American gun owners are far more likely to injure themselves or someone else with their firearm than to stop a criminal, according to a new study from a group calling for tighter gun control.The study, released Wednesday by the Violence Policy Center, found there were 258 justifiable homicides involving civilians using firearms in 2012, compared with 8,342 murders by gun. Even if a criminal isn't shot down, the study found that civilians rarely... [...]
The day ends as it began: in a cold silence, a lingering sigh breaking the air.I contemplate reaching out, his warm body tense in the dark. But my mind flits over the million and a half slights of the day -- dirty laundry left on the floor, words muttered under our breaths, resentment simmering -- and my heart hardens.Carefully, I turn on my side, the space between us widening.Every day I tell myself that it's silly, there's nothing wrong.... [...]
When navigating the minefield of divorce, everything you’ve worked for and everything you care about is up for grabs: your income, your home, custody of your children (if you have them), your sense of security and even your very identity. More hotly contested and drawn out divorce proceedings result in higher costs and greater emotional wreckage.For a while, mediation was considered the great new panacea, a supposedly more civilized route to... [...]
A 4-year-old on Tuesday afternoon backed a day care center's van over a 2-year-old while an employee loaded other children into the vehicle in New York.The toddler was in critical but stable condition after the accident at the Busy Kidz Group Family Day Care in Staten Island, the Staten Island Advance reported.The 4-year-old jumped into the driver's seat while the van sat parked along the sidewalk, TV station WABC reported. The van rolled... [...]
DETROIT (AP) — A woman who authorities say killed a friend with a slow cooker during a political dispute in suburban Detroit while very drunk faces sentencing.Tewana Sullivan is expected to learn her punishment Monday. She was awaiting trial on a first-degree murder charge when she pleaded guilty but mentally ill last month to second-degree murder. A deal with prosecutors calls for 23 to 50 years in prison.The mental illness plea doesn't... [...]
