A baby girl with Down syndrome who was given a 5 to 10 percent chance of survival is thriving as she fast approaches her 2nd birthday. The proud parents are now sharing their baby daughter’s story in hopes to inspire others. The family believes that a Down syndrome diagnosis does not mean a life without […]
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President Joe Biden will hold his first solo press conference on Thursday afternoon, White House press secretary Jen Psaki announced Tuesday. The announcement follows mounting pressure and calls for Biden to hold a traditional open news conference, and comes more than 50 days into his presidency—the longest stretch of any president over the last century.
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Pharmaceutical company Moderna says that the first dose of its CCP virus vaccine has been given to children aged six months to 11 years in a trial called the KidCOVE study. “This pediatric study will help us assess the potential safety and immunogenicity of our COVID-19 vaccine candidate in this important younger age population,” said
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LONDON—In a major victory for unions, Uber’s more than 70,000 British drivers will be paid the minimum wage while picking up and driving passengers as part of the ride-hailing company’s agreement to grant workers’ rights after it lost a groundbreaking Supreme Court case last month. Uber Technologies Inc has pushed back against European and U.S.
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Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday advised Americans to get a COVID-19 vaccine. “I would recommend it. And I would recommend it to a lot of people that don’t want to get it, and a lot of those people voted for me, frankly,” Trump said during an interview with Fox News. Trump said Americans have
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VANCOUVER—The actions of RCMP and Canadian border officers in the arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou are expected to be at the centre of her extradition case today as it resumes in B.C. Supreme Court. Meng was arrested in December 2018 at Vancouver’s airport at the request of U.S. officials to face fraud charges related
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An 18-year-old Florida teenager who ran a scam that used hacked celebrity Twitter accounts to dupe ordinary people out of their money has been sentenced to three years behind bars, the Office of the State Attorney 13th Judicial Circuit in Tampa announced. Graham Clark, who was 17 when he committed the crimes, reached a deal with
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When an 8th-grade student from Indianapolis refused to take off his hat at school, he was sent to the principal’s office. However, instead of punishing him, the principal went above and beyond his role to help him. Jason Smith, the principal at Stonybrook Intermediate School in Warren Township, first took a moment to find out
Kathy was clearly old enough to do the math. She just never really thought about how young her mother was, until as an adult, she came face to face with her own birth certificate, and read between the lines. The ink on the page told the story of how Kathy Barnette was conceived. The now-Republican
A baby born with a life-threatening seizure disorder has beaten the odds. He was not expected to live to see his first birthday, yet he’s seen 18, and his diagnosis has even been changed. The teen, James Laberee, is now thriving and is learning a third language. James’s parents Rosemary and Peter had three children