This breast cancer patient got her wish, a Jeopardy appearance, but sadly, too late to view it; After two children lost fingers, a Pa. company is recalling 1,300 playground slides; Why a million people might attend a teen’s birthday party in rural Mexico; This telltale tail shows dinosaur feathers in ‘exquisite detail’ after 99 million years; She became the nation’s first Somali American lawmaker. A month later, she was harassed in a D.C. cab for being Muslim.; Teen says foster parents locked him in basement for months, poured salt on his open wounds; 1,100 lb Egyptian woman, homebound for decades, set to fly to Mumbai for weight-loss surgery; Tragedy at Turn-About Ranch: A teen came for rehab, then killed a staffer to escape, police say; Angry Argentine parents accused of fatally beating pedophile, a trumpeter, as he played in church concert; ‘You cannot touch me there’: Breast cancer patient claims TSA ‘humiliated’ and ‘violated’ her; ‘Silent extinction’: Giraffes listed as a vulnerable species after 30-year population plunge; U.K. Vogue editor shames designers who ‘flatly refused’ to dress plus-size model Ashley Graham for magazine cover;   Stories from All Over   Annie Glenn: ‘When I called John, he cried. People just couldn’t believe that I could really talk.’ To John Glenn, the real hero was his wife Annie, conqueror of disability. By Travis M. Andrews  •  Read more » This breast cancer patient got her wish, a Jeopardy appearance, but sadly, too late to view it "Competing on Jeopardy! was a lifelong dream for Cindy, and we’re glad she was able to do so,” host Alex Trebek said. By Travis M. Andrews  •  Read more »   After two children lost fingers, a Pa. company is recalling 1,300 playground slides From 2000 until this October, independent distributors sold the slides to some 1,300 playgrounds at city parks and schools. By Ben Guarino  •  Read more »   Why a million people might attend a teen’s birthday party in rural Mexico In yet another illustration of the vast reach of social media, the 45-second invite video has catapulted a young girl's birthday party — in a rural village in northwest Mexico — onto an international stage. By Samantha Schmidt  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   This telltale tail shows dinosaur feathers in ‘exquisite detail’ after 99 million years The specimen was found in a Burmese amber market in 2015 by a Chinese paleontologist looking for objects of scientific interest. By Ben Guarino  •  Read more »   She became the nation’s first Somali American lawmaker. A month later, she was harassed in a D.C. cab for being Muslim. "The cab driver called me ISIS and threatened to remove my hijab," wrote Ilhan Omar, who won a Minnesota statehouse race in November to become the nation's first Somali American lawmaker. By Samantha Schmidt  •  Read more »   Teen says foster parents locked him in basement for months, poured salt on his open wounds The teen's 14-year-old biological brother was found in that same Alabama basement, weighing only 55 pounds. Their foster parents have been charged with aggravated child abuse. By Travis M. Andrews  •  Read more »   1,100 lb Egyptian woman, homebound for decades, set to fly to Mumbai for weight-loss surgery “My initial reaction was 'How is she even alive?'” said the Indian surgeon who intends to do the surgery, upon seeing a photograph of Eman Ahmed Abd El Aty. By Ben Guarino  •  Read more »   Tragedy at Turn-About Ranch: A teen came for rehab, then killed a staffer to escape, police say "It was a brutal, vicious, violent, very violent attack," Garfield County Sheriff James Perkins told local media. By Katie Mettler  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Angry Argentine parents accused of fatally beating pedophile, a trumpeter, as he played in church concert The man had been sentenced to 30 years in prison for molesting five children. But four years later, he was released. By Samantha Schmidt  •  Read more »   ‘You cannot touch me there’: Breast cancer patient claims TSA ‘humiliated’ and ‘violated’ her "TSA is currently looking into the specific details as to what occurred during the screening process to ensure our security protocols were followed,” the organization said in a statement. By Travis M. Andrews  •  Read more »   ‘Silent extinction’: Giraffes listed as a vulnerable species after 30-year population plunge Over three decades, the giraffe population dropped between 36 and 40 percent. By Ben Guarino  •  Read more »   U.K. Vogue editor shames designers who ‘flatly refused’ to dress plus-size model Ashley Graham for magazine cover This is far from the first time a celebrity has been in the situation where the emperors of high fashion refused to clothe them. By Travis M. Andrews  •  Read more »   Recommended for you   The Switch The day's top stories on the tech industry and tech in our lives. 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