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People with congenital heart defects may undergo many open-heart surgeries over their lifetimes. According to Gillespie, most of these defects are detected in the uterus by standard ultrasound screening, so that by the time the baby is born the doctors know if there are any heart issues. But according to the CDC, some heart defects …

On Oct. 25, five Native Hawaiian grandmothers felt they had no choice when they placed themselves before a bulldozer digging a waterline trench. They were there to protect the buried bones of their ancestors. The area was a well-known burial site. The landowner called the police to arrest the women and continued to …

The Wellington eighth-grader said he brainstormed ideas of how he could personally help and that’s when he came up with creating a GoFundMe. The owner of Schmidt’s Fudge Haus in German Village walked into his store on March 12 and found glass everywhere, their cash register gone and merchandise smashed. The biggest mess that needed …

Valerie Witt could have stayed with what was familiar and comfortable for her and continued to work as an elementary school teacher. After going through a divorce last year, though, and facing how to provide and care for her three young children as a single mom, Witt said she felt like “there was more out …

A collaboration between global machinery giant John Deere and the University of Southern Queensland has led to the development of vision-based precision spray technology for use on fallow ground. See & Spray Select uses integrated camera technology to rapidly detect green plants on fallow ground and automatically triggers an application of herbicide. It’s available on …

Denise Coffey   | Cape Cod Times Hernani Del Giudice faced three big challenges upon his journey from the Dominican Republic to America: getting through immigration, learning the English language and finding a job. It took three years before Del Giudice could get into the country after marrying his American-born wife, Alexis Mahon. But English didn’t …

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — A Fresno church has new technology it hopes can help win a court case and end coronavirus restrictions on indoor worship in California. Cornerstone Church has followed a couple big universities, major sports teams, and the city of Vail by investing in a bio-defense system touted as a coronavirus stop sign. …

LOS ALAMITOS, Calif., March 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Simple artistic actions like drawing, coloring, collaging, and painting fuel imagination at all ages, bringing people together through their creative expression for scrapbooking, room décor and other creative projects. With sales of arts and crafts equipment up 70 percent,1 the past year has seen a huge surge …

MINOT, N.D. – A Minot company is part of a partnership bringing new technology to North Dakota for oil recovery. Oil production is still down across the state in the wake of the pandemic. A new proposal hopes to get more oil out of the wells to help turn things around.  “We think the timing …

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) – For seniors unable to track down a COVID-19 vaccine themselves online, the Community Free Health Clinic in Cedar Rapids is ready to help. The clinic opened up a phone line for those 65 years and older on Tuesday that helps people get on a vaccine waitlist. Community Health Free Clinic …