Meet Juniper, Born The Size Of A Barbie

Juniper (left) with her dad Tom and mom Kelley

Five years on, she has just started class as a healthy kindergartner.

“To call her a miracle is too simplistic,” says her proud mother, Kelley French, 42. “It was a miracle with a lot of moving pieces.”

Now, inspired by her daughter’s story, the journalism professor at Indiana University in Bloomington has co-written a memoir, “Juniper,” out now, with her Pulitzer Prize-winning husband, Tom French, 58. It chronicles the incredible fight of their micro-preemie, who arrived in the world one day shy of the viability threshold of 24 weeks.

More Than 800 Immigrants Mistakenly Granted Citizenship

FILE - In this June 5, 2015 file photo, a view of the Homeland Security Department headquarters in Washington.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government has mistakenly granted citizenship to at least 858 immigrants from countries of concern to national security or with high rates of immigration fraud who had pending deportation orders, according to an internal Homeland Security audit released Monday.

The Homeland Security Department's Inspector General found that the immigrants used different names or birthdates to apply for citizenship with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and such discrepancies weren't caught because their fingerprints were missing from government databases.

Dad Beats Cancer Survival Toddler To Death, Burned Her And Tossed Her In A Creek.

Picture of Maddox Lawrence taken from her GoFundMe Page

Not 2 years old, Maddox Lawrence knew heartache.

The toddler had struggled with a rare form of eye cancer — and survived. In fact, prosecutors told CBS affiliate WSTM that the attention she had been getting may have made her father jealous.

One weekend in February, Maddox went missing from her home in Upstate New York — she was last seen in a white shirt with brown puppies on it, pink pants, a teeny tiny coat and a knit hat decorated with pom-poms, authorities said at the time.

MUST READ: Stop Bathing! Medical Science

It is common believe that the more we shower, the cleaner 

we get. That may be the case, but little did we know that frequent bathing, does way beyond “just cleaning”, but it strips the body of natural oils, and weakens the immune system. We vigorously lather up our bodies with soap, to kill any germs lingering on our skin, but rinsing off everyday, could lead to more bacteria than we started with.

Did Nigeria's Pesident Say His Minister Are ‘Incompetent’?

President Muhammadu Buhari, ‎has on Thursday, September 15, maintained that his Ministers are not doing enough to manage Nigeria’s economy, advising all Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs, to sit up and think outside the box in fixing the current economic challenges.

The President made this known, ‎while speaking at a Ministerial Retreat on the Economy and the Budget, at the State House Banquet Hall in Abuja.

Looking For A Job? Checkout This Small Town.

Cape Breton is a small island at the eastern end of Nova Scotia. It features all four seasons, the population (as at 2001) is just under 150,000 and the community is true to its small town roots.

The Farmer's Daughter Country Market, a bakery and general store, is a staple of this hidden paradise and it is looking to expand. They have everything they need, except people.

After hiring all the qualified locals in need of a job, the business put out a nearly too-good-to-be-true call for help on Facebook.

North Carolina Couple of 59 Years Die Holding Hands:

After 59 years of marriage, family and friends weren't surprised things ended the bittersweet way they did for Margaret and Don Livengood
The couple – inseparable since the day they met – spent their last few days holding hands, side by side in a single hospital room, and died within hours of each other.

"It was normal for them to be holding hands, their love was so precious," the couple's daughter, Pattie Beaver, tells PEOPLE. "But it was the sweetest, most precious thing you can imagine to see them holding hands in the hospital."

Nollywood And The Nigeria's Ebola Story

LAGOS: Two years after Nigeria fended off what could have been a devastating Ebola epidemic, the 12-week ordeal is playing out again — only this time, on a movie screen.

The Nigerian docudrama "93 Days," which premiered in Lagos on Tuesday, chronicles the harrowing weeks in the summer of 2014 when a man ill with the Ebola virus arrived in the city from Liberia.

Ebola is transmitted by contact with infected bodily fluids, and Lagos, a densely-populated city of 20 million where people shop in packed markets and ride on overcrowded buses, presented an ideal environment for the virus to spread.

Former First-Lady, Patience Jonathan In Court With EFCC Nigeria’s Anti-Corruption Agency to Court

Nigeria’s former First-Lady has run out of patience with the country’s anti-corruption agency.

