Tag: girl
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Gaza girl, 6, who carried sister in viral video speaks to NBC News
“I carried her because she couldn’t walk.” Still barefoot but no longer wearily hauling her younger sister over her shoulders, 6-year-old Qamar Subuh has a straightforward explanation for an act that many felt underscored the impact felt by Palestinian children amid Israel’s assault on the Gaza Strip. Video of Qamar carrying her injured sister to…
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Colorado girl, 8, fights back against kidnapper in clown mask, police say
An 8-year-old Colorado girl fought back against an intruder wearing a clown mask who tried to kidnap her during a violent late-night break-in at her family’s home, court documents show. The victim’s neighbor, Thomas Gallegos, 56, was arrested on suspicion of attempted kidnapping, assault, child abuse and burglary, police in the city of Sterling, northeast…
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Body parts found in Colorado freezer are those of 16-year-old girl last seen in 2005
Body parts found in a freezer earlier this year after a Colorado home was sold have been identified as those of the 16-year-old daughter of the home’s previous owner, authorities said Friday. The death of Amanda Leariel Overstreet is being investigated as a homicide and an investigation is ongoing, the Mesa County Sheriff’s Office said.…
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Christian group Ethnos360 accused of failing to protect girl from abuse, years after ‘significant child safety training’
Warning: This story contains graphic descriptions of abuse. A Christian organization long plagued by allegations of child sex abuse is now facing a lawsuit that accuses the group of failing to protect a girl from one of her peers at its missionary training center. Ethnos360, a religious nonprofit group based in Sanford, Florida, that was…
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A veteran firefighter and a 4-year-old girl are among the dead from Helene
In Blackshear, Georgia, a firefighter died while trying to protect others from Hurricane Helene. In Catawba County, North Carolina, a 4-year-old was killed in a head-on car crash on a rainy road. And in Charlotte, North Carolina, a tree fell on a home, killing a resident. Hurricane Helene’s victims were still being counted Friday afternoon.…