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Susan Smith is denied parole 30 years after drowning 2 sons by rolling car into South Carolina lake
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A parole board decided unanimously Wednesday that Susan Smith should remain in prison, despite her plea that God has forgiven her for infamously killing her two young sons 30 years ago by rolling her car into a South Carolina lake while they were strapped in their car seats....
Tennessee suspect in dozens of rapes is convicted of producing images of child sex abuse
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee man who is accused in lawsuits of drugging and sexually assaulting dozens of women while police deliberately botched investigations into him was convicted Thursday of producing images of child sexual abuse. Sean Williams, 53, faces a minimum...
Texas mother sentenced to 50 years for leaving kids in dire conditions as son's body decomposed
HOUSTON (AP) — A judge on Tuesday sentenced a woman to 50 years in prison for forcing three of her children to live with the decomposing body of their dead 8-year-old brother for more than a year in a soiled, roach-infested Houston-area apartment. Gloria Williams, 38, expressed...
'A hollow and limited apology.' New Zealand survivors of abuse in care speak in their own words
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Hundreds of survivors of abuse in state, foster and faith-based care arrived at New Zealand's Parliament in Wellington on Tuesday, each representing thousands more. They came to hear the government formally apologize for the “unimaginable”...
Atlantic City mayor is charged with asking daughter to say he did not injure her
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Atlantic City's mayor, already accused of abusing his teenage daughter, now faces a new charge that he asked her to lie about how she sustained a head injury. Marty Small Sr., 50, was charged Monday with witness tampering involving the girl, whom he and...
Haiti sees a rise in killings and police executions with children targeted, UN says
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — More than 1,740 people were reported killed or injured in Haiti from July to September, a nearly 30% increase over the previous trimester, according to the latest numbers released Wednesday by U.N. officials. The surge in violence comes as gangs seize...
Michigan woman charged in grandson's accidental gun death makes plea deal
WHITE CLOUD, Mich. (AP) — A 65-year-old woman charged with violating Michigan's new gun storage law in the death of her grandson pleaded no contest to a different charge Tuesday and is unlikely to face prison. Braxton Dykstra, 5, was shot and killed on April 1 when a 6-year-old...
A former principal at a Missouri Christian boarding school is accused of abusing a student
A former principal at a Christian boarding school in Missouri that closed in March amid abuse allegations has been charged with sex crimes involving a former student. Craig Wesley Smith Jr. was charged by the prosecutor in Wayne County in September with forcible sodomy and attempted...
British man sentenced to 18 years for using AI to make child sexual abuse imagery
LONDON (AP) — A British man who used artificial intelligence to create images of child abuse was sent to prison for 18 years on Monday. The court sentenced Hugh Nelson, 27, after he pleaded guilty to a number of sexual offenses including making and distributing indecent images of...
AI-generated child sexual abuse images are spreading. Law enforcement is racing to stop them
WASHINGTON (AP) — A child psychiatrist who altered a first-day-of-school photo he saw on Facebook to make a group of girls appear nude. A U.S. Army soldier accused of creating images depicting children he knew being sexually abused. A software engineer charged with generating hyper-realistic...
