Stuart Seidel News Today

Andrew Beaujon of Poynter MediaWire reports that NPR standards editor Stuart Seidel asked reporters and editors to “please avoid overusing ‘Obamacare’” after the Maynard Institute’s minority-journalism blogger Richard Prince wrote him saying “the term can no longer be defended as neutral.” Prince said Obama isn't using "Obamacare" in recent speeches. Seidel explained "I’m not persuaded that the use of 'Obamacare' is wholly inappropriate, but I am per...

This New York woman stepped off the curb and landed in the sewer. This is how it happened.

Syracuse — A woman fell into a storm drain in downtown Syracuse this weekend after a man removed the top grate, police said.

Syracuse — A woman fell into a storm drain in downtown Syracuse this weekend after a man removed the top grate, police said.

The woman fell about 15 feet near the Centro Transit Hub and couldn't climb out. She had to be rescued by firefighters and taken to hospital.

TEMPLE — Many families travel far from home and spend several weeks or months to get treatment for their seriously ill or injured children at Baylor Scott & White McLane Children’s Hospital in Temple. It can be a long time for children to be separated from their parents and vice versa. For children facing a serious medical crisis, nothing seems scarier than not having mom and dad close by for love and support. Tiny Mister Five Hills Dominic Pollastro and his family decided to make a b...