8 h. ago Mum killed by falling tree made selfless act to save child seconds before her death

Madia Kauser, 32, was walking with her five-year-old daughter and older brother at Witton Country Park in Blackburn when a tree branch fell on her, killing her

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16 h. ago Mum killed by falling tree did one last thing to save child before her tragic death

Madia Kauser, 32, was taking her daughter, five, and her older brother for an evening walk when tragedy struck.

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56 h. ago Danielle Spencer death: Child actor star of What’s Happening!! dies at age 60

The actor was most known for her role in the 1970s sitcom on ABC

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4 d. ago I thought my 'vegan' sister had stopped posting her toddler on social media for privacy... really he was dead she and her 'religious' husband had buried him in their garden

Naiyahmi Yasharahyalah, 43, and Tai, 42, starved their son Abiyah to death, before burying him in their backyard in Birmingham. Now, the child's aunt, Cassie Rowe, 47, has revealed her regrets.

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6 d. ago Boy, 4, killed after 'falling under bus' as mum pays tribute to 'beautiful' son

A boy tragically lost his life after falling under a bus outside of a hospital – with tributes pouring in and a GoFundMe launched in order to raise funds for his funeral

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9 d. ago Child murderer's five last words after injection on death row amid defibrillator row

Byron Black, who was convicted of killing his girlfriend and her two young daughters in the 1980s, was given a lethal injection at a jail in Nashville, Tennessee

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1 week ago Kelsey Parker supported as she pens heartbreaking letter to 'angel' baby after tragic loss

It was at the end of June that Kelsey announced the heartbreaking death of her third child

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1 week ago Child tortured to death by evil grandma after dad’s feet amputated

James Alexander Hurley, known as "Alex" to loved ones, had been living with his paternal grandmother following the tragic death of his father.

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3 w. ago Killing of young siblings at Gaza water point shows seeking life’s essentials now a deadly peril

Karam al-Ghussain, 9, and Lulu, 10, were fetching water from a nearby distribution station when an Israeli strike hit it, and themIn Gaza, being a helpful, loving child can be a death sentence. Heba al-Ghussain’s nine-year-old son, Karam, was killed by an Israeli airstrike because he went to fetch water for the family, and her 10-year-old daughter, Lulu, was killed because she went to give Karam a hand.The siblings were waiting beside a water distribution station, holding jerry cans and buckets, when it was bombed last Sunday, killing six children and four adults and injuring 19 others, mostly children. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Goethe immortalised the shaming of German women 200 years ago – we’re still at it | Fatma Aydemir

Abortion is criminalised and stigmatised – and now the right has found a new female scapegoat in its US-style war on bodily autonomyEvery nation has literary classics that shape its cultural identity. Germans have Faust, Goethe’s play about the successful but dissatisfied scientist Dr Heinrich Faust, who makes a deal with the devil. Faust has been performed, referenced and read in schools for more than two centuries now. Interestingly, the most tragic character in this tragedy is not the protagonist, but his “love interest”, Gretchen – a teenage girl groomed by the old man, impregnated and socially ostracised. Her solution? She drowns her “illegitimate” newborn child, accepts her death penalty and rejects Faust’s offer to save her from prison. In God’s mercy, the Christian girl seeks salvation and off goes Faust with the devil to new adventures in Faust, Part Two.What would Gretchen do today, I wonder. Her fate is not only a result of sexual abuse and an inherently misogynistic mora...

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4 w. ago Judge OKs release plan for woman who stabbed a classmate to please Slender Man

A Wisconsin judge has approved the conditional release of Morgan Geyser, who as a child nearly stabbed a classmate to death to please the fictional horror character Slender Man

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4 w. ago Emilie Kiser’s husband could face child abuse charges over child’s drowning death

Investigators have recommended a Class 4 felony child abuse charge against the TikTok star’s husband Brady Kiser

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