Rare Simple

It’s important to be punctual, and it’s a good idea to learn that – and other lessons – at a young age.

But this school principal went way, way too far in enforcing that lesson. Six boys aged between 9 and 10 found themselves arriving late to Chaitanya Bharathi School, their private school in Andhra Pradesh, India.

Usually, this kind of situation would result in a warning or even detention. But Maharaja Naidu, the principal, chose to go for a much more extreme punishment. Read the full story here ▶

Three people were found dead on Valentine’s Day after what police believe was a murder-suicide. Lury M. Pizarro, 33, and her 3-year-old son, Emmanuel Perez, were among three people found shot to death in an apartment in Brooklyn, Connecticut, on February 14.

The mother and son were allegedly killed by Jose A. Perez, 32, who reportedly died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

According to a news release from the Connecticut State Police, officers arrived at the scene of a “suspicious incident” at an apartment complex on Middle Street in Brooklyn around 8:30 p.m. February 14. Troopers entered the home and found two adults and a child dead at the scene. Read the full story here ▶

According to the statement, the 27-year-old mother, Jessica, reportedly subjected her 3-year-old daughter to medical child abuse and lied to medical staff in an alleged case of Munchausen syndrome by proxy.

Officials said that the mother reportedly had many unnecessary medical procedures performed on her daughter for an unknown amount of time. She was taken into custody on suspicion of injury to a child, according to reports.

Prosecutors said the 27-year-old woman reportedly falsified her 3-year-old daughter’s condition to medical providers, causing them to draw the child’s blood 28 times, according to an arrest affidavit obtained by WFFA. Read the full story here ▶

We all have neighbors, but we would like to maintain a relationship only with the good ones. A good neighbor can make you feel welcomed in a new place and offer assistance during an emergency.

A neighbor’s good qualities will help you build an ever-lasting relationship with them. There are good neighbors. and then there are Tisha and Kevin. One day, the couple got a knock on their door. It was their neighbor Audrey.

Audrey was a single mother of three. She was feeling a bit sluggish, so she decided to go to see a doctor. And when he asked her to go to the hospital to have extensive tests done, she realized she’d need someone to look after her kids. Read the full story here ▶

When parents welcome a baby in a hospital, they generally know the staff are competent and will give their child the best care. In this case, a careless nurse was the cause of a baby needing to have his leg amputated.

Two nurses were found responsible for the negligence and were fired by the hospital. The Deputy Director of the hospital extended his apologies for the incident, with the hospital offering to pay some of the baby’s medical expenses.

The family has yet to accept that offer, however. The baby’s grandmother was understandably worried about the child’s future, commenting: “The baby has become disabled just four days after birth. Read the full story here ▶

Prosecutors said that the defendants, Patricia and Matthew, were sentenced to 2,340 years in jail and people are still saying that wasn’t enough time after what they did.

The then 34-year-old Patricia was sentenced to 1,590 years in prison and her 42-year-old husband, Matthew, to 750 years in prison. The government had requested those sentences, the maximums possible. As U.S. District Judge Coogler stated: ”

I have actually been on the bench considering that 1998, and this is the worst case I have actually personally handled, consisting of murders. You robbed this kid of her youth and her soul, and an optimal sentence is proper.” Read the full story here ▶

With the weather only getting hotter and hotter as climate change takes a firm hold of global temperatures, it becomes an increasingly pressing matter to keep an eye on your children, especially in the car.

As it stands, far too many young children die more often than necessary from being left in hot cars – this year alone already sees the death of 37 children from heat stroke this way.

There’s now yet another tragic death to the list – an 11-year-old girl from the Long Island community, who was forgotten on a 92-degrees Fahrenheit day in the car parked in her family’s own driveway. Read the full story here ▶