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DENVER -- Abortion advocates want Coloradans moved to action by the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn of Roe v. Wade to know there are many ways to help in the fight for women’s reproductive rights, but some options could do more harm than good.

Employees with Cobalt, a Colorado-based nonprofit organization focused on bridging ...Read more

BALTIMORE -- Cassandra Ferguson, a radio show host and owner of Elevation Global Media Group in Towson, Maryland, overcame a turbulent early life and now works to inspire others.

“I was tired of seeing other women not motivating women,” Ferguson said. “So I decided to follow Gandhi’s [apocryphal] quote, ‘Be the change you want to see ...Read more

Doctors are urging Florida parents to get the COVID-19 vaccine for their babies, toddlers and preschoolers.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention earlier this month recommended child-sized Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna shots for young children, from babies as young as 6 months to 4-year-old preschoolers. It’s the last age group to ...Read more

CHICAGO -- Within a week’s time the Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade and ruled that law enforcement officers can’t be sued when they violate the rights of criminal suspects by failing to provide the familiar Miranda warning before questioning them. And on Wednesday came the ruling that Oklahoma has the authority to prosecute non-...Read more

MIAMI -- As Roman Zhenzhirov organized his apartment, Coldplay’s “Daddy” blasted from his playlist.

You’re so far away. Oh, you’re so far away.

Tears dripped down his face. Zhenzhirov, 30, couldn’t bring himself to eat lunch. He sobbed at the table beside his husband, Roman Shyshkin, 37.

But his tears didn’t stream from sadness...Read more

Q. My father and mother broke up when I when I was 10, and a few years later my mom married my bonusdad. He is truly a bonus to my life and has been there for me through everything, just as my father has. I’m getting married next month and I'm struggling with the same problem so many face. Who walks me down the aisle? I would like to honor ...Read more

I witnessed the Boston Tea Party, the Battle at Concord and Paul Revere's Ride.

You didn't think I was that old, did you?

I was a kid at the time, living in a Kansas City, Missouri neighborhood that went all out for the Fourth of July.

Old, fuzzy black-and-white snapshots of the Battle at Concord sharpen the memories. Redcoats are lined up in...Read more

Q: Our 14-year-old daughter is a rising high school sophomore. We let her wear eyeliner this past year, but she is wearing entirely too much. She is well-adjusted (plays sports, good grades) but seems insecure to go out in public without her makeup. When we tell her she looks prettier without it, she becomes defensive. Should we lighten up or ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA -- Her baby was dead.

There was nothing she could do to change that heart-shattering fact.

But then she learned of a way that other women have found to ease the pain, to add meaning to an unthinkable tragedy.

She began to pump the milk her baby would have had, and she donated it to a nonprofit milk bank, which screens, processes,...Read more

This story contains multiple references to suicide, mental illness, and self-harm. If you or someone you know is thinking of suicide, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255 or text TALK to the Crisis Text Line at 741741.

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PHILADELPHIA -- America’s youth are struggling. The U.S. Surgeon General, Vivek Murthy, has...Read more

Sandra Hartman has endured an onerous course of treatments for her stage four breast cancer — six months of chemotherapy, a mixture of pills and infusions that required her to get a tube implanted under her skin, giving doctors perpetual access to her veins.

Comparatively, her most recent treatment venture was comically easy.

“You just go ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Keisha Jenkins had been in labor for hours. She was exhausted and in pain, with a pounding headache.

Her doula looked for the nearest nurse and, for at least the third time, said, "I need you to write this down: She has a headache."

A persistent headache during labor or pregnancy can be a sign of pre-eclampsia, a potentially ...Read more

DETROIT — The New Kids on the Block were still new kids on the block, relatively speaking, when the teenage heartthrobs hit the Palace of Auburn Hills on Dec. 2, 1989, for not one but two sold-out concerts.

"Yeah we used to do matinees back then, too," says New Kid Donnie Wahlberg, who fondly recalls that chilly December day and meeting ...Read more