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A New Jersey woman who was near death has received a transplanted pig kidney, part of a dramatic pair of surgeries that also stabilized her failing heart. Doctors at NYU Langone Health say 54-year-old Lisa Pisano is recovering well.

Comedian Arj Barker asked a breastfeeding mother and her baby to leave his comedy show at the Athenaeum Theatre in Melbourne, Australia, on Saturday night, a decision that has sparked controversy online.

Visitors to a certain part of the the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago this week may have been treated to a celebrity sighting.

President Joe Biden has also targeted junk fees for products like credit cards, cable and retirement savings accounts.

A 10-year-old boy woke up to discover his father killed his entire family and mother before killing himself, Oklahoma Police said on April 23.

The Justice Department says abortion care must be allowed in emergencies that seriously threaten a woman’s health under a federal health care law that requires hospitals accepting Medicare to provide emergency care regardless of patients’ ability to pay.

Nearly 40% of people in the U.S. are living in areas with unhealthy levels of air pollution and the country is backsliding on clean air progress as the effects of climate change intensify, according to a new report from the American Lung Association. 

Did you notice that today’s date 4/24/24 reads the same forward and backward? That’s because the month of April features 11 palindrome dates.

“Nuestro planeta: voces del cambio climático,” is a documentary from Telemundo Stations Group that seeks to explain how climate change is affecting and transforming our daily lives.

A Douglas C-54 Skymaster airplane carrying two people crashed into the Tanana River near Fairbanks on Tuesday and burst into flames, authorities said. No survivors have been found.

The revised legislation extends the deadline, giving ByteDance nine months to sell TikTok, and a possible three-month extension if a sale is in progress

The FDA is waiting on test results on the effects of pasteurization on the virus in cow’s milk, but to date, it’s seen nothing that would change the assessment that commercial milk is safe.

A pit bull was hurt after being shot by a Philadelphia police officer for attacking a Pomeranian in West Oak Lane last week, officials said.