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January Neatherlin, 32, pleaded guilty to 11 counts of first-degree criminal mistreatment and a count of third-degree assault in February and was sentenced on Friday to 21 years and four months in prison.

A teen waitress at Waffle House has been rewarded for her kindness with a college scholarship after she was photographed cutting up food for a 78-year-old diner who couldn’t do it himself.

The person of interest in the case reportedly fled the country before the body was found.

Rowe, who was on his way to No. 12 school in the Rochester School District, went missing early Thursday after exiting the school bus.

The incident occurred around 7:15 p.m. EDT. The pilot of the helicopter was seen climbing on to a raft, while the passengers — with their seatbelts fastened — remained trapped inside the aircraft.

A young girl suffered a severe brain injury after a garden hose delivered a 200-volt shock.

A mother can be seen on video encouraging her daughter during a vicious fight on school premises.

A video of a startled horse in a Miami Beach nightclub sparked outrage from those who considered it animal cruelty.

A mother discovered her daughter had taken her own life shortly after she recorded a video of herself mimicking a suicide attempt.

Several beaches in Texas reported high levels of fecal bacteria ahead of spring break.

Body camera footage showed Asheville Officer Chris Hickman beating a black man named Johnnie Jermaine Rush and punching his head while Rush was being restrained by Hickman and another officer.

Remains found in a wooded area of Anna, Texas have been identified as belonging to Fort Worth woman Christina Morris, who has been missing since 2014.

The unnamed woman said she had to tolerate months of sexual innuendo and inappropriate hugging from Rev. Charles Oduro and at one point even recorded the priest on tape, begging her for a kiss. 

A gun was found in a 6-year-old student's backpack at a West Palm Beach charter school, however the student was unaware it had been there.

Colby Isaac Hilleary became "increasingly agitated" despite efforts from the flight attendant to "address his concerns and calm him down,” the complaint stated.

Kevin Esterly and Amy Yu, a Lehigh Valley Academy Charter School student in Northampton County, were last seen together on Monday.

Shana Elliott drove over the center line on Highway 21 into a car, which was occupied by Fabian Guerrero-Moreno, 23, and his wife, Kristian Nicole Guerrero, who was five months pregnant.

University Hospitals officials made the announcement Thursday, adding an investigation is underway.

Deputy Principal Rohan Brown’s actions were at odds with school policy and “inconsistent with community expectations in this day and age," school council's letter said.

A BMW — believed to have lost control — drove onto the pavement and into a storefront in Brooklyn, New York.

The mother of a 5-year-old girl recalled the moment her daughter plummeted several feet from a ski lift.

Nikolas Cruz reportedly sent text messages to his family before the shooting.

A teen in Southern California was arrested for impersonating a police officer and harassing civilians.

David Swinyar was suspended without pay from his position at Kernan Middle School in Jacksonville, Florida, after Duval County Public Schools officials determined he used a racial slur in front of his students.

Tarin Olson, who works at the Golden West College in Huntington Beach, was filmed by an Asian-American man, saying, "Go Back To Your Country!"

Most of the U.S. will spring forward Sunday, except for Hawaii and Arizona, which opted out of daylight saving time.

In order to fool her probation officer, Ginger Sharpe said the reason she failed the drug test was because she had been ordered by her doctor to take medical meth.

A family in Michigan is suing a Livonia nursing home after a hidden camera captured footage of employees yelling at and roughly throwing an elderly man onto his bed and wheelchair.

The school was placed under temporary lockdown after shots were heard, and students were ushered into classrooms or other secure locations inside the institution.