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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is refusing to renew more than a dozen grants related to human fetal tissue research.

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CNN Hero Tim Woodward co-founded Animal Rescue Corps, a nonprofit that works with law enforcement to remove dogs, cats, and other animals from large-scale cruelty and neglect situations. The ...