Fla. Official to Parents: Buy School Clothes, Not Booze
OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. A Florida school board member is drawing fire from some parents for saying they should spend money on school clothes for their children instead of buying alcohol and cigarettes.
“Everyone can afford Wal-Mart and if they can’t, they need to think about turning off their cable TV or stop buying alcohol or cigarettes […]
Judges to Hear Individual Polygamist Child Abuse Cases
SAN ANTONIO The more than 400 children, from newborns to teens, forced from a polygamist sect’s sprawling ranch during a raid six weeks ago and into foster care have been treated as an single group of abused and at-risk kids.
Starting Monday, judges will filter the unruly, chaotic custody dispute into hundreds of individual cases to […]
Polygamist Sect Investigation Moves Into Courtroom
SAN ANGELO, Texas An investigation of abuse at the private ranch of a polygamous sect is moving to a San Angelo courthouse this week as the state argues to retain custody of 416 children removed from their parents.
Texas bar officials say more than 350 attorneys from across the state have volunteered to represent the children […]
Kids May Have Found Hijacker D.B. Cooper’s Parachute
SEATTLE The FBI is analyzing a torn, tangled parachute found buried by children in southwest Washington to determine whether it might have been used by famed plane hijacker D.B. Cooper, the agency said Tuesday.
Children playing outside their home near Amboy found the chute’s fabric sticking up from the ground in an area where their father […]
Court Rules Sect Children Should Be Returned to Parents
AUSTIN Texas authorities have collected DNA swabs from jailed polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs for an ongoing criminal investigation.
A spokesman for the Texas Attorney General’s office, Jerry Strickland, says the samples were taken Thursday at an Arizona jail where Jeffs awaits trial on abuse charges.
Ryan Phillippe: ‘It’s Bizarre’ Seeing Reese and Jake
Ryan Phillippe says it’s strange to see ex-wife Reese Witherspoon with her new boyfriend, Jake Gyllenhaal.
“It’s bizarre,” the actor told USA Today Wednesday, adding that he avoids looking at photos of Witherspoon and Gyllenhaal.
“There’s plenty of times when I say, ‘What an strange situation I’ve found myself in,’” he said.
N.Y. Mom Pleads Not Guilty in Deaths of Children
MINEOLA, N.Y. A Long Island woman suspected of drowning her three children in a bathtub has made her first court appearance since the deaths last days, pleading not guilty to murder charges.
Leatrice Brewer, 27, quietly uttered “not guilty” Thursday to a grand jury indictment charging her with three counts each of first- and second-degree murder.
Teacher Says Students’ Clothes Give Her Migraines
STOCKHOLM, Sweden A Swedish preschool has been criticized for banning its children from wearing striped and spotted clothing because the patterns give one of its teachers severe migraine attacks.
The preschool, in Gallivare, 710 miles north of Stockholm, imposed the ban in one of its areas three months ago.
Amber Alert Issued for 3 Chicago Children; Mother Found Dead
CHICAGO Officials say a Chicago woman whose three children have been declared missing has been found dead with a plastic bag over her head.
Authorities say 30-year-old Sophia Garcia was found dead in her Northwest Side home around noon on Monday.
Police issued an Amber Alert for Garcia’s children and say they’re looking for the woman’s boyfriend […]
Women Gets Life After Cutting Fetus From Friend
BELLEVILLE, Ill. An Illinois woman pleaded guilty Monday to killing her pregnant friend, the unborn child and the victim’s three children in a plea deal that allowed her to avoid the death penalty.
Tiffany Hall, 26, pleaded guilty to all five charges against her — four counts of murder and one of intentional homicide in the […]
