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Monday August 19th, 2024 morning edition

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Twenty-five weeks into her pregnancy, Samih Angelo's mother, Rebecca-Ann Belmonte, learned her son had a heart condition that would require open heart surgery as a newborn.

"It was clear that he would be he would be needing the Fontan procedure, which is a three-step open heart surgery over the space of four years, more or less," said Belmonte.

Following his first surgery, the Alame family lived at the Montreal Children's Hospital for over three months.

"It's hard to see your child hooked up to all these machines, you know, because after an open heart surgery, he's just hooked up to all of these machines," said his mother.

"So he was very, very strong and pulled through all of the other challenges that came in the weeks that followed.".

After a fourth and final surgery, Samih Angelo is now able to do all of the activities he loves.

And as he's about to start Grade Six, Samih Angelo has a lot to look forward to. »

Investigators looking for long-missing Michigan woman find human remains on husband's property

Authored by abcnews.go.com

Investigators looking for the woman found human remains on her husband's land.

FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP, Mich. -- Investigators have discovered human remains during a search of property in southeastern Michigan that belongs to a man whose wife disappeared more than three years ago and is presumed dead.

Michigan State Police said in a statement Sunday that they recently searched Dale Warner's property in Lenawee County and found human remains. »

"If I had a game, I would not sign with 90% of publishers": Manor Lords publisher thinks "self-publishing is a fine way to go"

Authored by gamesradar.com

"If I had a game, I would not sign with 90% of publishers that exist out there.

The publishing lead states that not only could developers cut costs that way, but they'd also have more interest in their game's success.

Bender concludes that "self-publishing is a fine way to go" - as long as developers know what direction to take and are willing to "learn." »

“We underestimated the courage of the Ukrainians. We should allow them to use our weapons on Russian territory,” said former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson • War in Ukraine

Authored by ua-stena.info

Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has called for Kyiv to be allowed to hit Russian territory with Western weapons.

According to Johnson, Putin thought his armored columns would overrun Kyiv in a matter of days.

And the only way to hit Russian bases is to use Western weapons, particularly the American ATACMS and British Storm Shadow. »

JD Vance isn’t helping Trump’s ticket. Removing him would be even worse.

Authored by msnbc.com

But there’s almost implicit agreement on one principle: The vice presidential candidate should not harm the ticket.

And Vance looks especially troubling compared to Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, whom more Americans view favorably than unfavorably.

Vance hasn’t been able — or hasn’t appeared to try very hard — to distance himself from controversial past statements about gender, abortion and people without children. »