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By Jarrett Renshaw, Reuters Bruce Springsteen performing at an event in New York City in 2021. Photo: AFP / Getty Images Rock legend Bruce Springsteen will hold a concert and rally with former president Barack Obama in Atlanta and Philadelphia in the coming days as part of a series of get-out-the-vote events for Vice President Kamala Harris's campaign in battleground states, a senior campaign official said on Tuesday. With early voting under way, the Harris campaign was betting these surrogate rallies would help drive enthusiasm and turn out voters in states that would decide November's tightly contested election between Democrat Harris and Republican rival Donald Trump. The 75-year-old rock star is expected to play some of his most popular songs such as 'Born to Run' on Thursday in...

By Kellie Scott, ABC Lifestyle Post-weaning depression needs more research and awareness, experts say. (file image) Photo: Unsplash Mariana is the first person in her family for four generations to breastfeed. "In Mexico, everyone got pushed formula early on," the 36-year-old from Australia's Djilang/Geelong says. "So for me, it was important to get to at least six months." Mariana exceeded her goal, and just before her son turned two, she decided to stop. "I was getting really touched out … we managed to go down to one night feed, then just stopped." Weaning her son was easier than Mariana expected, but she wasn't prepared for how she would feel afterwards. "I was just so sad all the time. "I remember crying, asking, 'Why am I so sad?' We all thought it was delayed postpartum depres...

By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Only the feet of a woman trapped between two boulders can be seen in this image released by NSW Ambulance. Photo: NSW Ambulance A woman who tried to retrieve her lost phone from between boulders in Australia's Hunter Valley became stuck upside down for seven hours before she was rescued earlier this month. Just the bare soles of the woman's feet can be seen in photos of the incident posted on social media by the New South Wales (NSW) Ambulance service. The woman had been walking with friends on a private property in Laguna, a country town in the Hunter Valley about 120 from Sydney, when she dropped her phone. As she tried to retrieve it, she slipped face-first into a three-metre crevice between two large boulders, so deep that her friends were unable to reach ...

By Jonathan Landay and Patricia Zengerle, Reuters A person votes during early voting at a polling station in the first round of early voting at a polling place, October 21, 2024, in Daytona Beach, Florida. Photo: AFP / Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo Russia, China and Iran are intent on fanning divisive narratives to divide Americans ahead of the 5 November US elections and may consider fomenting violence after voters go to the polls, US intelligence officials said on Tuesday. The officials, briefing reporters on US election security, said foreign actors could consider physical threats and violence, and were highly likely to conduct disinformation operations to create uncertainty and undermine the election process. "Foreign actors, particularly Russia, Iran and China, remain intent on f...