In a case dubbed the "Fitbit murder," a Connecticut man was sentenced to 65 years in prison Thursday for the 2015 fatal shooting of his wife at their home.

During his trial, Richard Dabate concocted a story that two days before Christmas, a masked intruder broke into their home, killed his wife, Connie Dabate, and tied him up, the Associated Press reported.

According to the news outlet, law enforcement said the timeline Dabate gave them did not match the data on Connie Dabate's Fitbit, which showed her moving around an hour after she was supposedly shot.

Police also added that the news outlet reported no signs of a struggle inside the residence.

According to the Associated Press, prosecutors said Richard Dabate chose to kill his wife because details of his affair with another woman he got pregnant at the time of the killing were about to unravel.

The 46-year-old was convicted in May by a jury, the Associated Press reported.

The news outlet reported that Debate plans to appeal, claiming he's innocent and saying someone else killed his wife.

A pregnant Texas woman who received a ticket for driving in the HOV lane in June now claims she has received another ticket for the same offense by the same sheriff's deputy.

According to The Dallas Morning Newspaper, Brandy Bottone was pulled over by a Dallas County Sheriff's deputy on June 29 for driving alone in the carpool lane, which requires drivers to have at least two people in the car to use.

Bottone claimed she told the deputy that she had the right to use the HOV lane because her unborn child counted as a passenger since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and Texas penal code recognizes an unborn child as a person, NBC News reported.

Despite her argument, Bottone received a ticket. She appealed, and it was later dismissed, the Dallas County District Attorney's Office confirmed to the newspaper and NBC News.

Now, Bottone said in early August she received yet another ticket for the same offense by the same sheriff's deputy.

Bottone told the "Today" show on Wednesday that the deputy knew exactly who she was.

"Hello, I know you," she quoted the deputy as saying.

Bottone told The Dallas Morning News on Sunday that the deputy then asked her when she going to have her baby, to which she replied, "Tomorrow."

She told the news outlets that he ended up giving her a ticket.

The Dallas County District Attorney's Office told the news outlets that the "second citation is currently pending."

According to the newspaper, Bottone has since given birth to a girl.

Danielle Wade became well-known on Instagram for her posts about fashion and beauty products, but in the past four years, her feed has evolved after experiencing infertility.

“I found it to be very helpful and very therapeutic, actually, just talking about it because hiding that part of my life and just posting these beautiful photos in beautiful clothes and perfect makeup just didn't seem as genuine when I was struggling going through this process of trying to conceive,” Wade said.

Now, the lifestyle blogger and content creator says she's known as a woman who helps other women thrive during infertility.

“I've learned more people in my personal life have gone through infertility because I started talking about it,” Wade said.

Wade says she quickly realized there weren’t many other women who look like her being open about infertility. She wanted other Black women trying to conceive to know they’re not alone.

“Black women tend to report infertility issues at a higher rate than white women or non-Hispanic women," Wade said. "However, they're also the least likely to be able to access the care and treatment that they require to support and assist them in that process of going from having infertility to actually being able to successfully get pregnant.”

Dr. Yashica Robinson is an OBGYN and the owner of Alabama Women’s Wellness Center. She says there are many reasons disparities exist for Black women facing infertility.

“People of color are experiencing fertility at two-times the rate of their white counterparts,” Dr. Robinson said.

“The environmental stressors we know that plays a significant role in how our bodies function and our ability to carry our pregnancies to term," Dr. Robinson said. "Other contributing factors would be pre-existing medical conditions, obesity, hypertension, diabetes and our ability to access health care and optimize these health conditions prior to pregnancy.”

Infertility treatments are also very expensive, making them difficult to access.

“For those of us who don't have private insurance and we obtain our insurance through the government, then it doesn't cover those treatments at all,” Dr. Robinson said.

Dr. Robinson says physicians won’t even offer treatment as an option if they don’t feel it’s accessible to the patient. She says that assumption is sometimes made just through racial biases.

Lilly Marcelin is the founder and executive director of Resilient Sisterhood Project. It's an education and advocacy nonprofit that aims to empower women of African descent regarding common, but rarely discussed, diseases of the reproductive system that disproportionately affect them.

“So if you go on our website you’ll find a lot of well-researched information about complications with fibroids, endometriosis, polycystic ovarian syndrome, breast cancer, cervical cancer,” Marcelin said.

She says she felt inspired to create the nonprofit after talking with many Black women about their experience with reproductive health issues and attempts to seek care.

