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Popular mom blogger dies in car accident: 'We are absolutely heartbroken'

According to a family-run Instagram account called Elise Caffee Updates, the mom died as she was en route to a wedding in Mexico with her husband.
Elise and Dan Caffee
Elise and Dan Caffee
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His cancer treatment was failing. A fecal transplant turned it around.

Scientists are learning how to harness the power of the gut microbiome to make certain cancer drugs more potent.
Tim Story poses for a portrait at the football field where he helped coach in Hattiesburg, Mississippi on March 7, 2025.
Tim Story poses for a portrait at the football field where he helped coach in Hattiesburg, Mississippi on March 7, 2025.
4h ago

Utah judge orders release of suspect in 1977 Hawaii killing after prosecution stalls

Gideon Castro was arrested in January at a Utah nursing home on a fugitive warrant for suspicion of second-degree murder in the death of 16-year-old Dawn Momohara
Dawn Momohara
Dawn Momohara
5h ago

Iconic pet reindeer in Alaska falls mysteriously ill after someone tampers in his pen

Star lives in a fenced-in pen attached to a house at the edge of downtown Anchorage.
Alaska-Pet Reindeer-Mystery Illness
Alaska-Pet Reindeer-Mystery Illness
8h ago

American Airlines plane engine catches fire after landing in Denver

Video showed people standing on a wing of the aircraft, which was evacuated using the slides. Twelve people were taken to hospitals with minor injuries, officials said.
Image: plane accident fire smoke passengers wing evacuation
Image: plane accident fire smoke passengers wing evacuation
13h ago

Connecticut's 'lax' homeschooling rules could have aided boy's abuse, some education advocates say

The state's system is largely unregulated and open to misuse by abusive parents, they said.
Kimberly Sullivan during a bond hearing
Kimberly Sullivan during a bond hearing
13h ago

Harvard researchers sue the Trump administration for removing their work from public website

Their material was deleted from a site dedicated to patient safety because it mentioned the LGBTQ community, they said in the federal lawsuit.
Pedestrians walk towards the Harvard Medical School, Aug. 18, 2022.
Pedestrians walk towards the Harvard Medical School, Aug. 18, 2022.

U.S. citizen child recovering from brain cancer removed to Mexico with undocumented parents

The Texas family was on their way to an emergency medical checkup, they said, when they were detained at an immigration checkpoint.
A 10-year-old girl recovering from brain cancer, from the United States was deported with her undocumented parents last month.
A 10-year-old girl recovering from brain cancer, from the United States was deported with her undocumented parents last month.

Undocumented mom of U.S. citizen girl with brain cancer who was removed to Mexico pleads for family's return

The mother said the girl "already has enough suffering from cancer without having the medical attention she needs," a month after the family was s deportated.
A 10-year-old girl recovering from brain cancer, from the United States was deported with her undocumented parents last month.
A 10-year-old girl recovering from brain cancer, from the United States was deported with her undocumented parents last month.

Judge approves Pentagon's settlement with LGBTQ veterans over discharge status

The agreement could affect tens of thousands of veterans who were discharged under “don’t ask, don’t tell” and similar policies.
Don't Ask Don't Tell campaign streamers are on display during the OutServe Armed Forces Leadership Summit on Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011, in Las Vegas
Don't Ask Don't Tell campaign streamers are on display during the OutServe Armed Forces Leadership Summit on Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011, in Las Vegas

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How Oklahoma's AG used a frontier-era law to charge Robert Morris in sex abuse scandal

Megachurch founder Robert Morris was indicted Wednesday, nine months after Cindy Clemishire publicly accused him of molesting her in the 1980s, beginning when she was 12.
Image: Robert Morris
Image: Robert Morris