The wife of former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan is taking the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to court after the agency froze four bank accounts allegedly containing $31.5 million, which the ex-first lady says belongs to her, AP reported on Wednesday.

Lawyers for Patience Jonathan, who has also previously served as a permanent secretary in Nigeria’s southern Bayelsa State, claimed in a letter to the EFCC that $15 million of the money that was blocked in her accounts was required to settle medical bills abroad.

#STOPBULLINGNOW- Bullying Ended Boy's Life

A 9-year-old boy was found dead in his West Virginia home after he apparently took his own life after months of torment by schoolmates, his devastated family said.

Jackson Grubb’s body was discovered in his bedroom Saturday by his sister at their Soak Creek home. She had entered the room in an attempt to cheer him up with a frog she found outside, relatives told WVVA.

His injuries appeared to be self-inflicted, police said, and an autopsy will determine the exact cause of death.

Defending The Theory Of Evolution Getting Tougher

Stromatolites in Shark Bay. (AP Photo/Hinrich BSsemann/Picture Alliance)

A new fossil discovery makes it even tougher for Darwinists to explain the origin of life.

There’s an old story about a chemist, a physicist, and an economist stranded on a desert island with nothing to eat but a can of soup. Puzzling over how to open the can, the chemist says, “Let’s heat the can until it swells and bursts from the buildup of gases.” “No, no,” says the physicist, “let’s throw it off that cliff with just enough kinetic energy to split it open on the rocks below.” The economist, after thinking a moment says, “Assume a can opener.”

Congo’s President Is Preparing for War Against His Own People

KINSHASA, Congo — In a calm corner of this typically chaotic capital city, the expressionless face of President Joseph Kabila stares down from a billboard urging patience and dialogue. “I launch a final appeal to those who still hesitate to respond to the resounding call of their homeland,” the sign reads in a veiled reference to the country’s dangerous electoral impasse.

Sex Slavery Is Thriving On Social Media Apps

The members of the United Nations Security Council hear terrible stories from conflict zones with alarming frequency. So it takes a truly horrific tale to bring them to tears.

Yet as officials in the Council listened in December to Nadia Murad Basee Taha bravely recount her torturous ordeal as an Islamic State sex slave, some wept openly.

Christian Father Beheaded by ISIS: 'Teach My Children the Principles of Jesus Christ'

Among the 21 Coptic Christian workers beheaded on a beach in Libya last year by ISIS was a father who, before he went to Libya as a migrant worker, told his wife he knew it was dangerous and that if he did not make it back alive, to please teach their children "the principles of Jesus Christ." So testified lawyer and humanitarian Jacqueline Isaac, who met in Egypt with the families of 15 of the 21 victims and told Congress about the genocide being perpetrated by the Islamic State.

Iranian Prince Living On American "Food Stamps"

Authorities say an Iranian royal living in Ohio was spending big bucks while misusing food stamps and Medicaid—but the prince claims he’s name-rich and cash-poor. The wealthy son of an Iranian prince is under investigation for food-stamp fraud in Ohio, authorities say.

But Ali Pascal Mahvi, a 65-year-old businessman who lives between St. Lucia and Geauga County, claims he’s innocent.

World's Strongest Tent???

If you're looking for a proper tent, you'll find a wealth of brands: REI, ALPS Mountaineering, The North Face, Tarptent. What you won't get, though, is something strong enough to survive disasters. 

Martin Zemitis is trying to change that. A former North Face product designer with 33 years in the outdoor equipment industry, Zemitis claims he has created the world's strongest tent.

Meet The Group Trying To Take Down North Korea With USB Sticks

Human Rights Foundation

A human-rights organization is trying to influence people living in one of the most closed societies in the world with nothing more than USB sticks.

Charges Dropped Against Husband Who Killed Wife's Attacker: 'This Case Was A Tragedy'

Charges have been dropped against a 61-year-old New York cab driver who beat to death his wife’s would-be rapist.

Mamadou Diallo walked from court a free man Wednesday after prosecutors threw out assault and weapon possession charges against him at the urging of the dead man’s family.

The Bronx man had originally been charged with manslaughter in the May killing of Earl Nash, 43, who police said forced his way into the couple’s home and attacked Nenegale Diallo. He ripped off her clothes and pulled his pants down, authorities said.

Watch: 8-Year-Old Golfer Knocks Drone Out Of The Sky

Australia’s top youth golfer has added a new title to her Instagram profile: “Drone Killer.”

