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Autopsy Delays Push Back Nick Reiner's Murder Case

Judge sets Sept. 15 hearing as evidence review continues

(Newser) - The double-murder case against Nick Reiner is moving forward without a key piece of evidence: the final autopsy reports on his parents. Reiner, 32, appeared in a Los Angeles courtroom Wednesday in a yellow jail shirt and shackles, where he agreed to waive his right to a speedy preliminary hearing,...

Reiners' Oldest Son: 'I Was Robbed of So Many Things'

Jake Reiner, 34, mourns parents allegedly slain by brother in essay, reflecting on grief, lost milestones

(Newser) - Jake Reiner says the day his parents died didn't just take their lives—it wiped out the future he imagined with them, per TMZ . In a candid Substack essa y simply titled "Mom and Dad: The center of my life," Reiner writes that losing Rob and Michele...

Baby Abandoned in Stroller in Times Square

Police say infant appears unharmed after late-night incident

(Newser) - Tourists and theatergoers in Times Square unwittingly shared the street Tuesday night with an abandoned infant in a stroller, police say. The little girl, variously reported to be 6 months or a year old, was discovered just after 11pm at West 44th Street and Broadway and appeared to be unharmed;...

Couple Sues IVF Clinic Over Alleged Embryo Mix-Up
After IVF Implant
and Birth, a Lawsuit
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After IVF Implant and Birth, a Lawsuit

Tiffany Score and Steven Mills say baby Shea isn't genetically related to them, ID bio parents

(Newser) - The Florida couple who birthed a daughter only to find out she's not related to them says the baby's biological parents have been identified, NBC News reports. Attorneys for Tiffany Score and Steven Mills say DNA testing revealed the infant is 100% South Asian; Score and Mills are...

Op-Ed: Pittsburgh Teaches Kids Wrong Lesson on NFL

Public schools are closing when the city hosts the league's draft

(Newser) - Pittsburgh hosts the NFL draft in a few weeks, and the city school system decided to close its buildings for three days during the festivities and shift students to remote learning. In a Washington Post opinion piece, Duquesne law professor Joseph Sabino Mistick questions the wisdom of that. The city...

A Baseball Star Sues His Parents
A Baseball Star
Sues His Parents
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Mar 29, 2026 10:50 AM CDT

A Baseball Star Sues His Parents

Phillies' Alec Bohm accuses them of mismanaging his money

(Newser) - Philadelphia Phillies third baseman Alec Bohm is suing his parents, accusing them of quietly siphoning off millions while overseeing his money. In a lawsuit filed Wednesday in Philadelphia, the 29-year-old alleges Daniel and Lisa Bohm set up multiple LLCs to hold his baseball earnings and then diverted funds for their...

Irish Town Unites to Delay Smartphones for Kids

Voluntary pledge in Greystones has proved popular

(Newser) - An Irish town is making a name for itself over an experiment that's been running for three years now: Giving kids a largely smartphone-free childhood. The New York Times checks in on Greystones, a coastal community south of Dublin, that has rallied behind a voluntary pledge not to buy...

Court Freezes California Rules on Transgender Students

Ruling lets lower court decision favoring parents who argued religious rights take effect

(Newser) - The Supreme Court on Monday temporarily halted California's limits on when schools can tell parents that a student has identified as transgender. In a 6-3 decision along ideological lines, the court allowed a lower-court ruling favoring parents who say the state policy conflicts with their religious beliefs to take...

Inflation Hits Parents a New Way: Tooth Fairy Payouts

Average of $5.84 per tooth is a 17% spike after 2 years of declines

(Newser) - The tooth fairy is back to being a big spender. The average cash left per lost tooth climbed to $5.84 this year, a 17% bump after two years of declines, according to Delta Dental's latest Original Tooth Fairy Poll of 1,000 parents with kids ages 6 to...

Instagram Will Alert Parents to Teens' Self-Harm Searches

Alerts will include guidance for parents on mental health conversations

(Newser) - Parents could soon get a digital heads-up if their teen is looking for the darkest corners of Instagram. Meta says that beginning next week, adults who've enabled Instagram's supervision tools will be notified when a teen repeatedly carries out searches for content or terms tied to suicide or...

