At an empty concrete lot in southwest China, Loulee Wilson scoops a handful of stones into a bag –- a memento from the site where she believes she was abandoned as a baby. Wilson, an American college student, was born in China but given away by parents presumed fearful of violating the country’s one-child policy, […]
Two West Virginia parents are awaiting trial on more than a dozen charges after adopting four Black children and allegedly using them for “forced labor” on their farm, court documents show. Jeanne Whitefeather, 62 and Donald Lantz, 63, who are both White, have been charged with human trafficking of children, civil rights violations, use of […]
An Ohio mother and father are accused of torturing and cruelly abusing their five adopted children. Shackled and slumped Matthew Edmundson appeared in front of a Clermont County Judge to turn herself in, according to our news partners at WCPO. The 49-year-old is facing child abuse charges. The victims are her five boys. First fostered, […]
Prepare to say, “Awww.” A cheetah from the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden just adopted a cub from Oregon. The male cheetah cub joined his new family, which includes two other cubs and his mom, this week at a Cincinnati Zoo off-site breeding facility. The cub, who has not yet been named, was introduced to […]
Prepare to say, “Awww.” A cheetah from the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden just adopted a cub from Oregon. The male cheetah cub joined his new family, which includes two other cubs and his mom, this week at a Cincinnati Zoo off-site breeding facility. The cub, who has not yet been named, was introduced to […]
In 2020, family vloggers Myka and James Stauffer tearfully announced to their followers that their adopted child was now living with another family. The new three-part docuseries An Update on Our Family, which premiered at the Tribeca Festival in June, explores the events leading up to the announcement that the child was “rehomed,” the backlash […]
BENTONVILLE, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — Hundreds of pets in Northwest Arkansas now have a place to call home. The Best Friends Animal Society in Bentonville concluded its weekend-long Super Adoption event on Sunday with an estimated 200 pets being adopted. Dogs and cats from more than 30 shelters in Arkansas and surrounding states eagerly awaited to […]
A Naples man convicted for his role in a November 2020 crash that killed a dog and seriously injured his owner will spend 10 years behind bars, a judge ruled this week. Collier Circuit Judge Elizabeth Krier on Monday sentenced Jeffrey Morrell Stone, 65. A Collier County jury convicted him in April of DUI with […]
BOSTON — In the weeklong back-and-forth debate around the proposed $57.99 billion Senate budget, fully 400 of the proposed 1,100 amendments filed by legislators were approved. Many have statewide implications, others are based on local concerns. It’s not a win — yet. The budget process now takes the spending plans crafted by legislators in each […]
Gracie Rainsberry recently traveled to Wisconsin to see Audrey Doering’s big day – and her twin will soon do the same Good Morning America/X Audrey Doering and Gracie Rainsberry, who met on Good Morning America in 2017, returned on Wednesday, May 22 to discuss their upcoming graduations Twin sisters who were separated shortly after birth, […]
A member of Israel’s three-man war cabinet has threatened to resign from the government if it does not adopt a new plan for the war in Gaza. The move would leave prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu more reliant on his far-right allies. Benny Gantz’s announcement on Saturday escalates a divide within Israel’s leadership more than seven […]
A member of Israel’s three-man War Cabinet has threatened to resign from the government if it does not adopt a new plan for the war in Gaza. The move would leave Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu more reliant on his far-right allies. Benny Gantz’s announcement on Saturday escalates a divide within Israel’s leadership more than seven […]