Source: terovesalainen/Adobe Stock More than 90 percent of teens in the U.S. have their own cell phones. Technology enables kids to connect with one another in different ways, providing both new connections and distractions. One major consequence of this shift in communication is a surge in “sexting.” Sexting is defined…
Human trafficking is an abhorrent reality that has torn apart families and communities and tortured the lives of countless children and young adults. Investigative reporting on this subject has the potential to raise awareness and perhaps even bring about desperately needed change. Which is why it was so disheartening and…
In her sunshine yellow coat, a 17-year-old girl clambered on top of a car and threw her hands in the air – fingers spread to show V for victory – and the crowd erupted in a loud cheer. Sonia Sharifi had just been released from the clutches of Iranian detention…….
WASHINGTON — A D.C. man is being extradited back to the District to face charges, now that police have arrested him for allegedly shooting and killing a local mother of five in her home in July. DC Police announced Tuesday that the arrest had been made in relation to the homicide…
Star Digital ReportFri Dec 23, 2022 12:29 AM Last update on: Fri Dec 23, 2022 12:30 AM File photo of a refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar. Photo: Anisur Rahman “> File photo of a refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar. Photo: Anisur Rahman Four Rohingya refugees, including a child, sustained bullet…
A Chanute, Kansas, man serving with the Army National Guard was sentenced in federal court for sexually exploiting an 11-year-old southwest Missouri victim to produce child pornography. Christian Sinclair, 22, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Bough to 16 years in federal prison without parole. The court also……
Dec 22, 2022, 9:35pmUpdated 2h ago By: News 12 Staff A teacher at Mercerville Elementary School has been removed from the classroom after being arrested for giving a 13-year-old drugs and alcohol, authorities say. Fifth grade teacher Jennifer Debiec, 39, was arrested on Tuesday. According to an investigation by the…
Nicholas Spencer and Mackenzie Leigh Mathias Spencer (YouTube screenshot) An American couple living in East Africa are facing the death penalty for allegedly torturing and sex trafficking their 10-year-old foster child over the course of several years. Nicholas Spencer and Mackenzie Leigh Mathias Spencer, both 32, were taken into custody…
The father of the infant twins inside their mother’s car when it was stolen from the Donato’s parking lot in Columbus’ Short North on Monday is calling for the safe return of his second child after the first was found left outside early Tuesday at a Dayton International Airport parking…
Antisemitic incidents have grown more frequent and more extreme in Texas, according to the first study on antisemitism in the state published this month. The Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Commission submitted its first Study on Antisemitism in Texas to the Legislature on Dec. 13, which included eight recommendations…