First child dies due to coronavirus in South Carolina, DHEC says The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) announced the first pediatric death associated with COVID-19 in South Carolina on Saturday.Officials say the child was under the age of five and was from the Midlands region. “Today, we mourn the loss of…
An 8-year-old girl and two adults were found dead Monday in a swimming pool at a home in East Brunswick, authorities confirmed.“This is a devastating day for our entire community. It is too early to determine exactly what happened,” East Brunswick Police Chief Frank Losacco said.In addition to the child, the adults who died were…
A 5-year-old child in western New York was killed after being thrown from a riding lawn mower and run over, according to police.New York State Police said troopers responded around 8:30 p.m. Wednesday to a home in Conewango, about 50 miles south of Buffalo.Authorities arriving at the scene found the child, who was unresponsive, under the mower.INDIANA BOY, 2,…
The coronavirus has shattered the system that protects children, leaving some confined in troubled homes or lingering in foster care.Jane, a mother who underwent drug treatment, had a face mask ready for when she was reunited with her 2-year-old daughter. But her custody case is in limbo because of coronavirus-related court closures. Credit...Natalie Keyssar for The…
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U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…