of Trump's promised changes to the tax code. Then there's the question of how to handle the conflict in Syria and President Bashar Assad's use of chemical weapons. Oh, and let's not forget the stream of threats from nuclear-armed North Korea. It's no wonder the president went off planet for some good news Monday, calling the crew aboard the International Space Station to congratulate astronaut Peggy Whitson on setting a new record for consecutive days spent in space. He added that he would like to see a human mission to Mars "during my first term or, at worst, during my second term." | | Obama returns | | After three months of vacation that included stops in the Caribbean, French Polynesia and Palm Springs, Calif., along with plenty of fun in the sun with billionaires and celebrities, former president Barack Obama made his first public appearance since leaving office . Obama, showing he's still committed to that "hopey, changey stuff" (as Sarah Palin famously put it), spoke at the University of Chicago on Monday to encourage young people to become civically engaged. While Obama did take the time to lament the polarization of American politics — and to jokingly ask, "What's been going on while I've been gone?" — he avoided any direct mention of Trump, who has accused the former president of wiretapping him at Trump Tower. | | Sandberg: When tragedy strikes, embrace 'Option B' | | Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg learned firsthand about grief when her husband, Dave Goldberg, died of heart trouble two years ago. Now Sandberg, whose first book urged women to "Lean In" at work, is trying to help people move on after heartache and hardship. Her new book , "Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy", which she co-wrote with friend and psychologist Adam Grant, grew out of her sense of isolation after Dave's death. "I felt like a big elephant was following me around. I felt like a ghost," she told USA TODAY. But writing "Option B" made her feel she was "honoring his life, and it's much more positive than the other part, which is just death and grief." | | RIP Erin Moran: 'Now you will finally have the peace you wanted' | | The death of Erin Moran, best known for playing Joanie Cunningham on the iconic TV comedy "Happy Days" and its short-lived spinoff, "Joanie Loves Chachi," touched a cultural nerve Monday. For someone who got famous in the '70s when she was just a teenager, her age at death, 56, seemed both impossibly old ("Wow, she was 56?") and tragically young ("Wow, she was only 56.") Recently, she was said to be living in an Indiana trailer park and struggling with personal issues. Authorities said Moran "likely succumbed to complications of stage 4 cancer." |  | | Becoming a parent takes much longer than 9 months for many people | | "Relax." "It's in God's plan." "Just adopt." When it comes to couples experiencing infertility sometimes the best advice from friends is no advice at all, according to the director of mind/body services at Boston IVF. That's because women with infertility can have the same level of anxiety and depression as women with cancer, HIV or heart disease. And with 1 in 8 couples experiencing infertility, chances are you've experienced it yourself or know someone who has. Angie Bergmann is one of those women. She's had three rounds of failed IVF. And after her most recent miscarriage , she thought about giving up. But like many people, she wants to become a parent. For National Infertility Awareness week, we followed three couples and their journeys to parenthood through IVF, adoption and surrogacy. Here are their stories: | | This is a compilation of stories from across USA TODAY | |
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