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WATAN YAR/EPA An Afghan security official (left) sits next to an young alleged suicide bomber detained by the Afghan police officials in Helmand, Afghanistan, on Monday. An Afghan girl has been detained by police while wearing a suicide vest in southern Afghanistan, according to reports. The child, believed to be the 8- to 10-year-old sister of a Taliban commander, was ...

Courtesy of KGO-TV Jahi McMath was declared brain dead last Thursday, three days after undergoing tonsil surgery at Children’s Hospital Oakland. She remains at the hospital on life support, even though its now considered a ‘coroner’s case,’ according to NBC. The family of a 13-year-old girl left brain-dead after tonsillectomy surgery want to celebrate Christmas with the teen in her ...

MARK MAKELA/REUTERS An Amish horse and buggy travels on a road in Pennsylvania. An Ohio Amish girl fled her home with her parents after a court-appointed guardian tried to force chemotherapy treatments on the ill girl. The guardian dropped her bid Friday. TOLEDO, Ohio — A court-appointed guardian is dropping her attempt to force an 11-year-old Amish girl with leukemia ...

MARK MAKELA/REUTERS An Amish horse and buggy travels on a road in Pennsylvania. An Ohio Amish girl fled her home with her parents after a court-appointed guardian tried to force chemotherapy treatments on the ill girl. The guardian dropped her bid Friday. TOLEDO, Ohio — A court-appointed guardian is dropping her attempt to force an 11-year-old Amish girl with leukemia ...

Stocktrek/Getty Images Sarah Hershberger, 11, (not shown) has battled cancer since April. Her family says natural treatments have proven to work. An 11-year-old Amish girl is in hiding after an Ohio court ruled the girl must listen to medical professionals and continue chemotherapy – treatments her parents don’t want because they make her sick. Sarah Hershberger’s parents would rather pursue ...

Discovery Sarah Atwell is a normal 17-year-old girl — except she has neurofibromatosis, a debilitating uncurable condition that causes tumors to grow on her face. The story of a teenager from Canada who endured cruel teasing due to her disfigurement is about to be revealed. Sarah Atwell, a 17-year-old from Nova Scotia, has suffered from neurofibromatosis since she was eight ...

Discovery Sarah Atwell is a normal 17-year-old girl — except she has neurofibromatosis, a debilitating uncurable condition that causes tumors to grow on her face. The story of a teenager from Canada who endured cruel teasing due to her disfigurement is about to be revealed. Sarah Atwell, a 17-year-old from Nova Scotia, has suffered from neurofibromatosis since she was eight ...

WKMG Vanessa VanDyke, left, says other students tease her about her hair, but she would rather leave the school than change it. A 12-year-old girl may face expulsion because of the way she wears her hair. Vanessa VanDyke said officials at Faith Christian Academy in Orlando, Fla., told her she will have to leave the school if she doesn’t trim ...