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Gender reveal Coverage

A gender reveal party in Mexico turned into a tragedy when the pilot of a small plane died in a crash moments after taking part in the festivities.

Pilot dies from plane crash at gender reveal party

Gender reveal party plane crash

The Indian rhino only has a population of just over 4,000 left in the world, but last week a Kansas zoo helped one rhino celebrate the arrival of her newest calf.

Last month we introduced you to margin an endangered Indian rhino calf and the first ever natural rhino birth with a mom born from artificial insemination. But as big of a deal as its birth was Tanganyika. Director Matt Fault says Friday was another big day for Mama Monica. Our genes gender reveal party. Monica's going to do the real deal for us. We've got a box in her enclosure and so the hope is she's going to come up to the box and start shaking it and then we'll get the reveal of whether it's a boy or a girl. After stopping for a quick snack, Monica slowly walks up to the curious box, her caretakers put in the middle of her pen and of course, little margin has to see what's going on after just a little bit of struggle. Mom pulls out that big piece of blue paper. Mhm. Probably not supposed to eat the paper. The proud mom looks straight at the small crowd while standing next to margin almost as if she knows exactly what's going on, but not for long. It's time for seconds while Marjan continues to nurse and explore his little indoor home. It won't be long before he learns there's a whole world outside waiting for him. And fault says when that happens, you won't want to miss it. Come out, see him a ton this summer because he is incredibly cute. So get your season pass.

Kansas zoo holds gender reveal party for endangered rhino

WRAL anchor Ken Smith learned if he will have two little girls, two little boys or one of each on Tuesday during the 9 a.m. newscast.

REVEAL COMING UP AFTER THE >> TIME NOW 9.54. HEY, IT'S RIGHT BEHIND US. YEAH. BABY. REVEAL FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW. KEN AND HIS WIFE AMANDA ARE EXPECTING TWIN AND OF FRANKLIN JUST CELEBRATED HIS ONE-YEAR BIRTHDAY OVER THE WEEKEND. SO WE'RE TRYING TO FIND OUT HE'S GOING TO BE A BIG BROTHER TO 2 BOYS, 2 GIRLS ABOARD A GIRL. HE DIDN'T HAVE TO PAY FOR 2 WEDDINGS. FOR READING AND FOR ISIL THAT ARE LET'S LET'S TALK TO YOUR BETTER HALF. WE'VE GOT KIDS HERE ON ZOOM WITH US >> AMANDA, HOW ARE YOU DOING? HOW YOU FEELING? >> I'M DOING WELL OUT. THIS PREGNANCY WAS A LITTLE ROUGH FOR THEM. THAT WAS LEFT FRANKLIN LAST NOT AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR. STILL IN HOSPITAL WITH AND THIS YEAR IT FEELS KIND OF SURREAL TO TO BE HOW WITH THEM HAVING JUST CELEBRATED ONE YEAR IN READY FOR NUMBER 2. AND NUMBER 3 TO COME. OH, MY GOSH. YOU WILL SOON HAVE 3 KIDS UNDER THE AGE OF 2, RIGHT? AND THE 2 WERE BOTH EXCITED AND PETRIFIED OF THE SAME TIME. BUT REALLY LOOKING FORWARD AND THERE. >> WE GO. ALL RIGHT, FRANK, YOU WILL BE A BIG BROTHER >> HERE WE GO. WE >> LITTLE ONE GIRL, ONE GIRL AND HE'S AT MY GIRL. HERE WE GO. THE SECOND HE WAS BEING A BIG BROTHER, TOO. 2 GIRLS. ALL MY AMAZING GIRL DAD. YES, I'M SO EXCITED THAT I GET THEM. >> I GET TO BE A GIRL. DAD HAVE ALWAYS WONDERED THAT I CHERISH MY SONS. OF COURSE. BUT I'M SO LOOKING FORWARD TO. >> THE GIRL THAT YOU HAVE SAID THIS, YOU GUYS DON'T KNOW THIS. SO FOR YEARS, RIGHT, THAT YOU'VE ALWAYS WANTED A GIRL. AND AMANDA, HOW ARE YOU FEELING? >> IT FEELS GOOD. WE'RE EXCITED. CAN HAVE. WE'LL HAVE THE 2 BOYS AND I HAVE 2 GIRLS. WE'LL SEE IF THAT EVEN DOWN ARE ARE ARE PLAYING FIELD OR HAHA, I KNOW THANK YOU. NY WORLD WILL BE OUT NUMBER. YEAH. YEAH. SO THERE HE IS. ALL THE UK'S FRANKLIN. WHEN I JUST WANT TO CELEBRATE YOU AND THAT CAN. SO WE WORKED TOGETHER WITH UPON A SIGN AND I HOPE YOU CAN SEE IT. >> I GOT LITTLE UNICORNS INSIDE AND CONGRATULATIONS. AND THEN OF COURSE, YOU'LL SEE ON THE FRONT THERE. IT SAYS THAT WHEN I'M SO EXCITED FOR YOU GUYS. AND THANK YOU TO UPON A TIME FOR HAS TO ENSUED IN THE BLESSINGS. ALL STARTED WITH A NET IS SO THANK YOU. LA. I ALL. THANKS FOR JOINING US.

