Illegally adopted during Chile’s dictatorship, they’re now reuniting with biological families

SANTIAGO — Romina Cortés couldn’t pronounce her sister’s last name. She didn’t know what she smells like, what her favorite food is, or what she likes to do in her free time. Cortés, 43, waited impatiently Sunday at the airport in Santiago, Chile, where she would soon meet her sister, Maria, whose existence Cortés learned … Read more

Orphan May Get Adopted a Third Time

Image: Paramount Nearly 15 years ago, Jaume Collet-Serra’s Orphan released in theaters. Unlike other horror films involving a seemingly sweet young child, the twist of their dark tendencies was considerably more straightforward, Isabella Fuhrman’s nine-year-old Esther wasn’t possessed by a demon or a conduit to hell, she was in reality a woman named Leena with … Read more

A female photographer found a way to help hundreds of dogs get adopted

Rachael Rodgers is a photographer who documents her road trips on Instagram. But her travel companions aren’t family members or friends — they’re dogs without permanent homes. Rodgers, who lives in the small hamlet of Exshaw in Alberta, Canada, said she has traveled with hundreds of dogs across Canada, plus three U.S. states — Washington, … Read more