[aggregation-styles] CNBC Call it the Covid baby bust. Experts are forecasting declining birth rates this year as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, putting pressure on the consumer giants that manufacture infant formula, baby food and diapers, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday. Barclays is predicting that births in China...
Watch Newborn Gray Whale Swim With Mother Off California Coast
DANA POINT — A baby gray whale heading south with its mother was spotted swimming alongside dolphins and sea lions off the Southern California coast. Crew members on a whale-watching boat recorded video of the pair in about 100 feet of water near Salt Creek Beach in Dana Point on Tuesday. Capt....
Baby Ejected From Car Window in Turlock Crash, Survives
TURLOCK — A baby in a car seat that was ejected from a car in when it crashed last weekend survived with only minor injuries, police said. Six-week-old Ezra Benitez was in a sport utility vehicle that crashed Sunday in Turlock and flipped several times, the California Highway Patrol said....
Pink or Blue? Some Gender Reveal Parties Take Dangerous Turn
It was supposed to be a happy moment, a chance to declare the sex of a soon-to-be-born baby with a blast of color and burst of attention on social media. But the gender reveal party explosion that killed an Iowa woman last weekend highlights the extreme lengths to which some...
Actor Danny Trejo Helps Save Baby Trapped in Car in LA
LOS ANGELES — Actor Danny Trejo played a real-life hero when he helped rescue a baby trapped in an overturned car after a collision at a Los Angeles intersection. Authorities say two cars crashed Wednesday in the Sylmar neighborhood. Video aired by KABC-TV shows Trejo at the crash scene. Trejo says he...
Baby Critical After Being Shot in Head in Fresno
A 10-month-old baby girl is in critical condition after she was shot in the head in Fresno early Sunday morning, police said. The baby, Fayth Percy, underwent surgery to remove bullet fragments from her head, Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer said at a news conference Sunday. She is in critical...
Premature Baby Found in Border Patrol Facility in Texas
The teenage girl with pigtail braids was hunched over in a wheelchair and holding a bunched sweatshirt when an immigrant advocate met her at a crowded Border Patrol facility in Texas. She opened the sweatshirt and the advocate gasped. It was a tiny baby, born premature and held in detention...
Harry, Meghan ‘Over the Moon’ About Their Healthy Baby Boy
WINDSOR, England — Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, gave birth to a healthy baby boy early Monday, a beaming Prince Harry announced to the world, declaring he's "incredibly proud" of his wife. The baby weighed 7 pounds, 3 ounces at birth and was born at 5:26 a.m. (0426 GMT; 12:26...
It's a Girl! Berlin Zoo's Baby Polar Bear Has 1st Checkup
BERLIN — Berlin's Tierpark zoo says its latest baby polar bear is "a perky, strong girl." Keepers and vets were able to separate the 11-week old bear from mother Tonja for the first time to conduct a medical checkup, during which they also determined the cub's sex. The zoo said...
NYC’s Homeless Include Large Numbers of Homeless Children
Children only 1 years old are most likely to be homeless in New York City's shelter system. In fact, 11,234 children under 6 live in a shelter system that houses about 60,000 people daily, writes New York Times Reporter Nikita Stewart. In her article, "Baby Antonio: 5 Pounds, 12 Ounces and...