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There Are Health-tracking Wearables for Babies, Too

In their Atlanta home, 6-month-old Avery giggled and rolled on his piano mat, kicking his tiny feet into the air, while his mother, Crystal King, quietly checked his temperature on her cell phone.

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Lifetime's Latest True-crime Movies Look at Robert Durst, Elizabeth Smart

After dallying with some higher-quality fare, the Lifetime movie's tawdry, true-crime roots are showing with this month's premieres of "The Lost Wife of Robert Durst" and "I Am Elizabeth Smart."

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Jennifer Lawrence Asks Kim Kardashian West All the Right Questions

Can we please get Jennifer Lawrence added to the cast of "Keeping Up With the Kardashians"? The Oscar-winning actress and self-professed Kardashian super fan was the guest host of "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" on Thursday, and she snagged her dream interview with Kim Kardashian West.

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AirlineRatings Names 'most excellent' Airlines for 2018

Air New Zealand gets regular kudos for innovating everything from in-flight services to safety videos, its funky films featuring Hobbits and other famous Kiwis.

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Paul Ryan's Tax Dream Is Coming True

This is the moment House Speaker Paul Ryan has been waiting on for decades: The Republican Party is amid a massive rewrite of the US tax code that lowers rates and closes loopholes across the board.

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US, Australia and South Korea Hold Joint Navy Drills

The US, Australian and South Korean navies are conducting joint exercises off South Korea intended to simulate the interception of shipments of nuclear material meant for North Korea.

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Puerto Rico's Leaders Don't Know Who Has Power. We Tried to Find Out

Towns and communities across Puerto Rico are entirely without power, more than six weeks after Hurricane Maria. The island's leadership is touting restoration figures that show nearly 40% of electricity generation has resumed -- but it doesn't say how much of that power is actually reaching homes, schools and hospitals.

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Theresa May Urges 'new culture of respect' Amid Westminster Sex Scandal

British Prime Minister Theresa May says lawmakers must embrace a "new culture of respect" in the wake of the Westminster sexual harassment scandal.

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Diane Von Furstenberg: 'I've never met a woman who is not strong'

Call it the next chapter in the life of one of the most notable fashion designers on the planet. Diane Von Furstenberg says she is living her "third act" -- one, she says, that uses her voice much more than just fashion to empower women.

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Trump Asks Japan to Build Cars In the U.S. It Already Does

President Trump wants Japan Inc to "try" building vehicles in the U.S.

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American Woman Wins NYC Marathon for 1st Time in 40 Years

It's been a long time running -- four decades to be exact -- since an American woman broke the finish line tape at the New York City Marathon, but Olympic medalist Shalane Flanagan did just that on Sunday.

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US Leaders React to Texas Church Shooting

US leaders reacted with horror and sorrow to the mass shooting Sunday at a Baptist church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, with some calling for action on gun control as the death toll mounted.

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Sutherland Springs Church Shooting: What We Know

A gunman killed at least 26 people and injured about 20 others at a Texas church Sunday morning in what Gov. Greg Abbott said was the largest mass shooting in state history.

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Like Those Before Him, Trump Finds Familiar Path In Wake of Massacres

Waking here Monday to news of another gun massacre at home, President Donald Trump used a pre-scheduled set of remarks to express his condolences. He ordered flags flown at half-staff. And he pledged to stand with the families of the victims.

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Texas Church Shooting Leaves 26 Dead, Including 8 Members of One Family

The gunman in Sunday's church mass shooting had in-laws who attended the church -- but those in-laws were not present at the time of the massacre, Wilson County Sheriff Joe Tackitt told reporters.

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Paul Ryan's Latest Line In the Sand On Trump? Firing Mueller

House Speaker Paul Ryan spent the past two years drawing lines in the sand regarding President Donald Trump -- and then erasing them when Trump, inevitably, overstepped.

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America's Unyielding Plague of Gun Violence

Americans often think of themselves as belonging to an exceptional nation, and in many ways they do. They belong to a tolerant, multicultural society that has led the world toward a more innovative and more inclusive future through new technologies and a unique embrace of diverse cultures.

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2 of the 5 Deadliest Mass Shootings In Modern US History Happened In the Last 35 Days

Mass shootings in America are getting deadlier. Of the 30 deadliest shootings in the US dating back to 1949, 18 have occurred in the last 10 years. Two of the five deadliest took place in just the last 35 days.

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5 Things for November 6: Texas Church Shooting

Just over a month after the Las Vegas mass shooting, another community is torn apart by gun violence. Here's what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door.

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Lovell' Food For Thought - Has HDEART/ICC had an Impact?

Will those impacted respond to a survey/

There is no doubt that the Health Disparities, Education, Awareness, Research & Training Consortium (HDEART-C), the Intercultural Cancer Council (ICC) and its Network has had an impact on the career trajectory of a significant number individuals in health, especially health inequities. The issue is whether we can document its impact. Will those who have benefited take the time to respond to do the survey? That is the biggest question?