COMAYAGUA, Honduras — The 3-year-old girl traveled for weeks cradled in her father's arms, as he set out to seek asylum in the United States. Now she won't even look at him. After being forcibly separated at the border by government officials, sexually abused in U.S. foster care and deported,...
Victim Speaks out for First Time About 'Slender Man' Attack
MILWAUKEE — A Wisconsin girl who was lured into the woods by two friends and stabbed 19 times in an effort to please a fictional horror character called Slender Man said she's come to terms with aspects of the attack but still sleeps with broken scissors "just in case." In...
Trauma for Cops After School Shootings Is Largely Unstudied
LITTLETON, Colo. — The first SWAT team members to see the horror in the Columbine High School library had to step around bodies and ignore a wounded student's plea for help as they searched for shooters they didn't know had already died by their own hands. As member Grant Whitus...
Wild Chase Reveals FUSD Failure to Support Troubled Student
Fresno Unified Superintendent Bob Nelson and the district's trustees face perhaps the biggest challenge in his nearly 27 months of leadership. On Wednesday, a student was removed from Bullard High School by Fresno police for his safety and the safety of others after running all over the campus screaming threats...
Cambridge Students Learn How to Talk Things Out
Ever since Mikey Munoz started high school, he kept to himself and didn't make much of an effort to get to know his classmates. However, that began to change when Munoz and 30 of his environmental science classmates participated in Kaiser Permanente's Resilience Squad Workshop Series. "I’ve noticed that I was...
Survivor Helps Other Sex Trafficking Victims Break The Chains
Midnight phone calls, sting operations, and cooperating with witness protection are all the norm for Debra Rush. To speak with Rush is to become inspired to take up action against human trafficking. Rush is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Breaking the Chains, a nonprofit organization that works with...
Survivor Helps Other Sex Trafficking Victims Break The Chains
Midnight phone calls, sting operations, and cooperating with witness protection are all the norm for Debra Rush. To speak with Rush is to become inspired to take up action against human trafficking. Rush is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Breaking the Chains, a nonprofit organization that works with...