Organ donations give new life to 8 critically-ill patients  The HinduFamilies of man, who suffered head injury and woman who had a stroke donate organs; 15 cadaver donations this year.

Museum marks 125th anniversary collecting weather data  CityNews Calgary

ST. JOHNSBURY, Vt. — A Vermont museum is celebrating its 125th anniversary of collecting local weather data. The Caledonian-Record reports the Fairbanks …

Review finds ex-death row inmate innocent of officer’s death  CityNews Calgary

HOUSTON — A prosecutor says a review of a former Texas death row inmate’s case has determined he is innocent of fatally shooting a Houston police officer …

Anonymous Sperm Donors and Genetic Testing: A Moral Conundrum  PatheosIVF has always been an issue for Catholic morality. New DNA tests that help find relatives create a further problem: what happens regarding anonymous sperm …

Mumbai: Two cadaver donations in 48 hours give new lease of life to 8 patients  Times of IndiaMUMBAI: Two back-to-back cadaver donations in the last 48 hours have given a new lease of life to eight organ failure patients this week.

Aretha Franklin complained about missing money before death  CityNews Calgary

BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Authorities in suburban Detroit are investigating whether someone cheated singer Aretha Franklin by cashing a $178,000 …

Charge dismissed in case of girl found dead in Texas culvert  CityNews Calgary

DALLAS — Prosecutors have dropped a child-abandonment charge against a Dallas-area woman who’s been in jail for more than a year following the death of …

From strangers to part of “One Family”  Stylus

I was worried.” That’s what Lindsey Edwards, 28, remembers Gavin Finch, 21, saying to her after they completed surgery to give Finch one of Edwards’ kidneys.

Nonprofit works to end medical debt in the US – WMNF  WMNFWMNF interview with Jerry Ashton, the co-founder of the nonprofit R.I.P Medical Debt. He’s also co-author of the book End Medical Debt.