“Some of them revealed to me that as soon as they stepped in, just the way that they were received or looked at, they felt that somehow there was an assumption about can they afford to pay,” Marcelin said.

That reason is why Wade searched for a Black physician.

“I actually was specifically trying to find a Black fertility doctor, male or female, just kind of wanted to see if I could get connected with someone who looked like me, maybe better understood my health history and what specific experiences I was having in this process, dealing with health care, dealing with infertility," Wade said. "And I had no luck with that.”

Wade is currently in her first round of in-vitro fertilization. It’s the next step for her after four years of trying other methods. She plans to continue being transparent with her Instagram followers about her exhausting journey of trying to conceive.

“I want to be normal to talk about loss when it comes to infertility and miscarriages and stillbirths," Wade said. "I want it to be normal to talk about all the creative ways you have available to you to have babies. I want it to be normal for all insurances to cover all infertility treatment.”
 

DICKSON, Tenn. — A Tennessee state trooper delivered a baby on the shoulder of a Nashville-area interstate earlier this week.

Trooper Aaron Ranker of the Tennessee Highway Patrol was responding to a crash on Interstate 40 in Nashville on Tuesday evening when he got a second call for help.

When he arrived at the scene, he saw that Sharie Madrid was in labor.

"With my medical experience I did realize, it was imminent, and there was no waiting for the ambulance, and was able to walk her through the birth, and was able to birth a beautiful baby boy," Ranker said.

Before he was a trooper, Ranker was an EMT. It was the third baby he'd delivered during his career.

He said he was lucky to be nearby when the call came.

"I usually work midnights, 8 p.m. to 7 a.m," Ranker said. "But for the fact that I happened to be two miles away, experienced, and even on shift at that time, is just, the factors are unbelievable."

The mother and her baby are both healthy. Madrid said the trooper saved the day.

"It happened so fast," Madrid said. "Couldn't have asked for a better trooper to come be there for me. I would have not been able to do it without him."

It was cold, but fortunately, Ranker had blankets in his car.

"We have some parts of our job that are, you know, kind of tough sometimes. But to do something like that just means everything in the world," Ranker said.

Madrid is currently staying at a hospital in Dickson. They'll soon make their way back to their home in Mississippi.

"It was wild, that's for sure. Didn't really have a lot of time to process," Madrid said.

Madrid's husband, James, said the couple hasn't decided on a name yet because the baby came three weeks early.

"Very excited, very happy," James Madrid said.

The baby boy is the couple's second child together.

This story was originally published by Alexandra Koehn on Scripps station WTVF in Nashville.

Former first daughter Barbara Bush welcomes first child

Updated: 6:57 PM EDT Sep 28, 2021

Barbara Bush, the daughter of former President George W. Bush, has welcomed her first child into the world.Cora Georgia Coyne was born Monday in Maine, not far from where her parents' had wed, the 43rd President announced in a Tuesday statement. He and former first lady Laura Bush were "proud and grateful" for the new addition to their family."With full hearts, Laura and I are delighted to announce the birth of our new granddaughter," Bush said, adding later: "Cora is healthy and adorable, and we are proud and grateful."Barbara Bush, 39, married screenwriter Craig Louis Coyne in 2018 in a private ceremony in Kennebunkport, Maine.Cora is the Bushes' fourth grandchild. Barbara's twin sister, Jenna Bush Hager, has three children with her husband, Henry Hager.

A mother is back home in Texas after a long battle with COVID-19 in an Oklahoma City intensive care unit.

Devisha Long credits her nurses for getting her home. But, she said, it has been a long journey.

She was flown by helicopter from Dallas to OKC. She was placed in a medically-induced coma at Integris Baptist Medical Center and was in this condition for nearly a month. She became a mother during her hospital stay.

“I surprised them. Oh, man, they were so excited,” she said. “You know, everybody was happy.”

Long survived COVID-19 thanks to the innovative extracorporeal membrane oxygenation treatment. This week, she finally returned home to her family in Dallas. Her nurses watched the tender moment while huddled around an iPhone.

“It was freaking awesome! I got chills. I cried, and I don’t cry. It was a breath of fresh air,” the nurses said.

Their former patient hugged her sweet daughters for the first time in months.

While Long was in a coma, Nurse Manager Rebecca Mitchell said she was very sick and was pregnant.

“And then they had to do an emergency C-section before she came to us,” Mitchell said.

“When I finally woke up, the only way I knew I wasn't pregnant is because one of the nurses from the other hospital had made a collage of the baby, and I seen him line up on the wall, and I looked and I was like, That's my baby,” Long said.

