by Alexandra Petri Having kids is nothing like they tell you it will be! How tiny they are, and how you can hardly see them without a microscope. How you can’t hold them, not even once. How they don’t have anything that could be regarded, even optimistically, as a laugh, or a face. Isn’t beingContinue reading “Congratulations! Alabama court says that embryo is as good as a live child.”
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With Alabama’s IVF court ruling, a scary future for women’s health care
by Molly Hennessy-Fiske and Tim Craig AUBURN, Ala. — She removed the tiny vials from her refrigerator and began filling syringes laid out on her dining room table, determined to continue injections that could make her a mother. “I am going to keep fighting,” said Gabrielle “Gabby” Goidel, wincing as her husband gave her theContinue reading “With Alabama’s IVF court ruling, a scary future for women’s health care”
True Crime Sundays: Affidavit Details Last Moments of 5-Year-Old Harmony Montgomery’s Life: ‘I Think I Really Hurt Her’
A New Hampshire court unsealed documents Tuesday detailing Harmony Montgomery’s death, noting that she was “dismembered or grossly distorted” in the months that followed by Emily Palmer Content warning: This article contains disturbing descriptions. In the months after the death of his 5-year-old daughter, Adam Montgomery is accused of toting Harmony’s body — in aContinue reading “True Crime Sundays: Affidavit Details Last Moments of 5-Year-Old Harmony Montgomery’s Life: ‘I Think I Really Hurt Her’”
History Lesson Tuesdays: 2003- Rhode Island nightclub burns
A fire at a rock concert in a West Warwick, Rhode Island, nightclub kills 100 people and seriously injures almost 200 more on February 20, 2003. It was the deadliest such fire in the United States since 165 people were killed at the Beverly Hill Supper Club in Southgate, Kentucky, in 1977. On the night of FebruaryContinue reading “History Lesson Tuesdays: 2003- Rhode Island nightclub burns”
Healthcare Awareness Mondays: The Brain Is Not Able to ‘Rewire’ Itself, Neuroscientists Say
by Felicity Nelson The extraordinary capacity for the brain to rewire itself after a stroke, an amputation, or sudden loss of vision or hearing has been shown repeatedly in studies over decades. At least, that’s what we all thought. Now, writing in eLife, two neuroscientists – Tamar Makin and John Krakauer – argue that the mostContinue reading “Healthcare Awareness Mondays: The Brain Is Not Able to ‘Rewire’ Itself, Neuroscientists Say”
True Crime Sundays: Delphi Murders Suspect Allegedly Confessed on Jailhouse Call with Wife: ‘Admits Several Times’
Richard Allen, 50, has pleaded not guilty to the 2017 murders of Liberty “Libby” German, 14, and 13-year-old Abigail “Abby” Williams in Delphi, Ind. by Nicole Acosta The Indiana man accused of killing two teenage girls in 2017 allegedly confessed to the killings during a jailhouse phone call with his wife earlier this year, according to newlyContinue reading “True Crime Sundays: Delphi Murders Suspect Allegedly Confessed on Jailhouse Call with Wife: ‘Admits Several Times’”
Shipwrecks Are Helping Vulnerable Sea Creatures
by Robyn White Shipwrecks are a surprising haven for marine life in areas where there is heavy fishing, scientists have discovered. To reach these findings, a group of British scientists studied five shipwrecks off the Berwickshire coast in England that are believed to have sunk in the 18th and 19th centuries. Three of these shipwrecksContinue reading “Shipwrecks Are Helping Vulnerable Sea Creatures”
Opioid Crisis Fridays: True Stories from Missouri – Zach Anderson, 17
Jackson County Died: January 29, 2023 He would do anything for anyone’ On Aug. 10, what would have been Zach Anderson’s 18th birthday, his mom and family held a “Forever 17” party. Friends and family decorated lanterns and released them into the sky. They talked about the teen who worked several shifts a week atContinue reading “Opioid Crisis Fridays: True Stories from Missouri – Zach Anderson, 17”
Travel Thursdays: Here Are The 15 Absolute Best Places To Visit In February Across The United States
by Chris Muras Ah, February. You know what’s on our minds the most in the month of love… the Super Bowl, or wait we suppose Valentine’s Day could be too. Or, the first taste of spring in some of our warmer states. Art shows, music festivals, food and wine tours, there is so much goingContinue reading “Travel Thursdays: Here Are The 15 Absolute Best Places To Visit In February Across The United States”
The Legend of St. Valentine
Valentine’s Day occurs every February 14. In 2024, Valentine’s Day falls on a Wednesday. Across the United States and in other places around the world, candy, flowers and gifts are exchanged between loved ones, all in the name of St. Valentine. But who is this mysterious saint and where did these traditions come from? FindContinue reading “The Legend of St. Valentine”
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