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Life

Looking through stigmas and finding hope in postpartum depression

By Emily Janeen Ashcraft
June 13, 2019 12:00 AM
Six weeks after her first child was born, Kayla Geddes found herself sitting in her car crying.
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Nation

Things you should know today: 12/5/18

By Emily Janeen Ashcraft
December 05, 2018 12:00 AM
Jean Uno searches for heirlooms at her parent's Magalia, Calif., home, destroyed by the Camp Fire, on Tuesday, Dec. 4. Uno also lost her home in Paradise during the blaze. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
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Nation

Things you should know today: 11/28/18

By Emily Janeen Ashcraft
November 28, 2018 12:00 AM
He Jiankui, a Chinese researcher, center, speaks during the Human Genome Editing Conference in Hong Kong, Wednesday, Nov. 28. He made his first public comments about his claim to have helped make the world's first gene-edited babies. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
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World

Things you should know today: 10/17/18

By Emily Janeen Ashcraft
October 17, 2018 12:00 AM
In this April 10, 2008 file photo, Big Bird reads to Connor Scott and Tiffany Jiao during a taping of Sesame Street in New York. The puppeteer who has played Big Bird on 'Sesame Street' is retiring after nearly 50 years on the show. Caroll Spinney tells the New York Times that Thursday, Oct. 18, will be his last day on the program, which he joined from the start in 1969. In addition to Big Bird, the 84-year-old was also Oscar the Grouch. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
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Nation

Things you should know today: 9/24/18

By Emily Janeen Ashcraft
September 24, 2018 12:00 AM
Mourners carry flag-draped caskets during a mass funeral for those who died in a Sept. 22 terror attack on a military parade, during a mass funeral ceremony for the victims, in the southwestern city of Ahvaz, Iran, Monday, Sept. 24. Thousands of mourners gathered at the Sarallah Mosque on Ahvaz's Taleghani junction, carrying caskets in the sweltering heat. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
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State

BYU students making minimum wage struggle to make ends meet

By Emily Janeen Ashcraft
December 16, 2017 12:00 AM
A student employee at the Cougareat Subway prepares a sandwich for a customer. Low-paying student jobs rarely cover a student's living and schooling expenses. (Ty Mullen)
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Campus

Planning ahead essential for job-seeking December graduates

By Emily Janeen Ashcraft
December 14, 2017 12:00 AM
BYU Career Services employee Olivia Oldryd helps another student, Amanda Jones, review her resume. Career Services helps students find jobs and internships by helping with resumes, networking and job exploration. (Savannah Hopkinson)
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Local

Osteopathic medical school could attract BYU pre-med students

By Emily Janeen Ashcraft
December 14, 2017 12:00 AM
The Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine in South Carolina has a similar concept to what the proposed Noorda College of Osteopathic Medicine would look like in Provo. Wasatch Educational announced it wants to build a medical school in Provo, has presented a proposal to Provo City and are in the pre-accreditation stage. (A. Cory Maloy)
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Technology

Students see the good in 'dumb phones'

By Emily Janeen Ashcraft
November 18, 2017 12:00 AM
BYU students Anna Neilson and Rachel Schmidt use their phones. There aren't many Americans with push-button phones now, but Schmidt said she sees some benefits. (Emily Ashcraft)
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