Two tiny Ethiopian girls, conjoined for their entire lives, finally saw each other’s faces for the first time after a groundbreaking 25-hour surgery in St. Louis. Doctors, including pioneering neurosurgeon Dr. Joanna Kemp, pulled off the complex procedure after nearly a year of planning by a 30-person international team. Though their brains were mostly separate, the surgery required navigating fused blood vessels. Now, one girl has already undergone a skull repair, and the other is scheduled for hers later this fall. With therapy and care underway, the ultimate goal is to return them home to their family in Ethiopia — a medical triumph that’s also a deeply human story of connection, resilience, and hope.

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The Justice Department just dropped a bombshell legal opinion declaring the federal ban on selling handguns to 18- to 20-year-olds unconstitutional, arguing it violates Second Amendment rights — and it comes right after they backed off defending loosened rules on silencers and certain rifles. The department’s reasoning? Eighteen-year-olds can vote, serve on juries, and even be drafted — yet they’re deemed too young to buy handguns from licensed dealers. They used an Olympian skeet shooter as a striking example of the inconsistency. While this isn’t a binding precedent, it’s likely to chill federal prosecutions against dealers who sell handguns to minors. Gun control advocates are furious, calling it a surrender to the gun lobby — pointing out that teens in this age group are disproportionately involved in gun violence, including school shootings and homicides. The current handgun sales ban, dating back to 1968, has long been legally contested across courts with mixed rulings.

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President Trump shocks the media world by banning CNN, MSNBC, and Politico from the White House, branding them “fake news” and vowing to shut out outlets that spread “fiction and lies.” He cites two years of cumulative coverage as the tipping point, refusing to elaborate on timing or constitutional concerns. Critics, including First Amendment experts, immediately slam the move as unconstitutional, arguing journalists deserve protection in public forums like the press pool — a stance echoed after past bans, including one against the AP and a controversial credential revocation of CNN’s Jim Acosta. Legal battles loom as enforcement details remain murky, but one thing’s clear: the president isn’t backing down.

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