A 48-second video shows the golfer, 8-year-old Ruby Kavanagh, driving a golf ball directly into a $1,900 drone. The damaged drone, which had been filming her swing from above, wobbles a bit, and then plummets into some nearby grass.

“An eight-year-old girl killed this drone,” a male voice, seemingly belonging to the cameraman, can be heard saying over the wreckage.

The video has encountered both fanfare and skepticism on YouTube, where some have charged that it’s a fake. Doubters point to the strange timing of the fall and the graininess of its aerial footage, among other things. Others have simply chosen to enjoy the sight of a small girl smashing an expensive piece of spying equipment out of the sky.

Watch the video above and judge for yourself.

Nigeria's Startups Get Boost from Buhari, Zuckerberg

ABUJA, NIGERIA — 

Nigeria has a growing technology scene full of ambitious young entrepreneurs who are seeking out solutions to various social challenges.

There is Angel Adelaja, the CEO of Fresh Direct Nigeria, which specializes in urban farming to meet Nigeria's dependence on importing food products.

"We take a 20-foot container that you would put a car in to ship, and we fit it with hydroponic farming technology and we farm vertically, so we're using as much space as we can in the system," she said.

Nigerian Students Shorted And Treated ‘Like Animals’ By Alabama State University

Godsgift Moses, Promise Owei, Thankgod Harold, Success Jumbo, Savior Samuel, and 30 more Nigerian students came to America hoping it would be the promised land.

It’s only fitting that “Opportunity is here” is the motto of Alabama State University, listed as one of America’s 100 Historic Black Colleges and Universities, and where they got full scholarships from a Nigerian government fund for four years of education. Instead of getting opportunity, they say the school took their country’s millions and used the money to discriminate against them.

Despite Her Achievements,Serena Williams Is Constantly The Target Of Disgusting Racist And Sexist Attacks

Serena Williams, who's widely considered the greatest woman tennis player ever, has made history again: Monday, she defeated Kazakhstan's Yaroslava Shvedova in the fourth round of the US Open, giving her more Grand Slam victories (308) than any other tennis player.

But longtime fans know that, along with celebrating, they should brace for more of the expressions of bigotry have threatened to tarnished nearly every victory, magazine cover, and interview of her entire incredible career. All too often, instead of being celebrated, she's targeted with outrageous racist and sexist comments.

Near-Fatal Ambush for U.S. Diplomats

On the night of July 7, seven American diplomats in Juba left a farewell dinner early and were headed back to the U.S. Embassy, anxious to avoid the city’s deepening chaos, when their two-car convoy was ambushed by the South Sudanese presidential guard of Salva Kiir.

South Sudanese troops fired between 50 and 100 rounds at the two armored SUVs as soon as they passed the presidential palace. No one in either vehicle, which included James Donegan, the second-highest ranking U.S. official in South Sudan, was hurt or killed in the attack, but it wasn’t for a lack of trying: Three separate clusters of South Sudanese soldiers unloaded on the unarmed diplomats’ vehicles. Eventually, a U.S. Marine rapid response team from the embassy had to fetch three of the waylaid Americans and their South Sudanese driver.

A UFO Causing The SpaceX Rocket Explosion?

Last week, one of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rockets spontaneously combusted on the launch pad while undergoing testing. It was a dramatic explosion (although Elon Musk would prefer to call it a "fast fire"), but according to the foil-hat-wearing corners of the internet, it was caused by aliens, or possibly a drone.

Grainy videos are doing the rounds on YouTube that claim to show a drone hitting the rocket right around the time of the explosion. At first glance, they are actually convincing: a dark blob travels right above the rocket as it explodes. Illuminati? Mars people threatened by Musk's desire to nuke Mars? Or, just a bird.

No More Burka In Northern Iraq: ISIS

Isis have banned the burka in some of their security centres in northern IraqReuters

In a seeming U-turn, the Islamic State (Isis) has reportedly banned women wearing the burka in northern Iraq after claiming that its fighters have been targeted by a veiled female. The hard-line faction has previously beaten and killed women for not wearing a veil covering their face and hair in public.

Now, IS (Daesh) has outlawed women wearing veils entering their security centres near their stronghold of Mosul after a number of commanders were killed by an unknown assailant. In neighbouring Syria, the feared IS al-Hisbah — or 'religious police' — have meted out punishments to woman who left their face uncovered.