More grandparents taking on parental role for grandkids
CHICAGO (AP) - More grandparents are taking on the role of parents for their grandkids, as social service agencies try to place foster children in so-called kinship families. Experts say the trend is likely to continue as the nation responds to the opiate epidemic. Military deployment and a growth in the number of incarcerated women…
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Cliven Bundy heads back to court seeking release from jail
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A Nevada rancher is returning to court to seek his release from jail in Oregon, where he went to support the armed occupation of a national wildlife preserve. Cliven Bundy has a detention hearing set for Tuesday, when a federal judge will decide whether to allow him to go home as…
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Loss for words can be a rare brain disorder, not Alzheimer’s
WASHINGTON (AP) - A mysterious brain disorder can be confused with early Alzheimer's disease. It isn't robbing patients of their memories, but rather their ability to talk about them. It's called primary progressive aphasia, and researchers said Sunday they're finding better ways to diagnose the rare syndrome so that people whose thoughts are lucid but…
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