Girls, boys or both? Gender reveal for Ken Smith's twins 

A man has pleaded guilty to a disorderly conduct charge stemming from an explosive gender reveal party that was heard by nearby residents in New Hampshire and Massachusetts.

Yeah, I will say though, if you're on social media Yeah, I mean Yeah.

Explosive gender reveal party rattles neighborhood

Gender reveal party causes explosion

Watch as WRAL's Ken Smith learns the gender of his baby while his wife, Amanda, joins in on a video call from home. 

OF MY FAMILY. >>> CHECK IT OUT, AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE A SPECIAL REVEAL TODAY. >> WE WILL SEE OF KEN AND AMANDA WILL HAVE A BOY OR GIRL AND BEFORE HE DOES THE HONORS WITH THE BASKET WE ARE NOW JOINED BY HIS WIFE, AMANDA. HELLO AMANDA.>> HI GUYS. >> HOW ARE YOU FEELING?>> THANK YOU. I FEEL GREAT BUT THEN AS SOON AS I SAID I HAVE ONE OR TWO ROUGH DAYS BUT OVERALL I FELT REALLY GOOD.>> WELL SWEETIE, YOU PACKED THE BASKET SO HERE IS THE REVEAL. OF COURSE SHE WOULD PUT A PINK RIBBON AND A BLUE RIBBON. AND HERE WE GO. >> TURN IT AROUND. >> OH MY GOSH, WE ARE HAVING A BABY BOY! >> I'M SORRY GUYS. >> I AM SO EXCITED BY THIS. A BABY BOY. >> HOW ARE YOU FEELING? >> MY AMAZING SON IS GOING TO BE AN AMAZING BIG BROTHER. I'VE ALWAYS WANTED MORE CHILDREN AND THIS IS SO IMPORTANT TO ME. I PROMISED I WOULDN'T CRY WHAT

Congrats Ken and Amanda! Watch their surprise gender reveal

Congrats Ken and Amanda! Watch their live gender reveal

In recent years, expectant parents have gone to extreme lengths to create splashy, Instagrammable moments to announce the sex of their child. Some of the celebrations, however, have ended in calamity: a 45,000-acre forest fire, a flaming car, a deadly explosion.

Gender reveal celebration in Texas led to plane crash

‘Gender Reveal’ Celebration in Texas Led to a Plane Crash

Katie Scopa says, despite what some may think, her little girl's tears had nothing to do with not wanting a brother.

Toddler's tears at gender reveal push family video to viral status

Really, she's thrilled: Toddler reacts to news she'll be a big sister

A Franklin County's gender reveal moment didn't sit well with their 3-year-old daughter. Now the parents' video is going viral.

Big sister's reaction to gender reveal goes viral

gender reveal reaction

It took us three years to get this baby, so I kept telling myself that it didn't matter the gender. Even though I wanted a girl, I would love this baby no matter what. 