Twins

Nigerian city celebrates its many twins with annual festival

Twins appear to be unusually abundant in Nigeria’s southwestern city of Igbo-Ora. Local chief Jimoh Titiloye says nearly every family in the city has twins or other multiple births.

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Police: Man kills twin, wounds father before shooting self

TROY, Mich. (AP) — Police say they believe a 23-year-old man fatally shot his twin brother and shot and wounded their father before apparently taking his own life in suburban Detroit.

‘Look after my babies': In Ethiopia, a Tigray family’s quest

Gunfire crackled near the straw-woven home of Abraha Kinfe Gebremariam. He hoped it drowned out the cries of his wife, curled up in pain, and the newborn twin daughters wailing beside her.

Lamoureux twins retire after 14 years with USA Hockey

Though they didn’t know it at the time three years ago, USA Hockey’s Lamoureux twin sisters played a major role in perfectly scripting their retirement on Tuesday.

Mario Andretti reflects on losing twin brother

ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — In the gift shop at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, you can still purchase an official 1969 front-row photograph. A very young A. J.

Review: Identical twins veer apart in moving ‘Thin Girls’

“Thin Girls,” by Diana Clarke (HarperCollins)

Dark, poignant and gripping, Diana Clarke’s “Thin Girls” is sure to be unlike anything else you’ve read.

Lives Lost: Twins were gentle giants in small Vermont town

BOSTON (AP) — After Hurricane Irene sent flood waters raging through the tiny town of Wilmington, Vermont, in 2011, residents responded the way they always had.

For McCourty twins, Christmas is about family again

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Christmas has always been about tradition for Devin McCourty: Dressing the kids in matching onesies, letting them open one present on Christmas Eve, and preparing for the NFL playoffs.

In Cantonese opera, Trump finds his twin brother in China

HONG KONG (AP) — With the blond wig and red tie, the star of the Cantonese opera in Hong Kong may look familiar.

Two love: Identical twin brothers to wed identical sisters

GRASS LAKE, Mich. (AP) — Two sets of 24-year-old identical twins had their first date together, became engaged at the same time and are now preparing to tie the knot in Michigan this weekend.

Twin brothers reunited 74 years after WWII death at Normandy

COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France (AP) — For decades, he was known only as Unknown X-9352 at a World War II American cemetery in Belgium where he was interred.

Waiting for a transplant, mother waits to meet newborn twins

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — There’s a reunion in the works. A big one.

It’ll bring back Marlana Ramsey, who suffered heart failure after giving birth to twin boys three weeks ago.