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Boy in France kept in locked utility van for nearly 2 years before being rescued this week

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A 9-year-old boy was rescued this week after living locked in his father’s utility van in eastern France since 2024, according to the local prosecutor. The child has been hospitalized, and his father was detained. Police were alerted by a neighbor to “sounds of a child” coming from a van on Monday in the village … Read more

Liam Ramos’ parents say he seems to be a different boy after ICE detention

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Liam Ramos’ parents say he seems to be a different boy after ICE detention – CBS News Watch CBS News Five-year-old Liam Ramos’ detention in January drew widespread outrage over ICE’s tactics. Liam and his family spoke exclusively to CBS News correspondent Camilo Montoya-Galvez about what their life has been like since then. Source link

Family of boy in bunny hat detained with his dad is denied asylum claim, lawyer says

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MINNEAPOLIS — An immigration judge has denied the asylum claim of the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old boy photographed in a bunny hat and Spider-Man backpack as he was detained with his father during the immigration crackdown that shook Minneapolis earlier this year, a family lawyer said. They were ordered deported to Ecuador, … Read more

A 5-year-old boy was left alone in a hospital on the day of his heart surgery. His anesthesiologist adopted him.

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Omaha, Nebraska — Surrounded by friends and family at his birthday party this week, 10-year-old True Beethe of Omaha, Nebraska, was on cloud nine, but his bliss had not come easy. Back in 2022, at the age of 5, True needed a heart procedure for a serious congenital heart defect known as hypoplastic right heart … Read more

Crocodile found by boy lurking in a creek near family’s home, 1,200 miles from its tropical habitat

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Stephanie Kirsop didn’t believe her son when he phoned to say a crocodile was lurking in a creek near their home. The family live in the temperate coastal city of Newcastle, which is 1,200 miles south of Australia’s crocodile habitat in the tropical north.   Lionel Saunders, 12, and his friends had spotted the juvenile … Read more

Surprise birth of a boy brings hope for Amazon tribe facing extinction with just 3 women left

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Sao Paulo — Pugapia and her daughters Aiga and Babawru lived for years as the only surviving members of the Akuntsu, an Indigenous people decimated by a government-backed push to develop parts of the Amazon rainforest. As they advanced in age without a child to carry on the line, many expected the Akuntsu to vanish when … Read more