Refugee admissions would be capped at 45,000 and subject to tighter vetting rules under a document that President Donald Trump is expected to sign today. The Trump administration's 120-day refugee travel ban expires today.

Miami-Dade County, Fla., passed a home-sharing ordinance requiring owners to inform their condo association or HOA when their property is being rented out short term and follow any association vacation rental rules. The new regulations also require owners to apply for a certificate of use and, in some cases, screen prospective guests for sexual offences.

When gun store owners tried to open Valley Guns & Ammo outside Oakland, Calif., a local HOA successfully appealed the opening based on a county ordinance banning any gun store within 500 feet of a residential area. When the store owners filed a lawsuit based on their Second Amendment rights being violated, the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against them, so the owners will probably petition the US Supreme Court to review the case, according to their attorney.

The Calverton Hills HOA is suing Suffolk County, N.Y., over being forced by the county to install a $7 million sewage treatment system to replace the current substandard system. The residents cannot afford to pay for the wastewater plant and want the county to pay for it because it owns their complex.

Yuly Solano, a resident of Florida's Inlet Harbor Club, plans to file a lawsuit against her condo association for failing to take action against another resident, her former boyfriend, who shot her on property grounds. Solano previously reported sheriff's deputy Michael Anthony DeMarco's harassing behavior to the association and property managers, according to her attorney, Gary Iscoe.

While President Donald Trump has no plans to get a pet, animals have been common in the White House. Thomas Jefferson kept a mockingbird and two bear cubs, Woodrow Wilson kept a flock of sheep, and Warren Harding's dog had a seat in Cabinet meetings.

The organizers behind the April 22 March for Science demonstration in Washington, D.C., and 600 satellite cities around the world are in the process of applying for official nonprofit status. The nonprofit, which will go by the same name, will advocate collaboration between scientific bodies and call for ongoing funding and support for scientific research.

Charitable giving declined 6% in the first half of 2017 year-over-year, creating a slow start that many fundraisers may find it difficult to overcome as they launch their year-end capital campaigns, according to the Fundraising Effectiveness Project. The report said reduced giving from individuals, concern about tax reform and other factors could keep giving levels down and hinder the year-end push.

The best way to instill a sense of philanthropy in future generations is to encourage giving at a young age, according to Sue Schwartzman, principal at Schwartzman Advising. Michele Chandler offers several tips for getting youths involved, including discussion of your community's needs and getting children's input on causes or groups they'd like to support.

Nonprofits need to advocate for maintaining the estate tax because its repeal would reduce charitable giving, both in life and at the time of death, Patrick Rooney writes. "We should also be concerned about the repeal of the estate tax from an equity perspective, as it provides an opportunity to tax capital gains and other forms of wealth, legal and illegal, that have escaped taxation," he writes.