An 8-month-old boy is fighting for his life after police say a North Carolina woman running an unlicensed daycare out of her home violently slammed him onto a changing table, leaving him with catastrophic brain injuries. Brooke Ashley Reiner has been charged with two counts of intentional child abuse causing serious bodily injury, along with … Read more
A Seattle mother has been charged with manslaughter after prosecutors say her 2-year-old son, who had Down syndrome and could not sit, crawl or walk without support, drowned alone in a bathtub while she was on the phone with someone she was legally barred from contacting. Nakeeya Arbogast, 25, was watching three children on July … Read more
A Florida man will spend the next four decades in prison for the death of his 18-month-old son, who was left strapped inside a sweltering pickup truck for more than three hours while his father got a haircut and drank at a nearby bar. Scott Allen Gardner, 34, pleaded no contest to second-degree murder, aggravated … Read more
A Milwaukee woman is facing dozens of charges after she allegedly shot a 12-year-old boy during a dispute over a water-selling turf war involving her son, according to prosecutors. Cosetta Burrell, 33, allegedly pulled up to the boy in an SUV on July 17, stepped out with a gun taken from her glove compartment, and … Read more
A Washington, D.C. family is demanding answers after a lifeguard assigned to watch nearly 30 children allegedly abandoned his post to grab food, an incident that left a 6-year-old boy fighting for his life, according to police and the family’s attorney. Adonis Jackson survived, but his relatives say he now faces a long and uncertain … Read more
A South Carolina foster placement turned deadly this week after investigators say two teenage boys attacked a 13-year-old and drowned him at a private lake dock, according to law enforcement officials. Daryl Martinez Lowry had only recently been placed in the McCormick County home of council chairman Bernie Hamby while he waited for a permanent … Read more
New Jersey residents are getting a short break from summer’s heat and humidity, but forecasters caution the calm won’t last — and there’s a hazard hiding beneath the pleasant skies. A drier, cooler air mass has settled over the state, pushing out the recent stretch of stormy, muggy weather. Thursday and Friday will bring comfortable … Read more
Houstan- A storm system that was tracking toward Southeast Texas has weakened significantly, and area storm warnings have officially been lifted. But according to federal weather officials, the region isn’t in the clear just yet. The system, now downgraded to a depression, was tracked roughly 10 miles north-northeast of Houston Thursday evening, moving west at … Read more
After days of turbulent weather battering large parts of the country, forecasters say the Upper Midwest is about to get hit again — and this time, the threat won’t stand alone. According to the National Weather Service, a fresh wave of severe storms is expected to sweep through the Midwest starting Friday, bringing the risk … Read more
A powerful earthquake rattled the northeastern Texas Panhandle early Thursday, sending tremors across several states and prompting officials to warn residents that the ground may not be done shaking just yet. The U.S. Geological Survey confirmed the quake registered a magnitude of 5.0 and struck at approximately 5:21 a.m. local time, with its epicenter located … Read more