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Three children are safe after a 36-hour standoff with an armed man in Trenton, New Jersey ended early Sunday, police said.But the bodies of a woman, presumed to be home owner Carmelia Stevens, 44, the mother of the other three children, and a young boy, presumed to be her 13-year-old son, were found decomposing in the home, police revealed at a Sunday morning press conference.The suspect was also ...
Letter carrier and union member Tom Sapienza was making his rounds Saturday when he came upon a burning building. Without hesitation, he and several others entered the building to look for trapped residents. No one was seriously injured in the blaze. Afterward, Sapienza went back to doing his job:
Presidents have at least two things in common: They love their country and they love their moms. From John Quincy Adams' overbearing Abigail to Barack Obama's single-mom Anne Dunham, our presidents tend to be the products of strong, confident women who made life-lasting impacts on their sons. "If you look at the families of presidents, it's the momma's boy who is most likely to be president," said...
Conventional wisdom holds that stay-at-home moms do so because they can afford not to work. Instead, experts say, many moms appear to be staying home with their kids because they can’t afford to work.“They just think they don’t have enough education and skill … where their pay would cover their child care, transportation and clothes,” said Stephanie Coontz, a professor of history and family st...
Three children are safe after a 36-hour standoff with an armed man in Trenton, New Jersey was resolved early Sunday, police said.Lt. Steve Varn of Trenton Police said the hostage situation ended shortly before 5 a.m. ET, adding that the area around the home where it took place is now secure.He declined to comment on the status of the hostage-taker, but a news conference is schedule for 10 a.m. ET....
More than 50 travelers just back in the United States from China who had flu-like symptoms have been tested for the H7N9 bird flu virus, federal health officials say. So far, none has tested positive.But the fact that they’re being tested at all shows just how worried the U.S. government is about this new strain of bird flu, which threatens at the same time as a still-mysterious coronavirus from t...
Franklin County Sheriff Jeff Richards said early Sunday that remains believed to be those of Lana Leigh Bailey — who had been presumed dead — were found Saturday in Osage County in eastern Kansas."It is with great sadness that I report a body found in Osage County, Kansas, is believed to be the remains of 18-month-old Lana Bailey," Richards said in a statement he emailed to The Associated Press.He...
