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3 weeks ago | 
abcnews.go.com | Sarah Baniak |Emily Lippiello
Children have lost access to medication as a result of the cuts, locals say. ByInes de la Cuetara, Sarah Baniak, and Emily LippielloMs. Mary, pictured in the yellow dress, serves food to children. Patrick Ssenyondo/Light the Future FoundationNearly 200 children live in a hillside village on the border of Kampala, Uganda. They are given food, shelter and an education at the Light the Future Foundation, a school and orphanage founded by Patrick Ssenyondo.
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Feb 14, 2025 | 
abcnews.go.com | Sarah Baniak
48 million caregivers in U.S. face emotional, physical and financial struggles. February 14, 2025, 12:16 PMGertrude is helped by her daughter Ty.ABC NewsJanice Will was diagnosed in 2012 with Parkinson's, a condition that causes parts of the brain to deteriorate, causing tremors and balance problems. “When she broke her femur and it was close to the artery…it could have been lights out,” Brandon Will, Janice’s son, said about his mother.
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Feb 12, 2025 | 
thepulseofnh.com | Sarah Baniak |Anna Ping |Max Golembo |Emily Shapiro
(NEW YORK) -- New York City is known for its towering skyscrapers and bustling streets, but lurking beneath the glitz and glamour of the city that never sleeps are 3 million resilient rats that have cemented their place as native New Yorkers. According to Orkin, the pest control service, New York has been ranked as the third rattiest city in the country behind Los Angeles and Chicago. Now local officials are taking up the battle against the city's furry rodents.
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Feb 12, 2025 | 
abcnews.go.com | Sarah Baniak |Anna Katharine Ping
New York is facing its rat problem head-on. BySarah Baniak and Anna Katharine PingFebruary 12, 2025, 8:01 AMThe people of New York City versus 3 million rats… is rat birth control the solution? ABCNew York City is known for its towering skyscrapers and bustling streets, but lurking beneath the glitz and glamour of the city that never sleeps are 3 million resilient rats that have cemented their place as native New Yorkers.
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Feb 11, 2025 | 
abcnews.go.com | Sarah Baniak |Anna Katharine Ping
ABC News looks at New York City’s fight against rats as city officials and residents take matters into their own hands, uncovering new methods to curb the rat population.
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
thepulseofnh.com | Meredith Deliso |Sarah Baniak |Sean Keane |Aaron Katersky
(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden does not plan to pardon his son, Hunter Biden, who was convicted on federal gun charges, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre reiterated during a press briefing on Thursday. Hunter Biden is scheduled to be sentenced next month on the gun charges as well as federal tax-related charges in a separate case.
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
autos.yahoo.com | Sarah Baniak |Sean Keane
SARAH BANIAK and SEAN KEANENovember 7, 2024 at 4:54 PM·3 min readDrew Spiegel was preparing to march in the 2022 Fourth of July parade in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park when gunfire rang out. "In that short time span, seven people died, 48 more [were] injured," the 19-year-old told ABC News. "I texted my parents that I might not be coming home from the Fourth of July parade. And my life forever changed."For more than a year after the shooting, Spiegel didn't talk about it.
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Jul 11, 2024 | 
abcnews.go.com | Doc Louallen |Sarah Baniak
Many people with disabilities want to work but face accessibility barriers. ByDoc Louallen and Sarah BaniakAlexis Smith has decided that being diagnosed with cerebral palsy will not get in the way of her goal to become a journalist. Still, Smith acknowledges there are obstacles, but she's working so that she -- and others -- will not face potential discrimination from hiring managers.
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Jul 11, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Doc Louallen |Sarah Baniak |Emily Lippiello
Alexis Smith has decided that being diagnosed with cerebral palsy will not get in the way of her goal to become a journalist. Still, Smith acknowledges there are obstacles, but she's working so that she -- and others -- will not face potential discrimination from hiring managers. "I'm directly impacted by inaccessibility, so I would like to help in being a part of the change," says Smith, a 29-year-old disability advocate working in Chicago.
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Jun 7, 2024 | 
wsbradio.com | Dhanika Pineda |Lindsey Griswold |Sabina Ghebremedhin |Sarah Baniak
NEW YORK — Kate Ranta was in the process of divorcing her husband, U.S. Air Force Major Thomas Maffei, when he came to her home on November 2, 2012. The couple's son, William, who was 4 years old at the time, watched as his father pointed a gun at Ranta, according to police records. “All of a sudden Will screamed out and again, he had just turned 4,” Ranta said in an interview with ABC News. “He screamed out, ‘don't do it, daddy.
