Olympic marathoner allowed to bring her nursing baby to Tokyo after pushing for change
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Flagstaff, Arizona — Olympic marathoner Aliphine Tuliamuk thought endurance running was as good as it gets — until she gave birth to her daughter Zoe this year. But after the International Olympic Committee said in March that COVID-19 protocols would prevent breastfeeding moms from bringing their babies to the Summer Games, it looked like Tuliamuk would have to compete without her.
"I couldn't imagine," Tuliamuk said. "I mean, thinking about it still makes me want to cry." But Tuliamuk said dropping out of the Games and giving up her lifelong dream was also unimaginable. "If I decided not to go, what would I tell Zoe when she got older?" she added.Billions of cicadas are emerging across about 16 states in the Southeast and Midwest. Periodical cicadas used to reliably emerge every 13 or 17 years, depending on their brood. But in a warming world where spring conditions arrive sooner, climate change is messing with the bugs' internal alarm clocks.
Senate Democrats to unveil package to protect IVF as party makes reproductive rights push this month
Washington — A group of Senate Democrats is set to unveil a new package to protect access to IVF on Monday, as the party makes a push around reproductive rights this month — two years after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.