She eventually woke up from her coma, holding her baby girl.

“When I first held her and I was like, I can't believe, you know, this is you,” she said.

For the nurse team at Integris, they’ve been running nonstop, experiencing tragedy treating COVID-19 patients.

“It truly has been a hellacious year. I've seen more death. This just this past year than I have in the 10 years I've been a nurse,” Mitchell said.

But this brief moment offered a change from the sad realities of the COVID-19 pandemic.

“We all cried. I think we all teared up, because just that those are those moments that you, you need to kind of help rebuild to remind you why we do what we do,” she said.

They remember why they continue their work.

“Thank you for your positivity, thank you for encouraging me. You really helped me to remain strong,” Long said. “Even in the dark times of me being alone, y'all really did an amazing job and I just want to tell you how to continue to do the same because you're touching lives and making a difference."

Long is still recovering from COVID-19, going to appointments in Dallas. As for her newborn, she’s at a Dallas hospital until she can come home.

Pregnant Bindi Irwin shares tribute to her late father Steve

Updated: 10:27 PM EST Jan 16, 2021

This week, Bindi Irwin honored her late father, Steve Irwin, by recreating a throwback maternity photo.Bindi and her husband, Chandler Powell, are awaiting the arrival of their baby girl. The couple got married last March and announced their pregnancy in August.Bindi Irwin is celebrating her third trimester by recreating a special picture of her late father, Steve Irwin.On Thursday, the 22-year-old "Crikey! It's the Irwins" star shared a picture of her husband, Chandler Powell, kissing her pregnant stomach. Making the Instagram even more touching, Bindi also posted a similar throwback picture featuring Steve kissing the stomach of Bindi's mother, Terri Irwin, while the couple was expecting Bindi's younger brother, Robert."Recreating a very special moment. Third trimester love. ," Bindi captioned the two photos. Of course, Bindi's followers absolutely loved the "Dancing With the Stars" winner's tribute to her late father, who died in 2006 after being pierced by a stingray barb. "This so cute ?," one fan said. "Be right back, I'm crying now ," another said. "How sweet! I know that your dad would be more than proud of you ..." a different fan commented.Over the years, Bindi has honored her dad through her work at the Australian Zoo and kept his memory alive on Instagram. Days before she and Chandler announced their pregnancy news, Bindi posted an illustrated family portrait that included Steve. “To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die.” ― Thomas Campbell ? ... ," she wrote in August.Over the months, both Bindi and Chandler have posted updates on their growing baby, revealing in September that they are expecting a baby girl. Based on their Instagram posts, the soon-to-be parents are more than excited to welcome their daughter in the upcoming months.File video: Steve Irwin's family on starting a 'beautiful new chapter' with 'Crikey! It’s the Irwins'"It is such a blessing knowing that this tiny person has chosen us as parents. Our baby Wildlife Warrior is going to be so very loved by our families and entire Australia Zoo team," Bindi wrote last fall. "I can’t wait to find out what this amazing new soul loves in life, and experience the world all over again through their eyes."

The Mississippi State Department of Health has received reports of eight pregnant women dying from COVID-19 in the past several weeks, according to State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs.

Dobbs said all of the women were unvaccinated. The babies were born premature, but are alive, Dobbs said.

"COVID is especially problematic and dangerous for pregnant women. We also know it can be deadly for the baby in the womb," Dobbs said. "With COVID, we've seen a doubling of the rate of fetal demise, or the death of the baby in the womb after 20 weeks. It's been a real tragedy."

Dobbs said the COVID-19 vaccines are "remarkably" effective in preventing deaths in pregnant women and their unborn babies. The state health department is working to get the message to pregnant women that the vaccine is safe and available to protect "the most vulnerable in our community."

Health officials added 1,934 new COVID-19 cases to Mississippi's tally and 102 additional deaths on Wednesday. Dobbs said nearly half of Mississippians have received at least one dose.

State epidemiologist Dr. Paul Byers said, after a surge in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, the number of deaths lags behind.

"In August, over 93,000 cases to date. Some of the cases reported now still have deaths from that August timeframe, so it continues to increase," Byers said.

Byers said there has also been a decrease in the number of students and teachers who are on quarantine after coming in contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19.

