Recently a recipient thanked Eric Steger for helping him to lead a normal life in retirement. Source
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FBI joins search for 6-year-old South Carolina girl
The FBI has joined the search for a little girl from South Carolina who has been missing for two days. Hundreds of police have fanned out across the area. Janet Shamlian has the latest. Source
Ohio State football players charged with rape and kidnapping
Court records showed that Amir Riep and Jahsen Wint, both 21, were in custody following an alleged incident last week in an apartment they share. Source
Bloomberg apologizes for comments on stop-and-frisk
While campaigning in Tennessee, Michael Bloomberg expressed regret for comments he made in 2015 about New York City’s stop-and-frisk policy. But he said he’s not worried the comments will hurt him with voters. Nikole Killion reports. Source
Price resigns as head of Iowa Democratic Party after bungled caucuses
Price struggled to communicate what went wrong last week, or how. Source
Digital political ad spending to top $1 billion for first time
Facebook is expected to rake in nearly $800 million during the current election cycle, far more than No. 2 Google. Source
NFL reinstates Myles Garrett from indefinite suspension
Garrett was suspended for his role in a brawl between the Cleveland Browns and the Pittsburgh Steelers last season. Source
Journalists documenting Wuhan coronavirus outbreak disappear
China is being accused of censoring critical coronavirus data, which the World Health Organization now calls a grave threat to the world. According to scientists writing for the Lancet Medical Journal, Chinese authorities had preliminary information on the virus for more than two weeks before it was officially released. Debora Patta reports on the disappearance of two citizen journalists who were documenting the case in Wuhan. Source
Mother of 5 dies in jail amid alleged mental health episode
Newly surfaced video shows one of the disturbing final days of a mother of five before she died behind bars in a Washington state jail. According to a lawsuit her family filed against the facility, Damaris Rodriguez was suffering from a “mental health episode” in 2017 when they claim she was wrongly arrested. Nikki Battiste speaks to the woman’s oldest son about why they are filing the suit. Source
Infants as young as 19 months can be altruistic, study finds
Researchers found babies were willing to give up food to an adult who appeared to want it. Source