Today in History for Dec. 7: In AD 374, Ambrose, an early church father, was consecrated Bishop of Milan, Italy. His influential works on theology and ethics made him -- along with Jerome, Augustine, ...

ROCHESTER — A Stewartville man won’t see jail time for breaking a 7-week-old's leg while dressing him. Jeffrey Michael Phillips, 43, was ordered by Olmsted County District Court Judge Erin Lindhart ...

Senate Bill 364 targeting corporal punishment for students with disabilities passed the House on Wednesday, and now heads to the Governors desk for consideration before it can be signed into law.

BOISE, Idaho — In January 2018, a woman imprisoned at South Idaho Correctional Institution outside Boise was taken to a medical clinic to get abnormal cervical tissue removed. A guard named Ricardo ...

BELTON — Just over four years ago, on Sept. 4, 2021, a 24-year-old Army sergeant was shot in the head while speeding down Elms Road in an attempt to outrun a white Chrysler that was in hot pursuit. In ...

When a father in Tajikistan accused his 15-year-old son of stealing cash -- the equivalent of $60 -- he did not take him to the police or even scold him. Instead, he tied the boy's legs with a rope, ...

UF graduates Graham Bernstein and Konstantin Nakov fought for years for Florida to ban corporal punishment in schools — often known as paddling. Their efforts came to fruition earlier this year with a ...

While Corporal punishment has been banned in most states in the U.S. since the mid-1990s, a number still allow it in schools, predominantly those in the Southeast. In some states, while inflicting ...

Florida has changed how corporal punishment can be used in its public schools, requiring parents to give approval before the practice is administered. House Bill 1255, passed this spring, mandates ...

Read full article: This new Florida law is coming for highway speedsters. Here’s what it’ll do TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – A Florida law passed this year now allows parents to opt their children in for ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV/Gray Florida Capital Bureau) - Some Florida parents can now permit schools to use corporal punishment on their children. A new state law allows families to opt into the ...

Students and teachers will soon return to classrooms carrying books, making new friends, and starting another year — ready to learn. Along with students, new laws are implemented each year concerning ...