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Study: Doctors often fail to report child abuse
BOSTON (AP) — A new study finds that pediatricians and other primary care providers are good at identifying physical injuries in children that might be the result of abuse, but they are not as good at judging when to report those cases to...Tags: Broken Leg, Abusive Behavior, Injuries and Wounds, Health
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Trial starts in kids' forced Grand Canyon hikes
PHOENIX (AP) — A federal trial began Wednesday for an Indiana man accused of forcing his grandsons to hike for miles in the Grand Canyon without food or water in brutal August heat.
Investigators have said that Christopher Alan Carlson of...Tags: Disneyland Park, Abusive Behavior, Justice System, Trials, Crime, Law and Justice
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A political analyst believes Fry's negative campaign was mistake
The two big local mayor races went as most expected, with Pete Buttigieg and Dave Wood winning easily.
South Bend has not elected a republican mayor since 1967.
Longtime South Bend Tribune political analyst, Jack Colwell, says initially many people...Tags: Politics, Abusive Behavior, Elections
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The New Irish Heroes
Ireland loves its heroes, even those like Michael Collins who met his end at the hands of fellow Irishmen. Collins was never more popular than he was at his funeral. The response was overwhelming, just like the response last week to the comments of...Tags: Vatican City, Government, Politics, Enda Kenny, Abusive Behavior
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WSBT FACT FINDER: Indiana's child abuse reporting laws
Pennsylvania's attorney general cleared Joe Paterno of any wrongdoing, but in Indiana Paterno could have faced charges for not filing a report with police or Child Protective Services.
Candy Yoder and Jennifer Pickering work closely with abuse victims...Tags: Joe Paterno, Lawyers, Abusive Behavior, Justice System
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Marchers seek to raise abuse awareness
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterSOUTH BEND - Protecting the community’s children is everybody’s business. That was one of the messages delivered at the march and prayer vigil Saturday in the same neighborhood where 10-year-old Tramelle Sturgis died Nov. 4. Tramelle, a...Tags: Civil Rights, Abusive Behavior, Justice and Rights, Indiana University South Bend
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Michigan judge to rule in case involving driver, 9
WOODHAVEN, Mich. (AP) — A Detroit-area judge is to decide whether a man goes to trial on a child abuse charge for allowing his 9-year-old daughter to drive. Judge Michael McNally is set to reveal his ruling Tuesday in Woodhaven. Shawn Weimer's...Tags: Judges, Abusive Behavior, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice
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Vigil brings calls for protection
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterSOUTH BEND - Vernado Malone Sr. knew the little boy by name from the barber shop. The last time Malone saw Tramelle Sturgis alive, the 10-year-old boy was standing in the roadway in front of his house on West Washington Street wearing a cardboard sign...Tags: Civil Rights, Abusive Behavior, Prosecution, Justice and Rights, Television
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DCS found Sturgis kids 'well-nurtured'
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterSOUTH BEND - Recently released documents from the Department of Child Services show that an investigation was launched in May concerning allegations of child abuse at the home of a boy who was allegedly killed by his father earlier this month. But the...Tags: Abusive Behavior, Broken Bones, Injuries and Wounds, Health, Head Injuries
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South Bend dad who fatally beat tot draws 53-year sentence
SOUTH BEND — Calling his crimes “the worst of the worst,” St. Joseph Superior Court Judge Jane Woodward Miller sentenced a local father to 53 years in prison today for fatally beating his young daughter in 2008.
Valentin Escobedo, 25,...Tags: Prisons, Prisons, Punishment, Crimes, Abusive Behavior
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Proposed Indiana bill: Rapists, child molesters must serve at least 85 percent of sentence
A committee of Indiana senators gave its blessing Monday to a plan that would keep violent felons in prison longer and downgrade punishments for many thefts and drug crimes.
The proposal comes at the urging of Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels, who has asked...Tags: Prisons, Punishment, Politics, Steve Johnson, DOC: The Documentary Channel (tv network)
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UPDATE: Mom accused of handcuffing teen awaits charging decision
BERRIEN SPRINGS — There was no arrest and no charges were filed against a Berrien Springs mother accused of child abuse, but that could change.
Rebecca Twomley is a mother of three. She was surprised by allegations of child abuse in her small...Tags: Lawyers, Prosecution, Abusive Behavior, Social Issues, Justice System
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