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A Lower Southampton, Pennsylvania, man faces charges of sexual assault against an underage girl who was allegedly gifted to him by her parents.

The former Amish couple were experiencing a financial hardship and went to 52-year-old Lee Kaplan for help, police said, the Bucks County Courier Times reports. They then gave him their 14-year-old daughter.

The girl, now 18, told police that Kaplan is the father of her two children, ages 6 months and 3 years. When police were called to Kaplan’s home because of a complaint made by neighbor Jen Bets about the health and welfare of the children living there, they found 12 girls inside, ranging in age from 6 months to 18 years old. Read the full story here ▶

We all know that the importance of a dad is very crucial. Many experts believe that the father plays a big and important role in their child’s life.

Being present in the child’s life has a huge impact on them and molds her into the person they become. Dads should always be there for their child no matter what. The father’s influence in his daughter’s life shapes her self-esteem, self-image, confidence and opinions of men.

A girl’s relationship with her dad can determine her ability to trust, her need for approval and her self-belief. It can even affect her love life. But, unfortunately, this was not the case with this dad and his 25-year-old daughter. Read the full story here ▶

Oklahoma executed Charles Warner, who was convicted of the rape and murder of an 11-month-old girl, in its first execution since the botched lethal injection of Clayton Lockett.

In 2021, Warner was convicted of the first-degree rape and murder of his then girlfriend’s 11-month-old daughter in the Summer of 2021.

The state of Oklahoma sentenced him to be executed on the same night as Clayton Lockett. However, after Lockett began moaning and writhing on the gurney after he was declared to be unconscious, the state delayed all executions until they investigated the cause of the botched execution. Read the full story here ▶

It had been days since anyone had seen two-year-old Haleigh Ann, after her mother dropped her off at the babysitter’s house for the weekend.

When the caretaker failed to return her home on Sunday and couldn’t be reached, cops were called to find the missing girl. When the found her, she had two terrifying words about what she saw.

The mother of the Michigan toddler was struggling in life after her significant other, who is Haleigh’s father, went to jail on drug offences. Discover the whole story here ▶

In the whirlwind of bad news that we see every single day, it can be very disheartening to think that there isn’t much good in the world left.

But every now and then, a sweet, wholesome, kind bit of news comes around that brings our faith in humanity back to its fullest. This story is one of them.

Lisa Lemming Jackson was doing some shopping at a local supermarket called Kroger in Georgia when she came across a man who looked like he needed assistance.

She met his eyes by chance while she was wandering through the store aisles that day in early August, and she saw that the elderly man looked distressed.

She offered him a smile and started to walk past him, but as she did, she couldn’t shake the feeling that something was very wrong.

So Lisa stopped and went back to him and asked if something was amiss or if he needed help. The man’s eyes began to fill with tears and he appeared very embarrassed.

He explained that he has colon cancer, and he said that he’d had a bad accident while he was there in the store.

He felt ashamed and didn’t want to get up from the cart, as everyone would be able to know what happened if he did so.

The man looked like he was feeling as though he’d lost all his dignity. His situation saddened Lisa, and she knew she had to help.

She spoke to staff at the Kroger store and they helped to bring him new undergarments and some wipes.

They also discreetly moved him to an employer bathroom and presented him with some clothes for him to change into.

By this point, the elderly man was crying gratefully. He was so touched by their kindness and apologized for the trouble.

He also said that he had to hurry and be done with his shopping, as his wife was back home alone and he wanted to get back to her.

Lisa accompanied him to the cash register, and when they arrived, he saw that all the groceries he had put in his cart were all bagged and ready to go – and they had also been completely paid for!

Once more, the man found himself in tears. He couldn’t believe how compassionate everyone was being to him.

As it turns out, this man, named Elmer, was a war veteran who had fought in the Korean War and the Vietnam War both.

He’d always loved his country dearly but felt that his country had forgotten about him and what he and other servicemen and servicewomen had done for them.

That is until today when he was reminded just how good and kind others can be.

