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Nearly a month ago to the day, USC freshman Bronny James collapsed during a workout with the basketball team. The eldest son of LeBron James, Bronny suffered cardiac arrest and was rushed to the hospital. Thankfully just a few days later he was released to be with his family. Now a month later, doctors revealed why he collapsed in the first place. According to his medical team, Bronny was diagnosed with a congenital heart defect. Here's the statement: “After a comprehensive initial evaluation at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center led by Dr. Merije Chukumerije and follow-up evaluations at the Mayo Clinic led...

Male U.S. representatives with daughters are more likely to vote in favor of abortion rights and "more liberally on a range of women's issues" than male representatives without daughters, according to a working paper published this month in the National Bureau of Economic Research, the Washington Post reports. Ebonya Washington of Yale University examined the 105th Congress members' familial compositions and the National Organization for Women's ratings of its male members. The ratings, which are based on members' votes on 20 women's issues, range from zero -- which means they consistently vote against NOW's position -- to 100 -- which...