The Associated Press is being criticized for its coverage of the murder of Georgia college student Laken Riley‚ with many social media users accusing the outlet of failing to report key details of the case that didn’t fit the desired narrative. Riley‚ 22‚ was a nursing student at Augusta University. She was killed last week while out running on the University of Georgia trails. Venezuelan native Jose Antonia Ibarra was taken into custody shortly after and was already known to law enforcement...

Conservatives called out the Associated Press on Sunday for appearing to categorize Laken Riley’s murder as more about the "fears of solo female athletes" rather than illegal immigration and weak crime laws. Riley‚ an Augusta University nursing student‚ was found dead Thursday after previously attending the University of Georgia before entering a nursing program at Augusta's Athens campus‚ where she made the Dean's List. Police have charged Jose Antonio Ibarra with malice murder‚ felony...

Carol Capps runs regularly in the forested area of the University of Georgia campus‚ where the body of a 22-year-old nursing student was found earlier this week after she was reported missing from a morning run. Capps‚ 24‚ said the trails around Lake Herrick always seemed safe‚ a place where she could get away from traffic and go into the woods for some mental clarity. But that sense of peace was shattered after authorities on Thursday found the body of Laken Hope Riley and arrested...

The major global medical association for endocrinologists will review its clinical guidelines for gender-affirming care‚ the Endocrine Society told CNN on Monday. Despite recent moves by some US states to restrict or ban such care‚ the society said it’s a routine update that was not prompted by politics. The society’s guidelines help the organization’s 18‚000 members – doctors‚ nurses‚ educators and students who focus on hormone-related health – determine the best practices to provide...

President Joe Biden said Monday that he hopes a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas that would pause hostilities and allow for remaining hostages to be released can take effect by early next week. Asked when he hoped such a deal could be finalized‚ Biden said: “Well I hope by the beginning of the weekend. The end of the weekend. My national security adviser tells me that they’re close. They’re close. They’re not done yet. My hope is by next Monday we’ll have a ceasefire.” THIS IS A...

Another effort to recall California Gov. Gavin Newsom is underway‚ just three years after a previous attempt to oust the Democrat from office crashed and burned with voters. The plan to serve the governor with official recall papers Monday was first reported by Politico. The group behind the effort‚ Rescue California‚ shared the article on social media‚ vowing: “We did it before. We will do it again.” The citizen-led group is the same one that managed to get a Newsom recall effort on the...

Weeks after a special counsel report brought questions over President Joe Biden's age to the forefront of the 2024 presidential campaign‚ Democrats are torn about the best way of addressing what is becoming one of the ballot's defining issues. Biden and his top advisers struck back immediately after special counsel Robert Hur's report on Feb. 8 depicted him as an "elderly man with a poor memory." Biden staged a rare evening press conference within hours. In the days that followed‚ Vice...

We've all seen our fair share of older-sibling-meets-new-baby videos‚ which are generally pretty darn adorable. But once in a while‚ one comes along that socks us square in the heart and has us desperately reaching for a tissue.Brace yourselves‚ friends‚ because this is one video that truly requires a tissue warning.Shared by @brianaarielle89 on TikTok‚ the video shows a preschooler dressed up in a dinosaur costume entering a hospital room to meet his newborn sibling for the first time. He asks‚ "Mommy‚ where is Hudson?" and is guided over to the cot where his baby brother is bundled. At first‚ he walks right past him. But then he turns‚ sees him and simply stares for a few seconds.A man's voice asks‚ "What do you think?" and oh‚ the emotion in his little voice as he breaks into tears. "Hudsooooon!" he wails. "Hiiii!" And then he cries out the sweetest BFF declaration you'll ever hear. @brianaarielle89 #fyp #viral #heartwarming #siblings #brothers #babiesoftiktok Oof‚ right? This is the purest love there is. What a little sweetheart and what a lucky little brother Hudson is. I regret to inform you that there is a part two‚ which is also adorable. @brianaarielle89 #fyp #babiesoftiktok #brothers #feelings #happycry "I'm happy crying‚ okay?" Okay‚ kiddo. So is everyone else now. Of course‚ not all young children are overcome with happiness when they get to meet their younger siblings. In fact‚ some kids can be downright hostile about it‚ asking the parents if they can send the baby back or acting out in anger and jealousy. Depending on their age‚ older siblings might demand more attention than usual or regress in certain developmental milestones‚ such as potty training.For parents whose young children didn't gush with love when they met a new sibling‚ don't worry. Jealousy of babies is totally normal and doesn't mean your kids won't get along eventually. It just takes time to adjust to a new reality and a new dynamic in the household. Dr. Hindie M. Klein recommends tips like referring to the new baby as "our baby‚" letting the older sibling help in caring for the baby (in ways that are age-appropriate‚ of course) and providing some special parental one-on-one time with the older child to help kids more easily adjust to a new baby in the house.Even baby Hudson and his big-hearted bro here will surely have sibling spats of their own over the years. Sibling love is complicated‚ but it's great to see it start off on such a beautiful note.This article originally appeared on 9.21.22

