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Possible statutory rape charges for Tad Cummins after admitting he had sex with student on ‘most days’

Tad Cummins reportedly told authorities that he had sex with a 15-year-old student he allegedly abducted numerous times. Prosecutors are now pushing for a statutory rape charge against the former teacher. Special Agent Utley Noble with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) testified in a Nashville, Tennessee, courthouse on May 12 that Cummins, 50, told authorities that he had sex

Pope Francis makes 2 Fatima children saints on centenary of visions

FATIMA, Portugal — Pope Francis added two Portuguese shepherd children to the roster of Catholic saints Saturday, honoring young siblings whose reported visions of the Virgin Mary 100 years ago turned the Portuguese farm town of Fatima into one of the world’s most important Catholic shrines. Francis proclaimed Francisco and Jacinta Marto saints at the start of Mass marking the

Mom of 8-year-old Ohio boy who killed himself vows he “will be heard”

CINCINNATI (AP) — The mother of an 8-year-old Ohio boy who killed himself after she says he was bullied at school pledges to speak out on his behalf. Cornelia Reynolds said in a Friday statement that her son Gabriel Taye’s voice “will be heard” and she urges parents to tell their children to seek help if they are being hurt.

Woman accused of trying to kill two children with natural gas

An Illinois woman is accused of trying to asphyxiate her two young kids by using natural gas before attempting to take her own life. Officers discovered an unconscious Tracy F. Johnson, 38, lying on the floor of her Hoffman Estates home Tuesday afternoon. A 5-year-old girl and 2-year-old boy were located nearby, according to WMAQ. The Daily Herald reported that

Police: ‘Mom’ beats son after grandma gets Mother’s Day card instead of her

A Spartanburg, South Carolina, mom was arrested after she allegedly hit her 6-year-old son who gave his grandmother a Mother’s Day card instead of her. Shontrell Yurmeish Murphy, 30, hit the child “really hard a few times” in the back, front, and side of his head on Thursday, the victim’s sister said in an arrest warrant obtained by WSPA. Responding

Donald Trump’s Big Mouth May Have Just Gotten Him Impeached

McConnell rejects calls for an independent prosecutor, but he can't stop the president from prosecuting himself. The tragicomedy of Donald Trump is all about aggrandizement and annihilation. Now, as the president sinks deeper into mental incoherence, his aggrandizement is annihilating his own political defenses. Bereft of wise advisers and surrounded by a mercenary family, the president seems lost in a

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