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We can all agree it's basically a dream situation to be rescued by a baby elephant, especially if you didn't really need rescuing in the first place. Instead, you just end up being assured that a baby elephant loves you and wants you to be okay.

CNN spent a week with Flint families, officials and whistle-blowers. Here's what's changed this past year.

Food bars and smoothies to take before a colonoscopy have been developed, and are scheduled to enter phase 3 trials next year.

Neither a hurricane nor a break-in could stop this North Carolina couple from tying the knot.

The United States is battling the biggest heroin epidemic in decades. CNN's Deb Feyerick traveled the country to find the people and the towns fighting the war.

When the kids are back in school and family vacations have come and gone, you will find empty beaches along Cape Cod's shoreline. On one such day in mid-September, a young man was the only person around. He sat on his surfboard about 50 yards offshore waiting for the next big wave -- completely unaware two adult great white sharks were swimming just 25 yards away.

Brenden Clark had to tell his 8-year-old son Cameron his mother had died from a drug overdose the night before.

A Connecticut judge has dismissed a lawsuit that families of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims had filed against a gun manufacturer.

In a CNN Exclusive, Dr. Sanjay Gupta followed the remarkable surgery of 13-month-old twins that were conjoined at the head, but are now separated.

Patients who have undergone open heart surgeries since 2012 may be at risk of a life-threatening infection linked to a medical device used during their operations, health officials warned Thursday.

Racial disparities between black and white breast cancer patients are receding, according to a report released Thursday. Younger women of both races benefit equally from timely treatment, but differences in death rates still exist for black and white women over age 50, a new report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicates.

Toddlers' fussy eating habits can leave their parents wanting to tear their hair out, mainly with worry that they are doing something wrong.

This is the story of a little red and green plaid dress and a family tradition it started.

"You suck." "You're worthless." "What's wrong with you?"

Anias and Jadon McDonald are twins conjoined at the head. Their birth was rare; science says the boys are one in millions. Their parents couldn't agree more.

When Hua-Yu Sebastian Cherng was a math teacher at a majority-black middle school in San Francisco, he would sit and listen to the conversations his students would have with each other.

Those folks who make cruel remarks just to stir the pot are everywhere. Kids are affected by this to varying degrees, depending on many factors, including a kid's age, his or her level of sensitivity, the severity of the comments, and the kid's social situation. Here are some tips for dealing with the emotional impact and the practical aspects of online haters and trolls:

The abuse of opioids, including prescription painkillers and drugs like heroin, is something the United States has struggled with since before the 1900s. But it's a problem that keeps coming back.

The latest allegations against Donald Trump of unwanted sexual contact brought out the usual responses from defenders and apologists.