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Police have launched an investigation after a toddler pulled a loaded gun from his backpack at Children's World Early Learning Center, a daycare in Canton Township, Michigan.
Health officials say a man-made water feature in Durham County was the most likely source.
A 40-year-old Illinois woman who prosecutors say became "very invested" in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial allegedly killed her 2-year-old son and told authorities she had also planned to poison her husband, revelations that emerged in a court hearing this week. Will County prosecutors told a judge that Corie Walsh confessed to planning to poison […] The post Illinois mother accused of hanging toddler allegedly plotted to poison husband, prosecutors say appeared first on American Almanac .
A 40-year-old Illinois woman who prosecutors say became "very invested" in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial allegedly killed her 2-year-old son and told authorities she had also planned to poison her husband, revelations that emerged in a court hearing this week. Will County prosecutors told a judge that Corie Walsh confessed to planning to poison her husband with a drink and stated she believed she had already killed her other children, The U.S. Sun reported . Walsh's husband was not home on September 1, the day their son Barrett was found hanging from a rafter in the basement of the family's home in Frankfort, Illinois, about 35 miles southwest of Chicago. Barrett's siblings, two school-age children returning home that afternoon,…Open
Saylor Hayes of Virginia went missing on Sunday after wandering away from a rental home in Pawleys Island, South Carolina, according to local authorities.
The amoeba thrives in freshwater bodies around the U.S. and can enter the body through the nose. The infection it produces is almost always fatal. There are, on average, fewer than 10 cases annually.
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An 8-year-old has died after contracting a rare brain-eating amoeba believed to have been contracted while swimming in a lake near her home, her family and health officials said. CNN's Meg Tirrell reports.
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Reported by: Cherry Meigh TimbolNews Content Editor Published August 15, 2026 EDINBURGH, Scotland — A Scottish mother has been sentenced to six years in prison after being convicted of the culpable homicide of her three-month-old [...]
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The incident occurred while the toddler and her sibling were at a babysitter's house on July 23, according to police.
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The shocking chain of events unfolded on Feb. 8, when the 18-month-old child was found face-down in an in-ground pool during a Super Bowl gathering, according to police.
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A 2-year-old has died after being left in a hot car while in the care of a babysitter, police in Florida said.
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