families

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The Tasmanian government has apologised for a decades-old scandal in which body parts taken from autopsies were secretly kept - and in some cases put on display - without the consent of families.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

Motorbikes are ubiquitous in Hanoi, with nearly seven million used by commuters, families or weighed down by piles of goods, and they outnumber cars roughly seven to one.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

Victims’ families are waiting for a Texas Supreme Court decision on whether to lift that stay.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

"Sometimes, if medicines are leftover from the baby of a better-off family, we use it for the babies whose families cannot afford it," Fatima says.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

“And I guess our families don’t make it any easier,” she added.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu