Results tagged “childabuse”

Chicago firefighter Jose Moreno has been charged with sexually abusing three children. Not many details are known other than the alleged abuse was reported on December 12 and Moreno is alleged to have abused three children under the age of 10. Fire Media Affairs Director Larry Langford said, "The department is saddened that such charges are necessary. We will cooperate completely in any way we can with the Chicago Police Department as the process develops."

Kevin Johnson, 12, died this weekend, and police are investigating whether his death was a result of abuse.

We’re usually level-headed about other people’s opinions even if they don’t correlate with ours, and normally hold a live and let live attitude. But then something like this comes along so foam-at-the-mouth-inducing that our fingers tremble with all the rage we must type out.

We like to consider ourselves educated about the situation in Iraq and up to date about what's going on. We scour the news each day for the latest developments, and we've even done a fair share of background reading to try and understand why things are the way they are. Then we saw Iraq in Fragments, a new documentary which opens tomorrow. And suddenly we realized that we don't have a clue.

First Governor Blagojevich irritated his political opponents with his All Kids Insurance program, and now he is back at it with his Preschool for All program, which would allow all three and four year olds in the state to attend state-funded preschools. Blago estimates Preschool for All will cost $135 million over the next three years and would enroll around 140,000 students. Blago estimates closing corporate tax loopholes and money from Illinois’ special purpose...