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A 4-year-old boy's very best buddy is a five-foot-tall skeleton named Mr. Bones. This dynamic duo does everything together. Playground? You bet. Family walks? Most nights. Out to eat? Of course.

While a common family of bacteria, Comamonadaceae, grow on plastics in urban rivers and wastewater systems, it was unclear how these bacteria interact with and break down plastic. Professor Ludmilla ...

Officer Juan Pedraza relied on his training and instincts to rescue a baby boy, approximately 9 months in age, who was choking on a piece of plastic outside of Cedar Brook Elementary School.

The baby is crying, it’s breathing,” Baimbridge said. Officer Juan Pedraza relied on his training and instincts to rescue a baby boy, approximately 9 months in age, who was choking on a piece of ...