child
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Forensic pathologist Dr Louise Mulcahy said due to the limited remains, it was impossible to test if the child had any natural diseases or if he had been poisoned.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
“No family should have to suffer the loss of a child, and our thoughts continue to be with the Normandin-Parker family,” an Uber spokesperson said in a statement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
McKenna West entered into a surrogacy contract in which she agreed to carry and deliver the genetic child of Nausheen Gilkar and Omar Ahmed.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
Acid testing of the child's teeth, a technique developed by the universities of Durham and Bristol, coupled with DNA analysis concluded the child was most likely male, the inquest heard.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Leah banished her only child, shipping Lizzie eight hundred miles away to live in Illinois with the father she barely knew.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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Chávez contended that families required stability before their children could take advantage of school, and a union was the first step, according to Chatfield.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
"The people of Rocky for many years have sent their own children to train in this river, and for competitions, without a single crocodile incident," a spokesperson said in a statement.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Sugary cereals are generally placed on lower shelves in stores, the better for children to see the cheery packaging and cartoon mascots.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
For instance, Black children are 60 percent more likely than U.S. children overall to have asthma and four and a half times more likely to die from it.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
She and her husband had managed to get their two small children to friends before their arrest, but she worried aloud all day about them and about Mr. Floor, who had tuberculosis.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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