Adrienne Osuna is a fitness blogger with a focus on weight training. After years of struggling with her weight‚ this mother of four finally got serious about her health‚ adopting a rigorous schedule of power lifting‚ cardio‚ and intermittent fasting to lose weight‚ gain muscle‚ and kick ass.And while her personal regimen might be a little too ambitious for most of us‚ she's still inspiring—because she keeps it real.An image she posted on her blog is going viral for pointing out that focusing on your weight is a misleading goal. The before-and-after pic shows her before she started lifting and after—a complete physical transformation which resulted in a staggering one pound of weight loss.I know what you're thinking—that's two pounds! Well‚ I can explain. After Osuna's pic was copied from her blog‚ it blew up all over the internet—on Facebook‚ Twitter‚ Imgur‚ and more.After she went viral she made another Instagram post revealing she was actually a pound heavier in the after photo. Unfortunately‚ that post has since been made private.She would later explain that she felt it was important to reclaim her image because it had been used in advertisements for weight loss products‚ and that's not what she's about."But I DID NOT use anyone's products to do this‚" she wrote in a post which since been made private. "This was all hard work in the gym lifting heavy weights and intermittent fasting.Kudos to Ms. Osuna for getting the word out—fitness isn't about a number‚ it's about having awesome muscles you could use to punch a hole through a plaster wall.This article was originally published on 12.22.22 by our partners at someecards and was written by Matt Nedostup.

What happens when the proudest moment of a parent's life is also the strangest? Just ask Mark and Lindsey Lashley from Georgia. On March 19‚ they welcomed their first child Cason‚ a healthy baby boy‚ into the world. Nothing out of the ordinary there.Then Cason's grandmother decided to send a text to family members about her newest bundle of joy. Again‚ nothing unusual there either.But when that text went to a stranger named Dennis Williams‚ and he decided to join in on the celebration‚ things became even more interesting. Check out the exchange below.And just like that‚ the Williams brothers arrived at the hospital with gifts and well-wishes for the new mom and dad.The following note from the Lashley family was posted on Williams' Facebook page praising the brothers' kindness and generosity for providing a small token to a family they didn't even know a few hours beforehand.The best sentiment from the Lashleys:"If we all only had this kind of heart.”This hilarious and heartwarming story is going viral for all the right reasons.Plenty of stats and polls point to a depressing truth: Our world is becoming more and more divided by racial‚ ethnic‚ religious‚ and cultural lines.But it's easy to forget just how far we've come:Two random black dudes showed up in the hospital room of a white family to provide gifts and love to their newborn baby‚ and the Internet universally loved it. That‚ in itself‚ is an epic feat.These families will be connected forever due to a random act of kindness that warmed the hearts of millions.Not to mention‚ when baby Cason grows up‚ his parents will have one amazing birth story to share with him.But first‚ let's share this great story with everyone who needs a smile.This article was originally published on 3.22.16