Evangelicals, Catholics out of Illinois foster care - chicagotribune.com:
All religious agencies that declined to accommodate Illinois' civil union law and refused to license same-sex couples as prospective foster parents no longer provide publicly funded foster care.
Isabella Brooke Knightly and Austin Gamez-Knightly
In Memory of my Loving Husband, William F. Knightly Jr. Murdered by ILLEGAL Palliative Care at a Nashua, NH Hospital
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
ICE policies leave overburdened foster-care system in their wake
ICE policies leave overburdened foster-care system in their wake - News and Politics - San Antonio Current:
A sustained federal crackdown made 2011 a banner year for deportations. A record 397,000 undocumented immigrants were sent packing. And while the Obama administration cheers that more than half of those deported were convicted of crimes, advocates warn of a troubling by-product of rising immigration enforcement: children left behind as natural-born citizens absorbed by the foster-care system.
A sustained federal crackdown made 2011 a banner year for deportations. A record 397,000 undocumented immigrants were sent packing. And while the Obama administration cheers that more than half of those deported were convicted of crimes, advocates warn of a troubling by-product of rising immigration enforcement: children left behind as natural-born citizens absorbed by the foster-care system.
Lawsuit over care of Oklahoma foster children will retain its class-action status
Lawsuit over care of Oklahoma foster children will retain its class-action status | The Republic:
TULSA, Okla. — A federal judge will allow a lawsuit against the Oklahoma Department of Human Services over the treatment of foster children in its care to retain class-action status.
U.S. District Judge Gregory Frizzell on Tuesday rejected a motion by the state agency to appeal a decision to certify the lawsuit as a class action.
TULSA, Okla. — A federal judge will allow a lawsuit against the Oklahoma Department of Human Services over the treatment of foster children in its care to retain class-action status.
U.S. District Judge Gregory Frizzell on Tuesday rejected a motion by the state agency to appeal a decision to certify the lawsuit as a class action.
Foster Care Class Action Not Upset by Wal-Mart
Courthouse News Service:
(CN) - Disbanding the class of women suing Wal-Mart has no bearing on the future of allegations that the Massachusetts foster care system placed thousands of children in life-threatening situations, a federal judge ruled.
(CN) - Disbanding the class of women suing Wal-Mart has no bearing on the future of allegations that the Massachusetts foster care system placed thousands of children in life-threatening situations, a federal judge ruled.
Mo. mother in custody in 1-year-old son's death
Mo. mother in custody in 1-year-old son's death - CBS News:
(CBS/AP) AFFTON, Mo. - Police investigating the death of a 13-month-old boy have taken the baby's mother into custody a day after his body was discovered near a suburban St. Louis cemetery.
(CBS/AP) AFFTON, Mo. - Police investigating the death of a 13-month-old boy have taken the baby's mother into custody a day after his body was discovered near a suburban St. Louis cemetery.
Missouri 1-year-old found dead; Person in custody
Missouri 1-year-old found dead; Person in custody - CBS News:
CBS/AP) AFFTON, Mo. - A person has been taken into custody in connection with the death of a 1-year-old boy whose body was found near a St. Louis County cemetery.
Police said in a news release that the person was taken into custody early Wednesday in the disappearance and death of Tyler Dasher.
CBS/AP) AFFTON, Mo. - A person has been taken into custody in connection with the death of a 1-year-old boy whose body was found near a St. Louis County cemetery.
Police said in a news release that the person was taken into custody early Wednesday in the disappearance and death of Tyler Dasher.
Breakthrough: Israel Develops Cancer Vaccine
Breakthrough: Israel Develops Cancer Vaccine | Big Health Report:
Vaxil’s groundbreaking therapeutic vaccine, developed in Israel, could keep about 90 percent of cancers from coming back.
Vaxil’s groundbreaking therapeutic vaccine, developed in Israel, could keep about 90 percent of cancers from coming back.
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