When the nation’s pre-eminent breast cancer advocacy group, the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation, decided to stop most of its financing of Planned Parenthood in December, Komen’s leaders hoped to quietly distance the foundation from a politically controversial organization that they feared was costing them support and donations, a board member said. – NY Times / Associated Press … Continue reading
A malevolent mom who deserted her two daughters, ages 3 and 2, on a Brooklyn sidewalk Sunday, leaving them each extra diapers and a heartbreaking lesson in hard knocks, has been busted, officials said Monday. – New York Daily News She sat on a bench inside a bus terminal with her little daughter on her … Continue reading
At least 10 people were killed when a long line of cars and trucks collided on Sunday on a Florida highway so shrouded in haze and smoke that drivers were virtually blinded. – The Guardian The car pulled slowly to the side of the road and parked on the shoulder. A heavy fog carried down from the … Continue reading
In what Santa Maria Police Chief Danny Macagni called “the definition of a sad day,” an on-duty police officer accused of having sex with a 17-year-old girl was shot and killed early Saturday morning by a fellow Santa Maria policeman. – Santa Maria Times They stood shoulder to shoulder in front of a pair of … Continue reading
The tragic mom who lost her three young daughters and parents in a Christmas Day blaze in Connecticut tried to take her own life. – NY Daily News He sat with his hand on her knee in the corner of a small white room. Her face was buried behind a magazine and he slowly rubbed … Continue reading
Joshua Merritt said he had no reason to be suspicious when one of his friends texted him, asking him to hang out with two other teenagers they both knew. – Chicago Tribune When the door closed the mood changed. He stood on a dirty door mat that sat on a dirty carpet and watched as … Continue reading
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