A five-year boy from Spring, Texas was locked in a closet by his father and stepmother, who beat him, forced him to wear a diaper and starved him nearly to death, according to police. » 4/01/14 10:34pm 4/01/14 10:34pm

I don't know who's the bigger problem here, the tattoo artist who surprised his dog with ink during her spleen surgery, or the unnamed veterinarian who allegedly allowed the inking. Either way, this is bad news all around, and the worst news is this: It's not yet illegal to tattoo your animal in New York. » 3/08/14 1:37pm 3/08/14 1:37pm

Verdict in Dunn trial, as follows. Count 1: mistrial Count 2: guilty Count 3: guilty Count 4: guilty Count 5: guilty

— Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) February 16, 2014

It is common knowledge that children can be a handful. They yell, they throw tantrums, when I worked with small children there was a 4-year-old whose sole purpose in life seemed to be to follow me around and kick me directly in the shins. And then we would talk about it. And then he would kick me in the shins some… » 2/15/14 2:19pm 2/15/14 2:19pm

A Chandler, Arizona woman was arrested after hospital staff caught her injecting syringes full of fecal matter into the IV of her husband, who was recovering from surgery. » 2/01/14 12:59pm 2/01/14 12:59pm

Well, this is absolutely awful and heartbreaking. » 10/17/13 8:30pm 10/17/13 8:30pm

Today in horrible, depressing reminders of what it's like to live under rape culture: last year an Omaha woman, Megan Hunt, was sexually assaulted by a 24 Hour Fitness employee. Even though the attack was caught on tape, the company's corporate HR told Megan that they could not fire the employee for "legal reasons" and… » 10/13/13 2:00pm 10/13/13 2:00pm

Just everything is wrong with this video discussing the "rapey" qualities of Robin Thicke's Blurred Lines. Everything. It is the worst. The second I started playing it, my toes curled up, my hair fell out, a wine glass shattered next to me, my boyfriend called from two rooms over "Is that Gilbert Gottfried?" » 8/01/13 9:30pm 8/01/13 9:30pm

Here's some news to cry yourself to sleep with tonight. » 3/06/13 11:30pm 3/06/13 11:30pm

This is the most upsetting thing I've reported on in, well, a few days, I guess. » 3/05/13 9:30pm 3/05/13 9:30pm

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) released a report yesterday on Syrian refugees that shines some light on the horrific reality Syrian women and girls are currently facing. » 1/15/13 12:50pm 1/15/13 12:50pm

Well, here's a double whammy of saddening and maddening. This past Sunday, Maria Sanchez, 26, died in her Houston home from the effects of an inoperable spinal tumor. Just four days earlier U.S. Customs and Border Protection denied a humanitarian parole to her parents, so they were unable to see their daughter on her… » 1/09/13 10:25am 1/09/13 10:25am