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CJ Meckes of Hartland, Mich., was born with spina bifida. He is a twin to his sister, who is a healthy six-year-old. Spina bifida is a developmental congenital disorder caused by the incomplete closing of the embryonic neural tube. This hasn’t stopped CJ from being a normal child who wants to play ball and have fun.
Instead of showing critical missing children bulletins, the federal Amber Alert website on Sunday displayed a sparse, white screen with a simple message: It's a victim of the government shutdown.
Pressure is mounting on Congress to take action on creating an immigration process that protects workers' rights and provides aspiring Americans with a road map to citizenship. On Saturday, there were more than 183 major mobilizations and actions in 40 states, with large rallies in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, San Diego, Houston, Miami and Phoenix.
A fourth biker has been arraigned following a high-speed chase which ended in an assault on a family's SUV police said Sunday and investigators have called for public help in locating two more bikers connected with the attack.
A wildfire which forced evacuations at the Camp Pendleton military base near San Diego has scorched some 2,500 acres but is being eased by calming winds, officials said late Sunday.
In the aftermath of the Newtown massacre, gun control was ground zero in American politics, captivating the public and politicos alike. It flared again late last month after a gunman killed 12 people at the Washington Navy Yard.
A 9-year-old boy made it past TSA officials and gate agents without a boarding pass at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport and flew to Las Vegas alone, an airport official said Sunday.
More than 80 people and their pets had to be rescued by boat from their flooded homes after more than seven inches of rain fell Saturday and Sunday in Louisville, Kentucky.
KANSAS CITY, Missouri - A tornado that ripped through Nebraska, injuring 15 people and flattening buildings, may have reached a wind velocity of up to 200 miles per hour, the National Weather Service said on Saturday.
Working with her family in Malawi’s agriculture fields, where she toils in the hot sun, 8-year-old Ethel says when she harvests produce, “I get headaches and pain in my stomach.”Ethel is one of 168 million child laborers around the world, 85 million of whom work in hazardous conditions. The 12th annual Department of Labor report, 2012 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor, released [Sept. 30], chronicles the progress of 143 governments in combating the worst forms of child labor, which includes working in agriculture like Ethel.
