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Sophia, left, Mom, Cheryl, second from left, and Emma Rothenberg of Parkland, hug outside of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2019, on the anniversary of the shooting at the school. Emma graduated from tHE school in 2016 and Sophia is a senior there. (Joe Cavaretta / South Florida Sun Sentinel)

Trump referred to ‘gun violence’ in his Parkland remembrance. Hours later, he changed it to ‘school violence.’

August 18, 2019 at 10:23 p.m.

In the days after the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre, President Donald Trump expressed support for universal background checks and raising the age to buy an assault weapon to...

Your cellphone hotel photos can help track down sex traffickers

June 10, 2018 at 4:13 p.m.

Human traffickers commonly advertise children for sex using explicit pictures taken from inside hotel rooms. These photos are easy to find on the internet. The challenge for law enforcement is...

They found out their adopted daughter has a twin. Now they’re rushing to China to get her.

June 10, 2018 at 9:00 p.m.

Lisa Lumpkins was scrolling Facebook when she first saw the photo. In her newsfeed, a group that identified older children in need of adoption had posted a picture of a...

Despite all of the social and professional advancements for women, the monthly period is still treated as a taboo.

Aunt Flo visiting? Many women still can’t talk openly about their periods

June 11, 2018 at 9:31 a.m.

Despite all the social and professional advancements for women, the monthly period is still treated as a taboo. Because of this persisting social stigma, women will surreptitiously slip a tampon...

A Health Ministry worker fumigates for the Aedes aegypti mosquitoes that transmits the Zika virus at the Oriental Market in Managua, Nicaragua. Worries about the rapid spread of Zika through the hemisphere has prompted officials several Latin American countries to suggest women stop getting pregnant until the crisis has passed.

What this mom of two girls with microcephaly has to say about Zika scare

June 11, 2018 at 9:23 a.m.

Gwen Hartley's 19-week sonogram was normal. Her baby girl, her second child, was going to complete her storybook life. She'd married her high school sweetheart, they already had a healthy...

Want to keep New Year’s resolutions? Timing is key, researchers find

June 16, 2018 at 2:17 p.m.

Over these several weeks of overindulgence, we've excused every pumpkin-spice latte and holiday sugar cookie with one eye fixed on that near date that allows us to wipe the slate...

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testifies before the Senate in 2013 in glasses that spawned a critique of her health by Republican strategist Karl Rove.

Hillary’s in. Everyone has something to say about it.

June 20, 2019 at 11:00 p.m.

It's no surprise that Hillary Rodham Clinton's friends and foes were at the ready on Sunday to respond immediately to the news that she is officially a presidential candidate. For...

Eagles loss Sunday means Romney wins?

August 19, 2019 at 9:27 a.m.

For a Barack Obama fan from Philly still reeling from Sunday's brutal Eagles loss here's some salt for those wounds: The results of the game means Mitt Romney will win...

More signs of trouble for Santorum in Pennsylvania

August 18, 2019 at 10:58 p.m.

The second poll in a week shows Mitt Romney cutting deep into Rick Santorum's lead in Pennsylvania. Romney now trails Santorum by just six points in the state with 35...

U.S. senators from Pennsylvania, Republican Pat Toomey (left) and Democrat Bob Casey.

Senators pulling support for Paterno

August 19, 2019 at 9:26 a.m.

WASHINGTON — Penn State football coach Joe Paterno lost his job and the chance at the nation's highest civilian honor. U.S. Sens. Pat Toomey and Bob Casey rescinded their Medal...

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