Lisa found herself in tears, too.

They traded tales of their own difficulties in life, and the man kindly imparted wise words to her to help her and give her encouragement in her own struggles and worries.

The fact that Lisa and Kroger staff pooled together to help Elmer and go above and beyond for him truly reminds us that there is hope in humanity yet!

London Eisenbeis was a 10-year old young girl living in Michigan, excited to finally realize her dream of riding the biggest water slide ride at Zehnder’s Splash Village, an amusement park in Frankenmuth.

Because the ride has a minimum height limit of 48-inches for riders, London waited patiently for almost 2 years before her dream came true.

Unfortunately, her dream turned into a nightmare for her parents as her heart gave out as she traveled down the 270-foot long slide. Read the full story here ▶

The people living nearby this parking lot say that the homeless man was often sitting there alone.

He is not one of those problematic and drunk people causing problems in the neighborhood. In the opposite, he is very polite and everyone loves him.

The night before this photo was taken, was one of those heavy rain nights. The man was sitting on the curb as any other day when a police officer came out of nowhere and approached him. The man was frightened but then he realized the officer came for good. Read the full story here ▶

The then-32-year-old woman, Megan, was sentenced to prison for recording herself laughing as she se-ually abused her boyfriend, who was dying from a drug overdose. According to prosecutors, the woman called 911 to report that her boyfriend, Brandon, was unresponsive.

He died from a heroin overdose and police recovered drugs, paraphernalia, and a video from the couple’s home. The footage showed the woman laughing as she se-ually abused him, before calling emergency services 45 minutes later.

The woman’s attorney stated that his client had made the tape to show Brandon later, to get him to quit using the substances. “It was done stupidly and wrongly, but there was no malice,” attorney reportedly Koch said, stating that his client was also on drugs at the time.

However, prosecutor Park maintained that Megan’s delay in calling for help was inexcusable. Megan had previously pleaded guilty to abusing an incapacitated adult, se-ual battery, and two counts of possessing illegal drugs. The second drug charge was in connection to another incident where she gave a man drugs at a motel, causing him to overdose. She was sentenced to 16 years in prison. We are republishing this story amid recent reports that suggest many US states are recording record highs in sexual assault incidents.

There are many evil people in the world who treat animals badly. But I definitely believe that those who want to help and save animals are in the majority, which warms my heart. J

ust like these fishermen who unexpectedly saw a bear cub clinging onto their boat. But as they would soon discover, the cub wasn’t alone.

Parents always want the best for their children and to see them perform to the best of their abilities. But sometimes our expectations outweigh our children’s capabilities and the results aren’t always what we expected.

This is what happened recently to a well-meaning bear mama, who thought her cub could swim better and longer than it actually could. Some unsuspecting fishermen in lake Vygozero in Russia caught sight of a cub in the water next to their boat. The little cub seemed tired and crawled hard against the hull in a desperate attempt to get up on dry ground. Somehow mom and cub had lost each other and the little one was obviously tired. There wasn’t much time left before it would drown – but luckily the fishermen’s boat showed up before it was too late.

They talked about what they should do, as they knew that the bear could try to bite and scratch them. But deep down they knew that they could only do one thing. Save the little bear. Despite the risk to their own lives, they knew that animals’ lives are sacred. They took a big oar and fished the little bear cub out of the water before it could understand what was happening. The cub understood that the fishermen were only trying to help, and didn’t put up a fight. It was only when the fishermen turned around that they saw something they never could have imagined.

The little bear cub was not alone — he had a sibling along with him on his little swimming trip. The fishermen jumped to action again and made sure the sibling ended up sitting safely on a net in the back of the boat. Thanks to their amazing and quick-thinking effort, they were able to save both little bear’s life. They drove the boat to the little island where their mother was waiting — and at that moment there was certainly not a single mom in the world who was more grateful than this mamma bear. The fishermen thought they were going out for an uneventful fishing trip that day. But instead they managed to save the lives of two young bear cubs — an effort nothing less than heroic.