A toddler girl was found dead in the back of a parked hearse at a Gadsden funeral home on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025.(Gadsden Police Department) A woman has been arrested after a toddler girl was found dead in a hearse outside a Gadsden funeral home, according to police. Gadsden police said the suspect, identified as 29-year-old Terica Pearl, was in …
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Nintendo’s wading into the baby and toddler market with a new toy, clothing, and “general goods” range it’s pulling together under the My Mario banner. And there’s even a toddler-friendly stop motion Mario series releasing to accompany the whole thing. My Mario is described as a “series which parents and children can enjoy together”, and includes a mix …
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An Alabama contract worker was arrested and criminally charged in connection to the death of a toddler who was left for hours inside a hot car, prosecutors said Friday. Kela Stanford, 54, is accused of one count of leaving a child or an incapacitated person unattended in a motor vehicle resulting in serious physical injury, according to the Jefferson County …
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A recall of around 192,000 play kitchens has been issued after a toddler died of strangulation in Oregon while playing with one. Backyard Kids, LLC, of Plano, Texas, announced the recall of the KidKraft Farm to Table Model Play Kitchens on Thursday. The company is offering to replace the hooks on all units, which are used to hold toy kitchen …
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The family of 3-year-old Ke’Torrius “K.J.” Starkes Jr. is remembering the little boy as a “joyful,” “brilliant” “happy boy who loved life, who would light up any room that he would enter into.” The toddler died after he was trapped inside a hot car while in the custody of a worker contracted by the Alabama Department of Human Resources, the …
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Just before the first COVID lockdown in March 2020, Carlos Neto de Carvalho and his wife, Yilu Zhang, were walking along Monte Clérigo beach in southern Portugal. As the geologist and geographer couple scrambled over rocky outcrops and an old collapsed cliff, they stumbled on a series of ancient Neanderthal footprints. “It was early in the morning of a sunny …
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