RELATED STORIES Hours before the Kansas City Chiefs and Tampa Bay Buccaneers go head to head on Sunday, two far more ferocious teams will go claw to claw in Hallmark Channel’s eighth annual Kitten Bowl. Beth Stern will once again host the mane event from Hallmark Channel Stadium, where she’ll be joined by Cameron Mathison […]
Tag: Adopted
US families illegally adopted 100s of Chilean children during Pinochet dictatorship
A bombshell report by the Chilean judiciary has revealed that hundreds of children illegally adopted by foreigners during the Pinochet dictatorship were sent to the US. A judge overseeing the probe called it “kidnapping.” Judge Mario Carroza’s report, released Sunday, followed a probe into 579 adoptions between 1950 and 2001, 488 of those during the […]
Employees used to dread my meetings until I adopted these 4 habits
Strelka Institute/Flickr This post by Robb Jeppsen originally appeared on Quora as an answer to the question, “What are the best ways to run a meeting?” Boring meetings can drain the energy of employees for the rest of the day, and it’s important to determine what material is relevant to a meeting beforehand. Average […]
Religious code of conduct adopted at German university after complaints about Muslim students
The University of Hamburg has imposed a new religious code of conduct for its students. It reportedly comes after numerous complaints about Muslim students praying loudly in the library and crowding the bathrooms to wash their feet. The new code was drawn up by a philosopher and a group of religious scholars at the university, according […]
Iowa couple who adopted 9 kids with disabilities charged with abuse after 68 police reports
Police were reportedly called to a house in Ankeny, Iowa, 68 times over the past 10 years to investigate allegations that a couple was abusing their adopted children with disabilities before making an arrest. John Elmer Bell, 55, and Joyce Marie Bell, 57, were arrested Thursday on felony charges of child endangerment causing bodily injury, […]
DIY SOS fans praise same sex couple who adopted four children with severe medical needs
The BBC One programme, presented by Nick Knowles, transformed the lives of a same sex couple who were labelled “superheroes” on social media as they had adopted four children with severe medical needs. Head teacher Garry, 43, and social carer Kyle, 39, from Sheppey, Kent first adopted Haydn, 13, who has cerebral palsy and Curtis, […]
Berlin's Adopted Son Wants to Open His City to People Like Him
Raed Saleh arrived in Berlin’s Spandau neighborhood at the age of 5; since then, he’s been watching his city change. While rents climb and affordable housing gets renovated or razed, cracks are growing in the reunified capital along economic, ideological and ethnic lines. Now, the delicate task of addressing this transition has fallen on the […]
I May Have Accidentally Just Adopted a Remarkably Lifelike Robot Baby
The aisles of Toy Fair are filled with dolls of all shapes and sizes that can eat, cry, talk, and even require a diaper change. But Spin Master’s Luvabella feels like a quantum leap when it comes to interactive toy babies. After playing with her for just a few minutes, I somehow walked away feeling […]