12-Year-Old Girl Sends a Letter to Every Legislator Urging Them to Stop Abortion
A week ago, I told you about Brenn, a 15-year old who spends her free time praying outside her local Planned Parenthood clinic (a clinic that was just shuttered last ...
Posted Monday, April 21st 2014 at 11:22PM
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I was 16-years-old when I had my first abortion. I remember nervously pacing down Park Avenue in New York city, barely able to function because I was suffering from severe morning sickness and dehydration (you’re not allowed to eat or drink after 12 ...
Posted Monday, April 21st 2014 at 10:26PM
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VATICAN CITY (AP) - Celebrating Easter Sunday, Christianity's most joyous day, Pope Francis stood under sunny skies before a flock so numerous they overflowed the flower-bedecked St. Peter's Square.
Even before Mass began in late morning, more than ...
Posted Sunday, April 20th 2014 at 9:29AM
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Communication skills include both verbal and non-verbal messages that people use when interacting with others. These messages can include such things as words, phrases, facial expressions, sign language, body language, gestures and voice tones. Effe ...
Posted Saturday, April 19th 2014 at 8:14PM
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(APR 17, 2014). Massachusetts nurses are gearing up for a fight—one that nurses across the country have been fighting for decades. Only this time, failure to pay heed to nurses’ concerns about staffing ratios could take the issue out of the hands of ...
Posted Saturday, April 19th 2014 at 7:50PM
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http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/world/2014/04/17/ac-dnt-kaye-south-korean-ship-simulator.cnn.html ...
Posted Saturday, April 19th 2014 at 1:28PM
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(CNN) -- Disgust, anger and shock greeted official statements from South Korean authorities that texts and social media posts from survivors trapped inside the stricken ferry had been faked.
Messages such as "I am still alive... in the cafeteria p ...
Posted Saturday, April 19th 2014 at 1:19PM
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Idris Elba has welcomed a son. The 41-year-old actor announced he has become a father for the second time via Twitter earlier today. He confirmed the news with a picture of the newborn grasping his finger.
"My son Winston Elba was born yesterday. ...
Posted Saturday, April 19th 2014 at 12:43PM
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Apr 16, 2014 2:14 AM CDT | Updated Apr 16, 2014 7:58 AM CDT
(NEWSER) – At least four people are confirmed dead and nearly 300 are missing after a passenger ferry carrying 476 people—including more than 300 high school students and their teachers—san ...
Posted Wednesday, April 16th 2014 at 10:52PM
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Two years ago, plainclothes NYPD Officer Richard Haste stalked and gunned down Ramarley Graham, a frightened, unarmed, and nonviolent 18-year old who was attempting to flush marijuana down the toilet in his Bronx home.1
Bronx County District Attor ...
Posted Wednesday, April 16th 2014 at 12:36PM
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It's estimated that as many as 59 million Americans have a thyroid problem, but the majority don't know it yet. The thyroid, a butterfly-shaped gland located in the neck, is the master gland of metabolism. When your thyroid doesn't function, it can a ...
Posted Wednesday, April 16th 2014 at 12:27PM
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(April 16, 2014) It's back. March came in like a lion, and it was supposed to go out like a lamb. But now, in mid-April, the cold that gripped the East Coast last month has suddenly returned, forcing the coats we had stuffed deep into our closets af ...
Posted Wednesday, April 16th 2014 at 12:12PM
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(4/14/2014) Tax day is here—and some people will pay more this year because of Obamacare. The law's biggest tax provision—billions of dollars in tax credits to help people cover the cost of their premiums—is already in effect, but doesn't affect the ...
Posted Wednesday, April 16th 2014 at 12:06PM
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(4/15/14) Health insurers got their first taste of Obamacare this year. And they want seconds. Insurers saw disaster in the fall when Obamacare’s rollout flopped and HealthCare.gov was a mess. But a strong March enrollment surge, along with indicati ...
Posted Wednesday, April 16th 2014 at 11:49AM
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I am a bully sentence
Edmond Aviv holds a sign in South Euclid, Ohio declaring he's a bully, a requirement of his sentence because he was accused of harassing a neighbor and her disabled children for the past 15 years.
SOUTH EUCLID, Ohio (AP) - ...
Posted Tuesday, April 15th 2014 at 2:06PM
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After a long battle with Lupus, natural hair guru and YouTube vlogger, Domineque Banks, who coined the phrase, “Long Hair Don’t Care2011,” passed away on April 9, 2014. Banks suffered a heart attack and was placed on life support, not being able to b ...
Posted Tuesday, April 15th 2014 at 1:58PM
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In Uganda, a nurse is accused of spreading HIV
By RODNEY MUHUMUZA
Apr 13, 2014 12:43 PM
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Goaded by journalists who wanted a clear view of her face, the Ugandan nurse looked dazed and on the verge of tears. The Ugandan press ...
Posted Tuesday, April 15th 2014 at 1:53PM
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We can start with the official definition.
Holistic nursing is defined as “all nursing practice that has healing the whole person as its goal” (American Holistic Nurses’ Association, 1998, Description of Holistic Nursing). The AHNA goes on to say ...
Posted Monday, April 14th 2014 at 12:37AM
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Burned out. Drained. Drowning. From the medicine room to the break room, nurses repeatedly echo these sentiments.
How can nurses keep from becoming overwhelmed by the demands of their professional and personal lives? How do they prevent work-relat ...
Posted Monday, April 14th 2014 at 12:30AM
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The 44-year-old actress appeared on CocoaFab’s new web series, The Organized Home where she linked up with the show’s host, Denise Gordon to throw a party for her girlfriends to announce her pregnancy. “I feel so excited to be able to grow our famil ...
Posted Sunday, April 13th 2014 at 10:19PM
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Beyonce is a woman of many surprises and she pulled a new one out of her bag of tricks for the Coachella crowd last night. Queen Bey took to the stage during Solange’s set for an impromptu, big sister-little sister dance duo! Toward the end of “Losi ...
Posted Sunday, April 13th 2014 at 8:45PM
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We are shocked to report that Karyn Washington, 22, the beautiful creator of the uplifting website, ForBrownGirls.com has died, due to an apparent suicide. Karyen created the site as an “inspiration destination” where Black women with darker skin cou ...
Posted Sunday, April 13th 2014 at 8:09PM
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Drake made a wish come true for a young girl in a serious battle with brain cancer. On Saturday, the rapper made a trip to Houston to visit 15-year-old Kennedy Brown, a high school student and one of his biggest fans.
According to reports, Kennedy’s ...
Posted Sunday, April 13th 2014 at 8:06PM
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The woman who signed on as Mathew Knowles’ home-wrecker is calling on Bey. Know why? Alexsandra Wright says the pop star’s four-year-old half-brother is homeless and heading to a shelter…
“Nixon’s mother says they’re headed to the homeless shelter ...
Posted Sunday, April 13th 2014 at 7:06PM
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Harry Belafonte settled his lawsuit against the estate of Martin Luther King Jr. Friday. According to reports, the singer and activist gained full ownership of historical documents he acquired during his longtime friendship with the late civil rights ...
Posted Saturday, April 12th 2014 at 12:34PM
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