Punxsutawney Phil’s offspring now have names that just might help the famed weather-forecasting groundhog to predict when spring will begin. Phil’s human handlers chose Mother’s Day to announce that the two kits born this spring to Phil and his partner, Phyllis, are named Sunny and Shadow. Sunny is a female, Shadow a male. Each spring, […]
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Mother’s Day was celebrated across the U.S. on Sunday by families of all kinds, including furry families. That’s right, a very popular Pennsylvania power couple had some celebratory news to announce in honor of the Mother’s Day holiday. The Punxsutawney Groundhog Club Inner Circle announced on Facebook that two names had finally been […]
A lurid tidbit of historical trivia making the social media rounds since the late 2000s supposedly reveals a shocking example of racist cruelty in the United States’ past, namely profit-seeking white hunters in the deep South of the 19th and early 20th centuries using black “slave babies” to lure alligators to their deaths: Alligator hunting […]
More babies will die from whooping cough unless vaccination rates go up to slow the spread of the infection, a leading expert has warned. Professor Sir Andrew Pollard, consultant paediatrician and chairman of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, which advises the UK government, said Covid lockdowns may have impacted on the rise in […]
Pope Francis continued his campaign on Friday to urge Italians to have children, calling for long-term policies to help families and warning that the country’s demographic crisis was threatening the future. “The number of births is the first indicator of the hope of a people,” Francis told an annual gathering of pro-family groups. “Without children […]
Five babies in England have died after being diagnosed with whooping cough, health officials have said amid a rapid rise in cases. More than 2,700 whooping cough cases have been reported across England so far in 2024 – more than three times the number recorded in the whole of last year. New UK Health Security […]
Scott Ressmeyer and the Miracle Riders roared out of downtown Columbus Monday morning on a motorcycle ride expected to cover nearly 9,000 miles. It’s not a fun ride, rather a way to raise awareness of Columbus State University’s nursing program while also raising funds for a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) simulation lab at CSU. […]
Scientists have been warning for years that bumblebee populations are declining, posing a risk to the vital role that pollinators have in helping maintain food and plants across the world. New research has found a “major factor” in why. The answer? It’s getting way too hot. Like humans, bumblebees’ bodies thrive best within certain temperature […]
A district attorney’s office in the Boston area has decided not to file charges against a woman after four infant bodies were discovered in her apartment freezer. On April 30, Suffolk District Attorney Kevin Hayden explained in a press release that police have been investigating an “unusual” case since Nov. 17, 2022, when they received […]
Three bald eaglets have been rescued after a storm destroyed their nest, Oklahoma wildlife officials said. The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation found the juvenile eagles on the ground in Jenks next to a downed tree after a storm rolled through the region, according to a department video posted to Facebook on May 1. “Mom […]
A medical examiner found the cause of death for the babies to be “undetermined,” according to an April 30 press release from the Suffolk District Attorney’s Office Matt Stone/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via Getty Images Boston police investigating the scene in November 2022. A Massachusetts mother who was the owner of the Boston apartment where four […]
Nigerian police have raided so-called “baby farms” on various occasions in the past. These illegal homes enslave girls and young women who are forced to have children before giving them up for sale on the black market to childless couples. Recent posts have shared a “breaking news” video report about 23 pregnant girls and four […]