The mother of an 8-year-old migrant boy who died in Border Patrol custody says he wasn’t sick on his journey to the US

Catarina Gomez via Associated Press Catarina Alonzo, the mother of 8-year-old Felipe Gomez Alonzo, said her son wasn’t ill on his journey to the United States. Felipe is the second child to die this month in Border Patrol custody. His mother’s comments contradicted President Donald Trump’s tweets on Saturday, which said the two children were […]

An ‘intoxicated’ JetBlue passenger was pepper-sprayed and arrested after allegedly attacking crew and wrestling with a police officer while trying to board a plane with his 8-year-old son (JBLU)

Brian Pascus/Business Insider via WFTV.com via Orange County Jail A Utah man was pepper-sprayed and arrested at Orlando International Airport on Sunday before boarding a JetBlue Airways flight. According to multiple reports, 45 year-old Brandon Strong of Layton, Utah allegedly confronted both an airline employee and an airport police officer.   In the official arrest affidavit […]

An 8-year-old transgender student is suing a California private school for not recognizing her as a girl

AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File An 8-year-old transgender student and his parents are suing an Orange Country private school for failing to let him express his identity as a girl. The lawsuit, filed Aug. 2, alleges that Heritage Oak Private School violated the Unruh Civil Rights Act which outlaws discrimination based on sex or sexual orientation because it wouldn’t allow […]

Classroom murder-suicide leaves an 8-year-old boy dead in shooting at San Bernardino elementary school

Beatriz Valenzuela via Twitter An apparent murder-suicide shooting at North Park Elementary School in San Bernardino, California, also killed an 8 year-old boy, multiple outlets report. Initially one female teacher and a male suspect were found dead, and two students had been airlifted to a local hospital in critical condition, before one of the students succumbed to his […]