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Family goes to great lengths to avoid vaccinating three young children

Gretchen H. Thompson told Syracuse.com that this coming school year, her three youngest children would not be attending school in New York due to a recent change in religious exemption from school vaccinations. “I’m not ...

Teen battles leukemia alone in North Carolina because her mother is stuck in Mexico

Dalia said when she and her daughter arrived at the border they had all the necessary paperwork, but that didn’t seem to matter. “They took everything away from us,” she said. “They took our cell ...

Determined teen loses 113 pounds in order to become first in his family to enlist in Army

Luis, who lives in Las Vegas, currently works as an electrician at construction sites, but wanted to pursue other opportunities. “You’ve got one life. I don’t want to wake up and do the same thing ...

Teacher hangs bag of notes in classroom on first day after summer break – her message has gone viral

On the first day back after summer break, Karen Loewe told the students in her class to write down anything that was bothering them on a piece of paper. Then she asked them to scrunch ...

Jimmy Carter returns to building homes with Habitat for Humanity after breaking hip

In May, it was announced that Carter had broken his hip after falling in his home in Plains, Georgia. He was heading out on a turkey hunt. Breaking a hip at that age can be serious, ...

Former Dallas quarterback Babe Laufenberg’s son Luke dies at 21

The former Texas A&M football player, Luke played at Mesa Community College before getting diagnosed with Burkitt lymphoma after his only season at the college in 2017. Today we lost a son, a brother, a friend, ...

28-year-old visits doctor with ‘toothache’ – later finds out she’s not got long to live

https://twitter.com/oversabi_/status/901846196381249537 When Jenie Yoo began to suffer from toothache, she could never have known the diagnosis doctors had in store for her. It transpired that what she had wasn’t your run-of-the-mill oral complaint, but rather ...

10-year-old gets strange mark on leg after football game – dies in hospital 9 days later

Sad Posted by Sepsis Alliance on Tuesday, October 14, 2014 After Keith finished a routine football game, his parent noticed that his leg was beginning to swell. According to the Daily Mail, as a precaution they ...

Thieves break into ‘Dog the Bounty Hunter’ store, steal late Beth Chapman’s personal items

As reported by The Blast, Dog’s official store located in Edgewater, Colorado was broken into and burglarized. Pictures show the store’s shattered glass door. The thieves reportedly stole thousands of dollars in merchandise from their ...

6-year-old boy opens lemonade stand one day after dad dies for the sweetest reason

“My dad and I came up with the idea of a lemonade stand to take my mom on a date because I didn’t have enough money and I wanted to pay, so I did it,” ...