GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Porch pirates aren't anything new; however, a recent one reportedly took a package meant to make a major difference in a young girl's life. Dominique Purnell says her ...

A three-month-old giraffe calf from the San Diego Zoo Safari Park has been given a second chance! The female calf — named Msituni (pronounced see tune neee), which means "in the forest" in Swahili — ...

SAN DIEGO — Over the past three decades Ara Mirzaian has fitted braces for everyone from Paralympians to children with scoliosis. But Msituni was a patient like none other — a newborn giraffe. The ...

TOKYO (AP) — Toyota is introducing a wearable robotic leg brace designed to help partially paralyzed people walk. The Welwalk WW-1000 system is made up of a motorized mechanical frame that fits on a ...

Support VTDigger’s local nonprofit news and you could win a $250 gift card to Johnson Woolen Mills. Kiel Alarcon tries out his motorized leg brace in his Windsor apartment in October. He began ...