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Cardi B reveals birth of third child with Offset and says the newborn is the 'prettiest lil thing'

Sep. 12, 2024 16:10 PM EDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cardi B has welcomed her third child into the world. The Grammy winner announced on social media Thursday that she gave birth over the weekend. She posted photos of her holding and breastfeeding the newborn in a hospital. “The prettiest lil...

Husband of missing Virginia woman to head to trial in early 2025

Sep. 05, 2024 17:53 PM EDT

MANASSAS, Virginia (AP) — When Mamta Kafle Bhatt disappeared in late July, members of her local community in northern Virginia and her family in her native Nepal banded together to try to figure out what happened to her. They posted on social media, hosted community events and held...

Search goes on for missing Virginia woman, husband charged with concealing a body

Sep. 03, 2024 16:16 PM EDT

MANASSAS PARK, Va. (AP) — More than a month has passed since a Virginia woman disappeared, and authorities say she likely died in a bloody struggle at her Manassas Park home. Police are still looking for the body of Mamta Bhatt, 28, a mother and pediatric nurse who was last seen...

Infants' tongue-tie may be overdiagnosed and needlessly treated, American Academy of Pediatrics says

Jul. 29, 2024 11:26 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Tongue-tie —a condition in infants that can affect breastfeeding — may be overdiagnosed in the U.S. and too often treated with unnecessary surgery, a prominent doctors' group said Monday. The American Academy of Pediatrics is the latest, and largest, medical...