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In a domestic conflict turned violent, four individuals have lost their lives after a mother allegedly shot her estranged husband’s reported lover, her own two children, and then herself.

36-year-old Jessica Edens, a mother from South Carolina, was in the middle of a custody dispute with her husband and had claimed that he had been having an affair with Meredith Rahme, 28.

Edens’ husband and Rahme worked together, and Edens called Rahme a homewrecker and posted about her online. Read the full story here ▶

We are a very a very materialistic society. We want the best clothes, the fastest cars, and the latest technology.

Amanda Mary Perez, a home nurse in Pennsylvania, is no different. She was at a patient’s home recently when he asked her if she could clean out his fridge.

She opened the door to find that it was empty. The man had no food. She asked him who buys his food. The man looked down and said that he buys his own food – when he has the money. Read the full story here ▶

It’s hard to say what we would do in a life or death situation to save an animal; those that do deserve the title of ‘hero’.

Don Chatten was out walking his two dogs in Buffalo, New York, on a bitterly cold day when a woman asked for his help finding her small dog.

He didn’t hesitate to help her but when he finally located the missing pooch, he realized the danger and knew he had to act fast.The dog had fallen into icy waters in Ellicott Creek Park and Don knew he didn’t have much time if he was going to save her. Read the full story here ▶

Samantha Rodriguez is a 20-year-old who should be living a normal life that includes working or going to college.

Instead, the California resident is raising her five siblings because their parents recently passed away from cancer. The siblings range in ages from 5 to 16.

Although the family isn’t what most would call normal since the oldest sibling is raising the younger ones, they make it work with a lot of love and respect. Read the full story here ▶

Hailey Ashmore has several conditions, including: epilepsy, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, reactive hypoglycemia, severe allergies, gastroparesis, and asthma.

The 16-year-old from Dallas, TX relies on the help of her service dog, Flynn.According to Fetching Apparel, Hailey was once a dancer on the varsity drill team, student council member, violinist and at the top of her class. However, with her conditions progressing, Hailey can only take classes online.

She is dependent on her parents, nurse, medications, and Flynn. The condition she grapples with the most is epilepsy, which causes seizures. Seizures are very serious; in another instance, a mom had a seizure and was unable to tend to her infant at the mall. Read the full story here ▶

The doctors told the family that the 35-year-old woman, Ashley, reportedly died after drinking roughly 64 ounces of water in just 20 minutes. Police officials released a statement, saying that she died from water toxicity, the process of depleting one’s body of electrolytes, following an outing over the weekend.

According to the health experts, water toxicity happens when one drink too much water too fast. The effect is to overwhelm one’s own body’s complex organ systems, primarily the kidneys, to regulate the balance of fluids. The effect is to dilute one’s own body of sodium, potassium, and chloride, which regulates proper cell function.

On the last day of her trip, the mom of two had told family members that she felt lightheaded and had a headache, symptoms of dehydration and incredibly thirsty.

Despite rapidly drinking 64 ounces of fluid, no amount of water could satiate her thirst. Ashley drank the equivalent of four 16oz (500ml) bottles. When the woman returned home, she collapsed in her garage, having suffered severe brain swelling. The mom of two never regained consciousness.

At the hospital, doctors diagnosed her with water toxicity, also called hyponatremia, which develops as a result of there being too much water in the body and not enough sodium. When Devon, Ashley’s brother, heard of his sister’s condition, he was in disbelief, telling WRTV: ‘It was a big shock to us all. I was just like, this is a thing?’ Adding: ‘She just felt like she couldn’t get enough water… When they left the sand bar to when they got to the dock, it was about a 20 minute boat ride … she drank four bottles of water in that 20 minutes. That’s half a gallon. That’s what you’re supposed to drink in a whole day.’

Recalled the brother: ‘My sister, Holly, called me, and she was just an absolute wreck. She was like “Ashley is in the hospital. She has brain swelling, they don’t know what’s causing it, they don’t know what they can do to get it to go down, and it’s not looking good”‘. Ashley never regained consciousness and doctors diagnosed her with water poisoning, or hyponatraemia. The condition occurs when someone consumed an excessive amount of water in a narrow window of time, which overwhelms the ability of the body’s complex organ systems, primarily the kidneys, to regulate the balance of fluids.

According to the police officials, the suspect, later identified as 25-year-old Lakiri, was taken into custody after she reportedly shot and killed 29-year-old woman, Laurielle, and left the victim’s 7-year-old daughter with her mother’s body for hours.

Officers, who responded to a shooting call, made contact with the 7-year-old child, who opened the door for them. The girl, who was not identified due to her age, told the officers that her mom was sleeping on the sofa.

The responding officers removed the blanket and realized that the woman was not sleeping, but was shot in the head and dead. Read the full story here ▶

This young couple was excited to get married – but it seemed like only half of the wedding party – the bride – was prepared to say her vows on their special day.

While the bride was dressed in a beautiful gown, the groom showed up to his wedding wearing grubby jeans with grass stains on them.

Images of the grubby groom first appeared on Reddit but have now resurfaced online and are causing people to discuss them all over again on social media. Read the full story here ▶

It doesn’t matter who we are, life can be difficult to deal with. There are times, however, when somebody may face situations that are more than difficult, they can affect you for many years to come.

Perhaps that is seen most with young children who are still very influential and if those who are helping them in some way or another don’t do it properly, the impact can be catastrophic over the years.

That is especially seen when a teacher does not fulfill their role in the way that they could but rather, they give the children a hard time in the classroom. Read the full story here ▶