Jill Biden' s advocacy for curing cancer didn't start with her son's death in 2015 from brain cancer. It began decades earlier and could now be further energized by her own brush with a common form of skin cancer.
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Mark Seitz of El Paso is the first bishop from a state along the Mexico border to head the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ migration committee in at least 20 years. With a migrant shelter literally in his backyard, and his diocese smack in the middle of the current humanitarian border crisis, Seitz hopes his experience will bring “new energy” to this church ministry.
Sunday marked 12 years since former congresswoman Gabby Giffords was shot in the head while speaking to constituents in a mass shooting in Tuc…
THURSDAY, Dec. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- There was a surge in pediatric firearm injuries presenting to U.S. children’s hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study published online Dec. 19 in JAMA Pediatrics.
This kid’s first steps went viral on social media. Yair Ben-Dor has more.
Rollins College valedictorian Elizabeth Bonker a speech at her university's graduation ceremony, even though she does not have the ability to …
An Alabama victim advocacy organization named Lee County District Attorney Brandon Hughes Alabama Prosecutor of the Year and honored another m…
Education
EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP — As schools around the state closed last week due to the new coronavirus outbreak, accommodating students with special needs has become a particular concern among advocates and parents resulting in proposed legislation, calls to study the impact, and some patience.
About three years ago, Todd Reardon was in search of resources and support for his son Tyler, who has autism. He found help in volunteers from…
Local vendors will gather to spread hope at the sixth annual Winter Wonderland Holiday Market on Thursday in Auburn.
The United Way of Lee County is closely approaching the halfway mark of their $925,000 goal, campaign officials learned Thursday during a turn…
As cases of child abuse sometimes thrive in the silence of its victims, those combating it aim to give a voice to those who may not have the c…
Many families who have children with special needs find it hard to go to the movies without worrying about how other people might perceive them.
On Monday, the League of Women Voters of East Alabama will host its annual meeting at 6 p.m. at Grace Methodist Church, at 915 E. Glenn Ave. i…
When Auburn University senior Molly Anne Dutton walked down the 50-yard line at Pat Dye Field Saturday, her adoptive mother, Peggy Dutton, wal…
Officials with a local autism advocacy group are seeking a new home. They’re hoping that place is a century-old Victorian house on North Gay S…
We read about advocacy journalism in Tuesday’s Opelika-Auburn News and the man who carried its torch for years.
For Jody Fuller, performing a comedy routine is as much about advocacy as it is about drawing chuckles from the audience.
Law
Nestled among a cluster of government buildings in Opelika, Ala., sits the Child Advocacy Center of East Alabama, in a quaint, homey building …