Baby delivered after pregnant mother dies in tragic Kansas crash

Updated: 3:56 AM EDT Jul 8, 2021

A devastating crash in Kansas left a 22-year-old woman dead who was 33 weeks pregnant.The crash was caused someone who is a suspect in an armed robbery, KAKE-TV reported. They drove through an intersection that caused a multi-vehicle crash.Samantha Russell died as a result.Her son, named Mac, was delivered shortly after she was taken to a hospital and is doing OK, her husband Brandon told the TV station."Sammy was taken from us but left behind the most beautiful gift of life," he said in a Facebook post. "Samantha was going to be a fantastic mother."A GoFundMe page has been set up to support the family.Watch the video above to learn more about this story.

GREEN TOWNSHIP, Ohio — Pregnant women on the West Side of Cincinnati have to go somewhere else for midwife services now after Seven Hills Women's Health Centers said they no longer offer those services out of their West Fork Road location.

"While this was a difficult decision, we are confident that this restructuring is the right choice for our practice," the center wrote in a statement. "Our main priority has always been and continues to be providing compassionate and high-quality care to the women in our community."

The decision by the center has been hard for some doulas.

"It was devastating,” Molly Thoms, a trained doula and childbirth educator, said. "From, I think last Friday through Sunday, there was a lot of, ‘What’s going on? Are the midwives actually leaving?'”

Thoms said some women are due in days and don't want to use an OB/GYN. The health center said, "We are actively assisting in transferring them to one of our other care centers including Anderson Township, Downtown, Mason, Batavia, or Milford."

“Mostly what I read and saw was women kind of scrambling and wondering what they’re going to do," Thoms said. "I really, really hope they land somewhere here on the West Side so that we have this option once again."

A demonstration is planned for Friday at 9 a.m. outside of the Seven Hills Women's Health Centers on West Fork Road. Thoms said she knows the demonstration won't bring midwives back; however, she hopes it shows how much the community misses them.

"Our goal," Thoms said, "is to spread awareness of the frustrations with, and really the celebration of the midwives, and how much we want them, how much we care about having that choice and that option provided to us and how devastated we are.”

These close-knit triplets are all pregnant at the same time

Updated: 5:44 PM EDT Jun 23, 2021

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the tran triplets were born four minutes apart. The Orange County Sisters are now celebrating another milestone there due to deliver babies over the next four months. I'm gina, I'm actually the oldest by four minutes and I'm having a girl and her name is Latin Grace And I am Nina, I'm the middle. Um four minutes I'm having a boy and his name is Hendrix Paul. And I'm victoria the youngest by four minutes and an eight minute I'm having a boy. Um and his name is Ryan and Seth together. They're part of the covid pandemic baby. Boom. The triplets planned it that way, victoria Brown's baby comes first in just 2.5 weeks. Once we found out that Nina was pregnant, We encourage Gina, like pretty much every day. Yeah, come on. You know you have. And I was like, I was like, no, no, because you were thinking this is going to be my third. But it happened. The sisters now, 35 are expected to give birth in July August and November. They're the best of friends. They're making memories in matching outfits and sharing maternity clothes. They'll all deliver at the Women's Hospital at Memorial Care saddleback Medical in Laguna Hills. Yes, by the same physician, O. B. G. Y. N. Daniel Sternfeld. The interesting thing is they had prenatal appointments all in the same day. So they click with me, I'm going this is a wonderful story of these three sisters were all pregnant having babies at the same time. The triplets didn't plan this, but the babies births will even out the number of nieces and nephews in the family. Three boys and three girls. Hi

These close-knit triplets are all pregnant at the same time

Updated: 5:44 PM EDT Jun 23, 2021

Three California sisters who are triplets are all due to give birth just months apart from one another.Gina, Nina and Victoria were born a mere four minutes apart 35 years ago.Gina is expecting a girl, while Nina and Victoria are both expecting boys. Once Victoria and Nina found out they were expecting, they encouraged Gina, too."The interesting thing is they had prenatal appointments all in the same day, so it clicked with me that this is a wonderful story of these three sisters who are all pregnant and having babies at the same time," Dr. Daniel Sternfeld told KCAL-TV.Watch the video above to learn more about this story.

IRVINE, Calif. —

Three California sisters who are triplets are all due to give birth just months apart from one another.

Gina, Nina and Victoria were born a mere four minutes apart 35 years ago.

Gina is expecting a girl, while Nina and Victoria are both expecting boys. Once Victoria and Nina found out they were expecting, they encouraged Gina, too.

"The interesting thing is they had prenatal appointments all in the same day, so it clicked with me that this is a wonderful story of these three sisters who are all pregnant and having babies at the same time," Dr. Daniel Sternfeld told KCAL-TV.

Watch the video above to learn more about this story.