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Ksenia Borodina has shown photo of her daughtersfor the first time
33-year-old Russian TV presenter Ksenia Borodina has shared a new image. TV presenter Ksenia Borodina frequently publishes photos with her husband and daughter. Now Xenia has decided to show a snapshot of the youngest daughter Teona. On the Instagram page Borodina published the first photo of her two...
Doctors Use 3-D Models, Special Balloons to Separate Conjoined Sisters
Doctors at a Texas hospital explained today how they used 3-D modeling, injectable dye and special "balloons" to safely separate two conjoined sisters earlier this week. Sisters Ximena and Scarlett Hernandez-Torres were born connected at the waist, sharing a colon and bladder — a 1 in 50 million chance —...
First Gender-Neutral Restroom Opens At Los Angeles School
A Los Angeles high school on Friday opened the first gender-neutral restroom in the nation’s second-largest school district, and likely the state, in a move geared toward accommodating transgender students. Santee Education Complex converted a second-floor girls’ restroom after the campus Gay Straight Alliance...
British official urges France to fast track Calais jungle children to the UK
ENGLAND’S children’s commissioner has urged French officials to fast track the asylum claims of children left alone in the Calais jungle so they can move to the UK. Anne Longfield is calling on French Government to speed up the applications of 150 children so that they can be reunited with family members in...
Timeline: How Parents’ Bitter Divorce and Custody Battle Led to the Disappearance of Two Sisters
Living in Lakeville, Minnesota, Sandra Grazzini-Rucki and David Rucki appeared to be doting and loving parents to their five children, Nico, Samantha, Gianna, Nia and Gino. But despite the happy moments their home videos captured, Sandra said she suffered years of emotional and physical abuse at David’s hand. She also...
Kenya to honor Muslim hero who protected Christian bus passengers
Muslim teacher Salah Farah stood in the way as Islamist militants stormed his bus in Kenya in December — refusing their demands to split from Christian passengers and instead taking a bullet that would later kill him. Now, three months after the attack, the father of five will be honored posthumously by Kenya for his act...
Pakistan: Dozens of young lives lost in Lahore blast
It was a treat for passing their exams. Twelve-year-old Sahil and his cousin Aman John, 13, had been studying hard for weeks. Their parents had promised them an Easter weekend trip to a popular park, with amusement rides, a lake and a zoo, in the Pakistani city of Lahore. But the family outing ended in tragedy, according to CNN...
A blood test before birth could predict your medical destiny
It was just after midnight on an autumn evening in 1996 when Yuk Ming Dennis Lo made a discovery he knew would change modern medicine. Lo had discovered a "treasure trove" of valuable DNA floating freely in the bloodstream. His breakthrough would one day make it possible for pregnant women to safely screen their...
Woman learns she’s expecting triplets after husband dies in car crash
A Texas mom mourning the loss of her recently deceased husband has learned she is expecting triplets. "My sister is very strong," Amanda Willey, 30, of Libertyville, Illinois, told ABC News. "She is obviously going through a lot, but she has felt so much support from family and friends. “She's really...
Pianist’s wife may have suffocated daughters in Texas home: police report
DALLAS (Reuters) – The estranged wife of celebrated Ukrainian pianist Vadym Kholodenko is suspected of having smothered her children with pillows before attempting suicide inside their suburban Fort Worth home, according to a police report. Sofya Tsygankova,31, charged on Monday with two counts of capital murder in the...
Museum in Flint teaching kids how to filter water
Children in Flint, Michigan can now visit the Sloan Museum for “Water Works” classes that teach them how to filter their drinking water. The museum is also compiling notes from the community on the lead-contaminated water crisis for future reflection. As part of the “Water’s Extreme Journey”...