The guest of honor paused to pose beneath a half-arch of black and purple balloons, her smile made wider by the thin red ...

A Duluth teenager with terminal cancer celebrated her birthday and high school graduation early this month with a ...

Shimia Nord, 18, was told in January that she has weeks or months to live. Last weekend, classmates and friends celebrated her at a Halloween-themed early graduation party.

Jeff Day of the Minnesota Star Tribune contributed to this story. Shimia Nord, 18, was told in January that she has weeks or months to live. Last weekend, classmates and friends celebrated her at ...