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Woman diagnosed with breast cancer one week after learning she was pregnant

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Patient Willana Mack discuss her pregnancy journey of delivering a healthy newborn after being diagnosed with breast cancer.

New recommendations are allowing women to pause their cancer treatment to get pregnant, and then resume their therapy after giving birth.

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A New York dairy is recalling a batch of raw milk cheddar after testing detected bacteria that can cause severe illness and potentially fatal kidney complications. Family Farmstead Dairy announced the recall on October 15. According to the notice posted by the FDA, the cheese was distributed to grocery stores in New York and New Jersey, but appears to have also been tested in states further afield.

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Thomas Smith

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Check Your Freezer: Ice Cream Recalled Due to Concerns Over Deadly Bacteria

Lidl shoppers should check their freezers after the retailer recalled one lot of gelato over possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes. The company's October 16 recall announcement, published by the FDA, says routine testing detected the bacteria in a laboratory sample. No illnesses had been reported when the notice was issued.

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Dianna Carney

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Itty Bitty 2 lb Shih Tzu Puppy Searching For Home After Being Born Locally

Great Dog Rescue New England (GDRNE), a dedicated foster-based dog rescue in Massachusetts, would like you to meet Pinch Pudding, a joyful young puppy who is in need of a place to call home. According to the rescue, “Born locally, the PUDDING litter are more than ready to share their famous pudding recipes with a lucky family. Grab a spoon and bring your appetite!” She is now living safely with a loving foster family while she awaits what comes next.

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What I Wish I Knew About Staying on the Ship During a Port of Call

Book a cruise and you’re no doubt thinking about exploring exotic ports of call. But there’s a small — and seemingly growing — number of people that do the exact opposite. They elect to simply stay on the ship and have a dramatically different day than most passengers.

Greg Wilson, CFA

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30 Things Likely To Vanish With Baby Boomers: A Farewell to What Was Normal

This article was originally published on ChaChingQueen.com, a site my wife and I own. AI was used for light editing, formatting, and readability. But a human (me!) wrote and edited this.

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Dianna Carney

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Young Coyote Gets a Second Chance & Begins Fight to Recover

A seven-month-old coyote rescued in Swansea is getting a chance to recover after Newhouse Wildlife Rescue stabilized him through a serious illness, the rescue reported. Weighing just 13 pounds, the young coyote was being treated for mange, rat-poison exposure and an infection that caused a high fever. After two days of care, he responded to treatment and was transferred to Berkshire Wildlife Services for continued care, according to Newhouse Wildlife Rescue.

Swansea, MA · 9d

Dianna Carney

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9 Pounds of Love: Meet the Tiny Chihuahua Mix Seeking a Family

Small Dog Rescue of New England is sharing the story of Rocky Red, a two-year-old, nine-pound Chihuahua mix hoping to find a loving forever home. The rescue describes him as friendly with both dogs and people, and says he was expected to travel north during the first week of November to be adopted. The organization is asking the public to share his story and help him connect with a family.

Rhode Island · 13d

Margaret Minnicks

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Cat owner says delivery driver apologized after video showed him hitting her cat with a package

On Sunday, October 25, 2026, a 21-pound black cat named Opie was sunbathing on the front porch of the owner's house in Virginia Beach, Virginia when a video showed a GOFO delivery driver intentionally hitting the cat with a package for no apparent reason.

Virginia Beach, VA · 4d

Greg Wilson, CFA

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The Fountain of Youth? 25 Foods that Can Help Keep You Young and Healthy

This article was originally published on ChaChingQueen.com, a site my wife and I own. AI was used for light editing, formatting, and readability. But a human (me!) wrote and edited this.

Thomas Smith

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7 Foods Flight Attendants Wish You Wouldn't Take on the Plane

Airplane cabins are pressurized metal tubes circulating recycled air at 35,000 feet, making every scent, crumb, and spill magnified for everyone on board. While bringing your own food through security is a smart way to dodge overpriced terminal meals, certain snacks make life miserable for your seatmates and the crew tasked with keeping the cabin orderly.

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Dianna Carney

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Small Dog, New Beginning: 10 Pound Little Camilla Seeks a Forever Home

Camilla weighs just 10 pounds, but the next chapter of her life holds a much bigger possibility: a loving home of her own. The 6-year-old Maltese mix is expected to arrive at a Rhode Island foster home after Halloween, according to Small Dog Rescue of New England, which is inviting prospective adopters to apply.

