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iStock/Thinkstock(FORT WORTH, Texas) -- A 4-year-old boy was shot dead, allegedly by his 5-year-old sibling, while the mother was asleep in another room, according to police.The tragic shooting was reported at a home in Fort Worth, Texas, shortly before noon on Sunday, according to Fort Worth police.Officers responded to preliminary reports that the sibling shot the 4-year-old, who was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead, police said.The […]

Kaitlin Feriante(CHICAGO) -- A former teacher with Chicago Public Schools has turned her passion for helping children with learning disabilities into an affordable program that aims to help children all across the city.Kaitlin Feriante and her husband, Andre Feriante, opened the Redwood Literacy program in June 2018 as a summer course with approximately 40 children.More than a year later, Redwood has not only grown into Redwood Day, a school co-founded […]

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- A New York City mother is facing criticism after her toddler was filmed hanging outside the window near an air conditioning unit on the 13th floor of an apartment building.The video, taken by Bronx resident Jennifer Mares on Saturday evening, shows the child in a diaper clinging onto the window where the 3-year-old boy had just climbed out. Several people below could be heard gasping and urging […]

ABC News(LOS ANGELES) -- A Hollywood stunt double who lost her arm while filming one of the Resident Evil movies said she thought the production company would take care of her, but now she's suing the producers of the film, hoping to make her nightmare the last for stunt workers.Olivia Jackson sued the producers of Resident Evil: The Last Chapter last week, claiming they left her on her own as […]

vmargineanu/iStock(PINEVILLE, N.C.) -- A North Carolina woman was held as a sex slave and repeatedly beaten and tortured in front of her two children.The woman -- who remains unnamed -- was allegedly held against her will at two separate hotels in Pineville, North Carolina where police say “she was forced into sexual acts with random men,” according to a statement from the Pineville Police Department. The suspects, Thomas Antoine Miller […]

ABC News(NEW YORK) -- There are currently 12 wildfires burning in the state of California Monday morning according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. On Saturday a wildfire, known as the Horseshoe Fire, broke out in Riverside County, California, and caused mandatory evacuations that have now been lifted. The fire is currently 30% contained and has burned 490 acres of land so far.On Sunday a fire dubbed […]

Marion County Sheriff(MARION COUNTY, Ga.) -- Authorities have found the bodies of a 32-year-old Florida mother and her four children across state lines in Georgia, six weeks after they vanished.Casei Jones was reported missing to the Marion County Sheriff's Office on Saturday night along with her four children, 10-year-old Cameron Bowers, 5-year-old Preston Bowers, 2-year-old Mercalli Jones and 1-year-old Aiyana Jones.They were last seen in early August in the Ocala […]

WMTW(FARMINGTON, Maine) -- A 68-year-old Maine fire captain was killed and six people were injured from a powerful explosion at a building Monday morning, leaving a fire department in mourning, according to officials.Farmington Fire Capt. Michael Bell, a 30-year member of the department, died while responding to reports of a propane smell at a local Farmington business, according to Maine State Police.The building -- the central office for LEAP, a […]

ABC News(ATLANTA) -- A homeowner in Georgia shot and killed three young masked men at his home early Monday morning, according to Rockdale County Sheriff Eric Levett.Authorities identified the three deceased individuals as juveniles Monday evening -- two 16-year-olds and one 15-year-old -- but have not released their names. The sheriff’s office told ABC News it waited to release information about the teens, all from Conyers, Georgia, until all three […]