School Picture Company Gets Caught Up in Epstein Fallout

Parents boycott Lifetouch over tenuous Epstein-linked ownership concerns

(Newser) - School picture day just got swept into the Jeffrey Epstein fallout, the Wall Street Journal reports. Lifetouch, the 90-year-old company that shoots student portraits for thousands of US schools, is facing a fast-moving boycott after online sleuths linked it—indirectly—to Epstein through its parent company's former private equity...

US Figure Skater Channels Late Parents in Emotional Debut
US Skater at Games:
Late Parents
Had 'Hand
on My Back'
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Feb 11, 2026 6:47 AM CST

US Skater at Games: Late Parents Had 'Hand on My Back'

Maxim Naumov says he felt support of mom, dad, who died in DC plane crash, in Olympics debut

(Newser) - Maxim Naumov's first Olympic skate came with an unusual sense of calm for an athlete who admits he's usually "a little jittery." The 24-year-old American figure skater delivered one of his strongest short programs to date at the 2026 Winter Games on Tuesday, scoring 85.65...

More Parents Rebuff a Key Vitamin K Shot for Newborns

Doctors blame misinformation, anti-vaccine rhetoric for refusal on shot, which helps prevent brain bleeds

(Newser) - Pediatric providers say that newborns in the United States are increasingly leaving the hospital without a long-standard vitamin shot that prevents dangerous bleeding, reports the New York Times . The injection delivers vitamin K, which infants lack at birth and don't get in sufficient amounts from the placenta or breast...

A Flawed Major Drug-Testing Lab Dodged Questions for Years

Averhealth's probation was kept hidden as families faced custody loss, other issues

(Newser) - Michigan child welfare workers were raising red flags about drug tests years before they learned the lab behind them had been quietly put on probation by its accreditor. In a deep dive by ProPublica , internal emails show supervisors at Michigan's Department of Health and Human Services repeatedly questioned results...

Michelle Obama Won't Ask Malia, Sasha One Question

'Are you dating anyone?' is something ex-first lady tries to avoid with daughters, she says on podcast

(Newser) - Michelle Obama says she's trying to retire one of the most common small-talk questions moms ask their daughters: "Are you dating anyone?" In a surprise showing on Alex Cooper's Call Her Daddy podcast on Wednesday, the former first lady, who just turned 62, said she's aware...

Judge Releases Busfield Pending Child Sex Abuse Trial

Actor will be allowed to leave New Mexico to live at home

(Newser) - A judge in New Mexico has ordered that actor Timothy Busfield be released from jail pending a trial on child sex abuse charges. The order Tuesday by state district court Judge David Murphy is linked to accusations that Busfield inappropriately touched a minor while working as a director on the...

It May Be the 'Most Hidden Form of Childhood Sex Abuse'

Elizabeth Weil introduces readers to two families in which one sibling abused another

(Newser) - In a deeply reported feature for New York magazine, Elizabeth Weil follows two families confronting what experts say is a largely invisible form of child sexual abuse: harm carried out by one sibling against another. Research suggests at least 1% of people have been abused by a brother or sister—...

To Shield Parents From Deportation, US Citizens Join 'PIP'

Parole in Place program allows US citizens to join military, keep undocumented parents, spouses safe

(Newser) - In parts of rural America, the pitch to join the military now comes with an unusual hook: It might keep your parents from being deported. A little-used federal program called Parole in Place, or PIP, has quietly turned into a recruiting tool for the National Guard, especially in immigrant-heavy pockets...

Hochul, Mamdani Team Up for Free NYC Child Care

New York Dems are set to unveil their plan at a Thursday presser

(Newser) - New York City parents may soon have access to free child care for their 2-year-olds, under a plan set to be unveiled Thursday by Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Zohran Mamdani. The two Democrats are expected to detail the program at a Thursday morning presser, along with a pledge from...

CDC Scales Back Universal Hepatitis B Shot for Newborns

Experts warn individualized approach may weaken hepatitis B protection for infants

(Newser) - The CDC has dropped its long-standing advice that all newborns be given a hepatitis B vaccine shortly after birth, instead telling parents of babies born to mothers who test negative for the virus to decide with their doctor whether to vaccinate at birth, reports USA Today . The change comes after...

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