Rhode Island · 10d

Butter and Baggage

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Made These Cowboy Cookies on a Whim and Now My Family's Obsessed

I mixed up a batch of these one cool afternoon with no real plan, and the cookie jar was empty by morning. Now they are the first thing my family asks for when the weather turns.

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Dianna Carney

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"He Is a Sweet Boy": Bonbon the Small Dog With a Big Personality Gets His Second Chance

A five-year-old, 18-pound dog named Bonbon is on his way north this weekend, and Small Dog Rescue of New England is hoping the trip ends the way every one of them should, with a family waiting at the other end.

Rhode Island · 1d

Dianna Carney

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Tiny Juliette Is Ready for a Gentle New Beginning After Losing The Only Home She Knew

Forever Paws Animal Shelter is hoping a quiet, affectionate senior dog named Juliette will find a calm home where she can feel safe, loved and cared for. The shelter, located in Fall River, Massachusetts, describes the roughly eight-year-old dog as a Maltese mix weighing just under 11 pounds, and says her unusual look may leave people guessing: “This may actually be a lamb or perhaps some sort of strange bunny or maybe a tiny llama.”

Fall River, MA · 8d

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7 Dishes Mothers Made When the Cousins Came to Stay for a Week

I use AI to help draft these articles. Every recipe and every fact in them is checked before publishing. When the cousins' station wagon rolled into the driveway with out-of-state plates and a backseat full of kids, the calendar shifted. Sleeping bags went down in the living room, extra chairs got pulled up to the table, and the mother of the house started counting how many mouths, how many nights, and what could stretch. These dishes were the answer. They fed eight when the usual table seated four, they held up to second helpings and third, and most of them could be started in the afternoon and ready by six.

Dianna Carney

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Sweet Dog Whose Owner Decided Not to Keep Has Been Waiting Over 2 Years in Foster Care

A local and dedicated foster-based dog rescue in Massachusetts, Great Dog Rescue New England (GDRNE), would like you to meet Remmy, a cuddly pup who is still searching for her second chance at happiness. According to the rescue, “Remmy is one of four dogs being surrendered from a home in Tennessee because their owner has decided not to keep them. How has this wonderful pup been looking for her forever family for over 2 YEARS now?”

Massachusetts · 19d

Dianna Carney

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Together for 14 Years, Sparky & Peanut Need One Last Place to Call Home

Vintage Pet Rescue, a Rhode Island-based dog rescue focused on senior dogs, is seeking a loving hospice home for Sparky and Peanut, two 13- to 14-year-old companions who have been together their entire lives. The rescue says the pair are now fully vetted and are ready for a home where they can enjoy comfort, affection, and time together.

Rhode Island · 29d

realbalanced

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7 Dishes Neighbors Brought When Someone Came Home From Surgery

I use AI to help draft these articles. Every recipe and every fact in them is checked before publishing. When someone from the congregation came home from the hospital after a surgery in the late 1950s, the food started arriving the same afternoon. The women in the church circle had a system: names on a clipboard, a casserole pan per household, two or three days between visits so no one doubled up. The neighbor three doors down brought a covered dish on Tuesday; the choir director's wife came on Thursday. Nobody called it a meal train. It didn't need a name.

Dianna Carney

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Young Puppy Whose Owner Could No Longer Care For in Need of Help

A local and dedicated foster-based dog rescue in Massachusetts, Great Dog Rescue New England (GDRNE), would like you to meet Flint Funny, a young puppy in need of a new home due to no fault of his own. According to the rescue, “The FUNNY litter's Tennessee owner couldn't care for them any more (which is no laughing matter), but these hilarious pups can't wait to make you smile with all of their jokes!” He is now living with a loving foster family.

Massachusetts · 5d

Dianna Carney

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Adopted as a Puppy, Then Returned: Now Little Pico Is Waiting Again With Zero Applications

A 7-year-old, 17-pound dog named Pico is in foster care in Rhode Island, and after a few weeks in a loving home, he still hasn't received a single adoption application. That is the number Small Dog Rescue of New England is hoping to change before November, Adopt a Senior Dog Month, comes to a close, and the volunteer organization is making its case for the boy it calls "this special boy."

Rhode Island · 1d

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