In 1970, my body gifted my husband and I with a healthy baby, and I was ready to return to work as a young labor and delivery-room nurse.
I was assigned to a pregnant 11-year-old child who was in labor with her stepfather’s child. She clutched a teddy bear and cried for her mother.
Today is Friday, Sept. 27, the 271st day of 2024. There are 95 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On Sept. 27, 2018, during a day-long hearing by the Senate Judiciary Committee, Christine Blasey Ford said she was “100 percent” certain that she was sexually assaulted by Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh when they were teenagers, and Kavanaugh then told senators that he was “100 percent certain” he had done no such thing.
Also on this date:
In 1779, John Adams was named by Congress to negotiate the Revolutionary War’s peace terms with Britain.
In 1903, a Southern Railway mail train derailed near Danville, Virginia, killing 11; the accident inspired the famous ballad, “Wreck of the Old 97.”
In 1939, Warsaw, Poland, surrendered after weeks of resistance to invading forces from Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union during World War II.
In 1940, Germany, Italy and Japan signed the Tripartite Pact, formally allying the World War II Axis powers.
In 1964, the government publicly released the report of the Warren Commission, which concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald had acted alone in assassinating President John F.
By PATRICK DONNELLY
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Otto Lopez doubled home the go-ahead run in the 13th inning as the Miami Marlins beat the reeling Minnesota Twins 8-6 on Thursday night.
Carlos Correa homered for the Twins, who were 2 for 19 with runners in scoring position and stranded 15 on the night.
“We had every opportunity put in front of us to win that baseball game,” said Twins catcher Ryan Jeffers.