Dozens of 9/11 Responders Watch Trump Sign New Funding Bill: 'We Have an Obligation' to Them

Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty With more than 60 Sept. 11, 2001, responders looking on, PresidentDonald Trumpon Monday signed into law thehard-fought-for billthat will extend funding for the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund for another seven decades. The act provides money for the VCF, which helps financially support 9/11 responders, survivors and their families, through 2092 — a necessity considering many have developed various diseases in the years since due to their exposure to carcinogens such as jet fuel, mercury and asbestos as well as other debris and toxins.

Dozens of Auburn University Alumni Suffering Deadly Eye Cancer in Desperate Race For A Cure: 'Our Lives Are At Stake'

When Juleigh Green was diagnosed in 1999 with a rare and deadly cancer calledocular melanomain her left eye, she knew no one else with the disease. “At the time, I just wanted to talk to someone who had been through this, to hear some words of encouragement,” the Birmingham, Ala. third-grade teacher says in this week’s issue of PEOPLE. “But there was no one to talk to. It’s just so incredibly rare.

Dozens of Birds Named After Humans to Be Renamed by the American Ornithological Society

Photo:Getty Getty Select birds native to the United States and Canada are set to get new English names. On Wednesday, Nov. 1, the American Ornithological Society (AOS)announcedthat “an effort to address past wrongs and engage far more people in the enjoyment, protection, and study of birds, it will change all English bird names currently named after people within its geographic jurisdiction.” AOS plans to start renaming American and Canadian birds in 2024, focusing on 70-80 bird species with names tied to humans or “deemed offensive and exclusionary,” per the society’s release.

Dozens of Canine Couples Set to Gather in Bid to Break the Largest Dog Wedding World Record

Photo: Getty/EyeEm Love is in the air in Chicagoland. On October 2, dozens of dogs are set to gather at Northwestern Medicine Field in Geneva, Illinois, in an attempt to break theGuinness World Record for Largest Dog Wedding Ceremony. According to a release from the upcoming event, the current record is 178 married dog couples and was set 15 years ago in Littleton, Colorado. This is the organizer’ssecond attempt at breaking the record.

Dozens of Children Sent to the Hospital After Summer Camp Bus Crash in Idaho: Police

Thirty children were sent to the hospital this week after a summer camp bus crashed on a highway in Idaho, authorities said. Eleven of the kids were injured after the crash in Banks, Idaho, on Friday afternoon, with seven of them said to be in critical condition, while the other four were deemed non-critical, according to aFacebook postfrom the Idaho State Police. All of the kids involved were between 13 and 18 years old, according to Idaho State Police.