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Vatican sent Italian children born out of wedlock to America as orphans; new book uncovers program

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This is an updated version of a story first published on Oct. 13, 2024. The original video can be viewed here.  During the 1950s, the Catholic Church in Belgium separated thousands of newborns from their unwed mothers and put them up for adoption, often without the mothers’ consent. The women were shamed into surrendering their babies … Read more

Cristina Sanz, star of reality show ‘Born This Way,’ dies at 36

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Reality star Cristina Sanz has died after a sudden cardiac arrest, her family announced. She was 36. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Sanz was a cast member on A&E’s “Born This Way,” a three-time Emmy winning series which followed adults with Down syndrome. The show … Read more

Babies born this year to receive ‘Freedom 250’ Social Security cards, Trump administration says

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Babies born in the U.S. this week through the end of the year will receive a Social Security card bearing the Freedom 250 logo to commemorate the nation’s 250th anniversary, the Trump administration announced Wednesday. Limited time: Save 25% on NBC News subscription Get exclusive reporting, live Q&As and ad-free reading. “The next generation of … Read more

Mexico, like the US, extends birthright citizenship to children born on its soil

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TIJUANA, Mexico — Vivianne Petit Frere’s brightly painted Haitian restaurant sits blocks from the towering U.S. border wall in Tijuana. Called Lakou Lakay, the name in Haitian creole means “home,” and it reflects her family’s deepening roots in their adopted homeland where her granddaughter was born two years ago, automatically making her a Mexican citizen. … Read more

The Holocaust’s youngest survivors: born in a labor camp, on a death train, and in a concentration camp

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This is an updated version of a story first published on Feb. 15, 2026. The original video can be viewed here.  May 2025 marked the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe and the liberation of the last remaining Nazi concentration camps. It might feel, nearly a century later, as though there … Read more

Born in the U.S.A.: Protecting the right of birthright citizenship

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Birthright citizenship is spelled out in the first line of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.” It means everyone born in the United States is automatically a … Read more

USPS unveils Route 66 centennial stamps, born from a photographer’s 42 trips

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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — You’re standing in the middle of an empty highway, staring off into the fading, golden light of Arizona’s high desert. The soundtrack playing in your mind? Depeche Mode. Industrial-leaning synth-pop strains might seem incongruous with such a vista, but it was the alternative rock band’s homage to Route 66 that seduced David … Read more