M Eric Adams, Democratic mayor of New York City, announced that Diwali, the festival of lights celebrated in the South Asian and Indo-Carribbean communities, will be added to the list of public school holidays after the governor signs a bill approving it.
A Florida six-year-old who drowned in a bathtub in April allegedly had food withheld and was locked in a dog cage by his mom and her husband who are now charged with child abuse.
A third family member is in cuffs after a starving 10-year-old boy was found wandering around a Georgia neighborhood and asking for food last month. Ethan Washburn, 20, was accused of choking his half-brother and charged with aggravated assault and aggravated assault by strangulation. Washburn's biological mother, Krista Schindley, and stepfather, Tyler Schindley, were arrested