child safety
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Woman Who ‘Mistakenly’ Placed Her Baby in a Heated Oven Learns Her New Fate
The Kansas City mother was charged with involuntary manslaughter in connection to her child’s death.
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It’s Getting Weird: Alabama Police Release New Details in The Carlee Russell Case
The Hoover Police Department held a press conference to offer more information on the mysterious disappearance of Carlee Russell.
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2 Louisiana Sanitation Workers Save Kidnapped 10-Year-Old by Blocking Abductor From Escape
Here at The Root, we celebrate Black excellence—a thing that is often equated with Black entrepreneurship and financial success, even though it’s much more than that. Today we shout out Black excellence in the form of heroism. Last Sunday, a 10-year-old girl was abducted from her home in New Iberia, Louisiana. An Amber Alert was…
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Parents of 4-Year-Old Boy Who Fell Into Gorilla Habitat Are Under Media Scrutiny
The parents of the 4-year-old boy who fell 15 feet into a gorilla-exhibit moat at the Cincinnati Zoo on Saturday, resulting in the death of the 17-year-old silverback gorilla Harambe, are now the subject of intense scrutiny on social and online media. Photos of the couple have been circulating online, and online publication the Daily…