Mental health worker eases families' pain after TWA crash
Kansas Red Cross volunteer Jim Morrison assists Long Island families grieving the July 17 TWA Flight 800 disaster. He provides unobtrusive mental first aid to victims' relatives at a Kennedy hotel, explaining the difficulty of acceptance and the need for ongoing support amid hopes for recovered remains.
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Overland Park
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National Transportation Safety Board
Seventy-year Watts resident killed by stray bullet during gang incident
An 82 year old Watts grandmother Viola McClain was fatally shot on her front porch. Police linked the fatal bullet to a 12 year old suspect connected to a street violence incident involving a 13 year old girl. Multiple youths were reported to have assaulted a 13 year old girl and set fire attempts during a chaotic event this week.
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Willie L. Williams
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Starks
Sparks
Bomb suspect Richard Jewell home search fuels nationwide probe
FBI Director Louis Freeh told a Senate panel that authorities have multiple leads and suspects in the Olympic Park bombing case while not naming Jewell. Agents searched Jewell’s Atlanta apartment and a prior Georgia cabin as they pursue physical evidence and interview workers who may have sold bomb components.
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Habersham County
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Atlanta
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Georgia
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Washington, D.C
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Joyce Dean
At&t
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Foster parents sentenced for child abuse in Philadelphia
Anna Gradiz and Elman Gradiz, ages 42 and 37, were jailed five to twenty years for abusing a nine year old foster child. The girl, dubbed Tara M., suffered severe burns and skin grafts, living through months of recovery after being scalded and smeared with pepper paste.
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Philadelphia
Anna Gradiz
Elman
Tara M
Tara
Welfare reform sparks hope and fear for new system
Washington reports a transformed welfare landscape as federal entitlements end and states gain control over funds and eligibility. Predictions split between fewer illegitimate births and increased abuse risks amid a five year lifetime cap, with experts debating job availability and how states may discipline recipients.
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New York University
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