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Michigan to expand support for LGBTQ+ families who want to foster or adopt children in need
Read full article: Michigan to expand support for LGBTQ+ families who want to foster or adopt children in needThe Michigan Department of Health and Human Services said it is committed to ensuring LGBTQ+ families feel welcome and valued as foster and adoptive parents.
L.L. Bean sees sales boom amid pandemic's push to outdoors
Read full article: L.L. Bean sees sales boom amid pandemic's push to outdoorsBean saw the best sales in nearly a decade during pandemic. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)FREEPORT, Maine – With Americans hunkering down and hankering to get outdoors during the pandemic, L.L. Bean recorded its best annual sales growth in nearly a decade, the company said Friday. During the pandemic, L.L. Bean closed all of its stores for 100 days but online and catalog sales remained strong.
Mother of slain girl works to expand Amber Alert system to tribal land
Read full article: Mother of slain girl works to expand Amber Alert system to tribal landThe day half of my heart stopped beating and the other half left with my daughter," said Pamela Foster, the mother of Ashlynne Mike. The day half of my heart stopped beating and the other half left with my daughter," said Pamela Foster, the mother of Ashlynne Mike. It was then that Foster found out there was no way to quickly alert everyone else on the Navajo reservation. The following day an Amber Alert was issued just hours before Ashlynne's body was found in the desert. Even though that Amber Alert went out to many New Mexicans, many on the Navajo reservation didn't get it.