GAYLORD, Mich. (WXYZ) — A former teacher in Gaylord has been charged with sexual assault against two former students. Michigan State Police detectives were contacted by the former students of Grace Baptist School in Gaylord alleging they were sexually assaulted by one of their teachers. The assaults took place in…
As Halloween approaches, the vaping industry faces a ghoulish time. Currently, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Michigan, New York, Rhode Island, Oregon and the city of San Francisco have issued flavor bans on vaping products, mostly with executive orders allegedly to protect teens. Business owners impacted by the use of these executive powers…
Almost half of child sexual abuse victims were under the age of eight when the abuse began, according to research. More than 4,000 survivors have shared their experiences with the Truth Project in England and Wales and, of the 3,265 accounts analysed for research, some 46% said they had only…
Child sex abuse survivors deserve an “ongoing, continuous apology” as well access to adequate compensation, Prime Minister Scott Morrison believes. The federal government committed an extra $11.7 million to the national redress scheme on Tuesday as parliament paused to commemorate one year since child sex abuse survivors received a national…
news, local-news, SHARON Parkes was on a plane flying from Brisbane to Perth when she decided to retire as the principal of Warners Bay High. Flicking through the in-flight magazine on her way to swim with whale sharks at Ningaloo Reef during the April holidays, Dr Parkes read an interview…
With prom season underway, more teen drivers hitting the roads. Since most prom-goers are new drivers, it brings the somber reminder that motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for U.S. teens. The National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration shares the following tips for teens and their parents…
Nicki Minaj announced her marriage to Kenneth Petty on Instagram late Monday night following nearly a year of dating. Petty is a registered Level 2 sex offender and, in April 1995, was convicted of attempted first-degree rape for an assault that occurred when both he and the victim were 16,…
news, national A Victorian road rage driver has walked free despite punching an aspiring paramedic in the head in an attack that could have killed her. Attacker Joshua Burke punched his then 23-year-old victim to the face so hard in the November 2018 incident her eye socket broke in two…
A #RedforEd teachers strike in Arizona. (Photo: Ralph Freso/Getty Images) In 2018, public school teachers won notable victories in some unexpected places. Teachers in West Virginia launched the #RedforEd movement, winning a 5 percent pay raise last February after a strike that stretched almost two weeks long. Public school teachers…
His office has also become more aggressive in prosecuting other sex crimes. In 2012, the year that Mr. Hadden was arrested, the Manhattan district attorney’s office prosecuted 59 percent of the sex crimes it had investigated, according to data from the office. That figure increased to 93 percent in 2018….
