(Reuters) – The mother of Ariel Castro’s children repeatedly went to authorities with accusations he was beating, abusing and threatening her. But her complaints never reached the point where Castro was Original post on reuters.com Comments on reddit.com
A woman was indicted this week accused of snatching a young girl from a Philadelphia school and raping her. Original post on cnn.com Comments on reddit.com
Judge describes ‘wicked and selfish’ motive of using daughter to provide parent with a fourth child Original post on guardian.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
Insights from the landmark Grant Study. Original post on businessinsider.com Comments on reddit.com
Five former Wyoming Premium Farms employees were each placed on six months’ probation after they were convicted on multiple counts of cruelty to animals. Original post on gazette.com Comments on reddit.com
A girl remains seriously ill in hospital after allegedly being poisoned by her mother. Original post on today.com Comments on reddit.com
The best source of local news in Nova Scotia, featuring articles from The Chronicle Herald, breaking news, sports, entertainment, business, national news, international news, weather. Original post on thechronicleherald.ca Comments on reddit.com
A 25-year-old mother whose two young children starved to death surrounded by rubbish after she locked them in her apartment… Original post on today.com Comments on reddit.com
The mother of a Bronx man killed when a police cruiser struck his dirt bike has filed a $50 million lawsuit against the NYPD. Original post on abclocal.go.com Comments on reddit.com
Police are searching for two young suspects in Brunswick, Ga., on Friday after a shooter opened fire on an toddler being pushed by his mother in a stroller, killing the 13-month-old boy. Original post on usatoday.com Comments on reddit.com
SAN DIEGO (AP) — San Diego’s mayor has ordered a two-month nighttime shutdown of a beach after cameras set up to monitor a seal colony captured people kicking, punching and sitting on top of mother seals and their pups. Original post on sfgate.com Comments on reddit.com
The mother of three girls found dead at the bottom of a well in India after allegedly being raped has called for those responsible to be publicly hanged Original post on cnn.com Comments on reddit.com
A 4-year-old girl in Washington state pulled her little sister from the wreckage of a car crash that killed their mother, then kept the two of them warm under a blanket in the chilly rain for six hours until a passing driver found them. Original post on nbcnews.com Comments on reddit.com
A young man shot his way out of a Moscow mental institution in a bid to ‘rescue’ his pregnant girlfriend. The pair turned themselves in on the second day of a police search – both to confess, and to sue the girl’s mother. Original post on rt.com Comments on reddit.com
Investigators say 47-year-old Maggie Carranza and her 71-year-old mother Emma Hernandez were in a Toyota Tundra pickup truck similar to rogue former Los Angeles cop Christopher Dorners vehicle. Original post on insidebayarea.com Comments on reddit.com
Special report: Last year, more active-duty soldiers killed themselves than died in combat. And after a decade of deployments to war zones, the Pentagon is bracing for things to get much worse Original post on guardian.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
A mother accused of trading her then-6-year-old daughter for sex with four men in exchange for drugs and money pleaded guilty Wednesday morning. Original post on news4jax.com Comments on reddit.com
A court is told Sara Ege treated Yaseen like a Original post on sky.com Comments on reddit.com
Some South African mums-to-be are deliberately damaging their newborns in return for benefits, Sky’s Alex Crawford reports. Original post on sky.com Comments on reddit.com
From the blog Parenting: After almost losing her life to her parent’s poor judgement, a little girl has taken her family to task–and to court. 12-year-old Faith Carberry, of Langford, Ireland, filed a lawsuit against both her parents after sustaining severe injuries from a drunk driving accident caused by her own mother. On Wednesday, the liability suit was settled between her father, the owner of the car, and the Motor Insurance Bureau of Ireland. But the damages caused by her mother’s accident are still being assessed by the judge in the coming weeks. Original post on yahoo.com Comments on reddit.com
An already emotional case became that much more complex today when a WikiLeaks-style site dumped new information about football boosters, the town sheriff, and the alleged Original post on theatlanticwire.com Comments on reddit.com
Babies only hours old are able to differentiate between sounds from their native language and a foreign language, scientists have discovered. The study indicates that babies begin absorbing language while still in the womb, earlier than previously thought. Original post on medicalxpress.com Comments on reddit.com
A Kansas man who signed away any parental rights when he donated sperm to a Topeka couple is now being pursued by the state for child support after the mother received financial assistance for the baby. Original post on kansascity.com Comments on reddit.com
Epigenetics — how gene expression is regulated by temporary switches, called epi-marks — appears to be a critical and overlooked factor contributing to the long-standing puzzle of why homosexuality occurs. According to the study, published online today in The Quarterly Review of Biology, sex-specific epi-marks, which normally do not pass between generations and are thus Original post on eurekalert.org Comments on reddit.com
Shelly Frey, (pictured) a 27-year-old mother of two has been fatally shot by an off-duty sheriff’s deputy after he suspected her of shoplifting at a Houston Walmart. Original post on dailymail.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
An independent media network formed by people of diverse backgrounds who seek to provide information and share the stories that come from our under-represented communities. Original post on therebelpress.com Comments on reddit.com
A homeless single mother who lives in her van pleaded not guilty yesterday to stealing nearly $16,000 worth of education for her son by enrolling the kindergartner in her baby sitter’s school district. Original post on boston.com Comments on reddit.com
PIEDMONT — A police officer who wrote a $2,500 ticket to a mother on a public urination complaint against her 3-year-old son has been fired, City Manager Jim Crosby said Tuesday. Original post on newsok.com Comments on reddit.com
A newly published study found that on average children exposed to high levels of nicotine in utero scored 21 percent lower in areas such as reading speed, single-word identification, spelling, accuracy, real and non-word reading, and reading as compared to classmates born to non-smoking mothers. Original post on scitechdaily.com Comments on reddit.com
