Photo: Facebook Solomon Whitt has long been familiar with the daughter and son of Jana Layman. So after Layman separated from her husband, her familiarity with Whitt led her to invite him to share space in her Seattle home, and in December 2018 he moved in with the family. But over time Whitt’s physical affection for her children grew to concern Layman, who told family and friends that she worried about his alleged “inappropriate contact” with them, according to authorities....

A San Jose mother lost her arms and legs after contracting a bacterial infection that may have come from undercooked fish. Her body could not fight off the aggressive infection. “She almost lost her life. She was on a respirator,” Messina toldKRON-4.“They put her into a medically induced coma. Her fingers were black, her feet were black, her bottom lip was black. She had complete sepsis and her kidneys were failing....

Elinor Carucci As an editor and publisher of children’s literature for three decades, Lauri Hornik knows the power of books. And as a mom, she saw the need first-hand for more stories that speak to kids struggling with mental illness. Courtesy Lauri Hornik Hornik says the book, a “nonfiction first guide to mental health challenges,” is meant for ages 12 and up. “It has descriptions of various mental illnesses....

Photo: Elizabeth Whitley PhotographyA Virginia mom has taken Halloween to the next level with help from the “sweetest zombies” — her two young sons.Photographer Elizabeth Whitleyshared photos with PEOPLE from a Halloween photoshoot she did with sons Ezra, then 2, and Jonas, then 4, that features the boys as zombies in a spooky-looking graveyard.In the creepy shots, Whitley’s sons wear denim overalls as they pose throughout the fog-filled area, filled with plenty of old tombstones and an eerie-looking house....

Michele Stevenson’s son Kaden Stevenson.Photo: Go Fund Me A Michigan mom is warning other parents about the dangers of strep A and influenza A after her son had to get both of his legs amputated. Kaden Stevenson, a 7-year-old from Grand Blanc, Michigan,underwent surgery on his legs on March 3 after first getting sick before Christmas, his mother Michele toldGood Morning Americaon Thursday. Initially, Michele thought her son was dealing with a cold or a stomach bug, but she began to realize something was wrong as his condition started to worsen after four days....

Photo: Getty One mom is seeking advice after an alleged incident with her daughter’s daycare that left her fuming. ConsultingSlate‘s “Dear Prudence” advice column, the anonymous letter writer describes her situation as a single mother to a daughter she adopted, whom she feeds formula to because she cannot produce milk herself. And while the provider “seemed amazing” at first and has two children of her own, “On the first day when I pulled out the formula and bottles, [she]wrinkled her nose and said, ‘You feed her that slop?...

Photo: i4Color California momsApril George and Kerry Maunusnever dreamed a casual chat would lead them to spark a craze fora must-have Thanksgiving item, create a new holiday tradition – and help fight hunger at the same time. It all started on an autumn day in 2013 when the new friends who bonded when George moved to the Bay area from Tennessee earlier that summer took a walk after dropping their kids off at school and happily discovered that Thanksgiving is their favorite holiday....

Photo: Peter Kramer/NBC/NBC Newswire/NBCUniversal via Getty A large sum of money that was recently found inside the walls ofJoel Osteen’s church is said to be linked to a 2014 robbery case, according to theHouston Police Department. On Friday, authorities in Texas released a social mediastatementthat police were summoned to the celebrity televangelist’s Lakewood Church on Nov. 10 around 2:30 p.m. local time. There, police said that members of the church stated that “a large amount of money” — which included “cash, checks, and money orders” — was discovered inside a wall within the establishment amid a renovation project....

Bill Clintonwasn’t prepared for questions about the #MeToo movement in a recent interview — and neither wasMonica Lewinskyfor his response, it seems. The former president faced criticism after he said during a wide-ranging interview with NBC’sTodayshow earlier this month thathe never apologized directly to Lewinskyafter the scandal that led to his impeachment 20 years ago — and that he did not believe a private apology was necessary since he’d made one publicly....

When you purchase through link on our site , we may realize an affiliate mission . Here ’s how it knead . This year , the scarey Halloween costumes in the United States could be tainted governance officials or polluted piss — at least consort to a new sight order the top fears of Americans . Chapman University released its annual sight of American Fears yesterday ( Oct. 11 ) , and fears about the government andthe environmentdominated the top 10 ....

Classes for more than 300,000 students across the city of Chicago were canceled Thursday as thousands of teachers went on strike over working and student learning conditions. The Chicago Teachers Union’s 25,000 members took to the picket lines starting at 6:30 a.m. after failing to negotiate a final contract offer with Chicago Public Schools during a meeting on Wednesday,NBC Chicagoreported. CTU President Jesse Sharkey said the decision to strike came because union members did not think the city’s offers regarding pay and benefits, class size, and teacher preparation time were up to par....

Kyle Mullen.Photo: Monmouth Hawks The mother ofKyle Mullen, a Navy SEAL candidate who died on Friday after completing Hell Week training, is mourning the loss of her son. “He will be missed every day,” Regina Mullen toldFox Newson Tuesday, going on to say that their family has “​​lost the light of laughter in our life.” Although he was not actively training at the time of his death, the 24-year-old sailor had just completed Hell Week, which pushes aspiring Navy SEALs to their physical and mental limits....

The Baldwin family.Photo: GoFundMe A North Carolina family is attempting to get back on their feet after facing back-to-back hardships at home. Jared and Amber Baldwin’s Mills River house went up in flames on Tuesday, according to ABC affiliateWLOS. Four days later, things got worse for the family when they learned that their garage had been broken into, with what was left of their valuable possessions stolen, the outlet reported....