Pregnant

Apr 8 2013

Her second baby at 46

Halle Berry is talking about becoming a mother for the second time at 46.

“I feel fantastic. This has been the biggest surprise of my life to tell you the truth,” said Berry in an interview with CNN’s Alina Cho. In the interview, Berry spoke about her work with designer Michael Kors and the U.N. World Food Programme to fight hunger.

The Academy Award-winning actress and fiance Olivier Martinez are expecting their first child together.

Apr 5 2013

Second child for Berry

Actress Halle Berry and her fiance, French actor Olivier Martinez, are expecting a child, Berry’s representative told CNN on Friday.

Berry has a daughter, Nahla, from an earlier relationship with Gabriel Aubry.

Berry and Aubry have engaged in a long battle over custody of the child, culminating in a driveway brawl between Aubry and Martinez. The parents later reached a legal agreement, details of which are not known.

Aug 23 2012

GOP refuses to back him financially

Loose lips sink ships, or in the case of Republican Congressman and aspiring Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akins, political careers.

Akins was on track to help the GOP recapture the senate before his comments on rape aired Sunday. “From what I understand from doctors ... if it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down (getting pregnant).”

Jul 5 2012

Program serves those most susceptible to sickness, disease

The Peer Health Exchange was founded to address a growing crisis among teenagers. According to the organization, teenagers today are engaging in risky behavior at alarming rates, harming their bodies and their futures.

Nov 17 2011

Many of the goats were pregnant

LANCASTER, Calif.—The three pit bulls that killed 42 goats in the high desert were in a county-run animal shelter, while animal control officers worked to find any possible owners.

The attack happened about 8 p.m. Monday near 164th Street and Avenue Q near Lake Los Angeles when the dogs—running free without collars—got into a pen containing about 50 goats.

It was unclear how the bloodshed was ended, but responding animal control officers took custody of the canines.

Across Black America

Here’s a look at African American people and issues making headlines throughout the country.
 

Alabama
Freeman A. Hrabowski, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, will address the annual African American Business Council luncheon on June 28. Hrabowski, who is chairman of President Barack Obama’s Advisory Commission on Education Excellence for African Americans, has a national reputation for his work studying the performance of minority students in math and science. Hrabowski, named one of the 10 best college presidents in the country by Time magazine, was a child leader in the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham in the 1960s.
 

Arkansas
The Liberty Counsel filed a motion and a brief in United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas seeking to intervene on behalf of a Concepts of Life crisis pregnancy center to defend against a suit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Reproductive Rights. The groups seek to impose a permanent injunction before the Human Heartbeat Protection Act goes into effect July 18. Liberty Counsel also filed a brief opposing the ACLU’s request for an injunction. The “Heartbeat” bill states that when a woman seeks an abortion at or after the 12th week, doctors must test for a fetal heartbeat before an abortion is performed and inform the pregnant mother that the child in her womb has a heartbeat. If a heartbeat is detected, a woman cannot have an abortion, except in cases of rape, incest, and if a mother’s life is in danger. “As we promised when the legislation was introduced, Liberty Counsel will defend this law without reservation for the people of Arkansas, born and pre-born,” said Matt Staver, founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel. “No right is more foundational than the right to life. Without life, all other rights are irrelevant,” concluded Staver.