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  • Authorities say a 6-year-old boy died after he was kicked in the throat by a pony on a central Pennsylvania farm.
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pennsylvania, lancaster county, animals, child death, local/state
  • A Reading family is sharing their story of unspeakable tragedy in hopes to help others avoid the dangers of a seemingly harmless game.
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child death, reading, pennsylvania, local/state
  • Cherlie LaFleur
  • A judge has granted the release of a teen jailed for two weeks after authorities say she discarded her newborn in a bathroom trash can.
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teens, child death, children, pennsylvania, local/state
  • A mother of six whose infant son starved to death at a homeless shelter was convicted of involuntary manslaughter on Tuesday.
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children, child death, philadelphia, local/state
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  • A 10-year-old boy has died after being run over while trying to catch the school bus in North Texas.
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  • Authorities in Reading are investigating the death of a 7-year-old boy who was found hanging from a curtain while playing with his brother.
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reading, berks county, pennsylvania, child death, local/state
  • Casey Anthony
  • Click play to watch the report from Action News
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  • Casey Anthony
  • The judge who presided over the trial of Casey Anthony said Monday he believed there was enough evidence to convict the Florida mother.
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  • A 2-year-old girl was accidentally shot to death by her 5-year-old brother in rural Kentucky.
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  • Tense Calif. town hunts man who killed girl, 8
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  • Tense Calif. town hunts man who killed girl, 8
  • After door-to-door sweeps proved fruitless, law officers urged residents of a small town in Northern California to lock their door and keep a close eye on streets and yards for a man who stabbed an 8-year-old girl to death in her house.
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california, stabbing, homicide, child death, national/world
  • Herbert and Catherine Schaible
  • Click play to watch the report from Action News' Eva Pilgrim
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  • Herbert and Catherine Schaible
  • The mother's lawyer says the couple are good parents, and that they are deeply distraught over the loss of another child.
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pennsylvania, child death, local/state
  • Child death
  • Jurors could not reach a verdict at the trial of a New Jersey man accused of killing his 20-month-old daughter.
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trial, child death, children, new jersey, local/state
  • Action News
  • Two young siblings reported missing on New York's Long Island died Sunday after they were pulled from a neighbor's pool, police said.
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  • The death of a teenage girl who fell eight stories while trying to climb down a makeshift rope hanging from her suburban Philadelphia apartment window has been ruled an accident.
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pennsylvania, montgomery county, child death, local/state
  • Police say a teenage girl who fell from the eighth floor of an Upper Merion apartment building died overnight.
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  • Kid falls 8 stories
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  • Police say a teenage girl who fell from the eighth floor of an Upper Merion apartment building died overnight.
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pennsylvania, montgomery county, child death, local/state
  • Authorities suspect a Monmouth County boy died of an allergic reaction after leaving a Princeton church with his mother.
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new jersey, monmouth county, child death, local/state
  • Action News
  • Police in coastal Georgia say a toddler has died after being attacked by seven dogs.
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georgia, child death, dog attack, national/world
  • Authorities say a 10-year-old boy was killed in North Carolina when he was shot by his father while the parent cleaned a shotgun.
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  • As airport officials tried to figure out how a 300-pound arrival-departure panel fell off the wall and onto a family, the mother of a boy who was killed by the sign lay in a hospital with her own injuries, still unaware of what happened.
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alabama, florida, kansas, air travel, child death, national/world
  • Pit bull attack
  • Authorities say a young boy has died after he was attacked by a couple of pit bulls in southeastern Wisconsin.
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wisconsin, animal attacks, child death, national/world
  • Dr. Kermit Gosnell
  • Potential jurors in the murder trial of a Philadelphia abortion provider are being asked their views on abortion and the death penalty, and whether they can endure graphic testimony about pregnancy termination.
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abortion, child death, homicide, philadelphia, pennsylvania, local/state
  • A Chester man has been charged with the attempted murder and assault of his 26-month old daughter.
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pennsylvania, berks county, reading, child death, local/state
  • Child death
  • Russian authorities have blamed "inhuman treatment" for the death of a 3-year-old boy adopted by an American family, but Texas officials say they are still investigating claims that the child was abused before his death.
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child death, russia, texas, national/world
  • Karen Hooks
  • A woman who pleaded guilty to abusing a corpse after her toddler's remains were found in a bag in the basement of a home has been sentenced to a year in jail.
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delaware, dover, body found, child death, local/state
  • Prosecutors say they plan to seek the death penalty against a central Pennsylvania couple charged in the death of their infant son last fall.
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child death, children, pennsylvania, local/state
  • Heather Hess
  • A Delaware County woman was convicted of third-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter in the death of a toddler in her care.
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  • An Alabama man accused of fatally stabbing his 2-year-old son wailed, banged his head on a table and asked a central Indiana judge for a rope during his initial court appearance Thursday.
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alabama, child death, national/world
  • Casey Anthony
  • A Florida appellate court is being asked Tuesday to decide whether Casey Anthony was in police custody when she made statements that led to her being convicted of four counts of lying to law enforcement officers.
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casey anthony, florida, child death, national/world
  • A 26-year-old woman was charged Wednesday with felony murder in the stabbing death of her daughter at their Detroit home just days before the girl's 9th birthday.
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detroit, michigan, child death, stabbing, national/world
  • State police say a child has been found dead in his sleep at a southwestern Pennsylvania ski resort, but investigators don't suspect foul play.
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child death, pennsylvania, local/state
  • Action News
  • Police investigating the week-old disappearance of a 10-year-old Las Vegas girl were at the scene on Thursday of the discovery of a child's body in an undeveloped housing tract in North Las Vegas.
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  • A former Washington state policeman convicted of kidnapping and murdering a young Illinois girl more than a half century ago was sentenced Monday to life in prison.
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child death, washington, national/world
  • A man jailed who allegedly set a fire that killed a central Pennsylvania toddler last month has been found hanged in his county jail cell.
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arson, child death, pennsylvania, local/state
  • LaShay Patterson, Christian Patrick and DaShawn Harris
  • A mom and her boyfriend have been charged with murder in the death of her 5-year-old son in North Philadelphia.
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philadelphia, north philadelphia, child death, local/state
  • Police say a 3-month-old baby is dead after being found unresponsive at a northeastern Pennsylvania day care center.
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child death, pennsylvania, local/state
  • A nanny accused in the stabbing deaths of two children in her care at their upscale Manhattan home pleaded not guilty Wednesday inside a hospital room where she's been treated for self-inflicted stab wounds.
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  • Click play to watch the report from Action News at noon
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  • A transit bus hit a pedestrian and then slammed into a suburban New York City house, killing a 6-year-old boy.
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  • FILE - In this March 23, 2012, file photo, former day care operator Jessica Tata leaves court after her arraignment in Houston.
  • A Texas woman was sentenced to 80 years Tuesday for her felony murder conviction in the death of one of four children killed in a fire at her home day care in Houston.
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texas, fire, children, child death, national/world
  • A 9-year-old boy has been charged with first-degree murder in the beating death of a toddler in a St. Louis suburb.
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illinois, child death, homicide, national/world
  • Niccolo Varner and Christine Rivero
  • The mother of a baby who died after ingesting heroin has been charged with murder in her son's death.
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  • Niccolo Varner and Christine Rivero
  • Click play to watch David Henry's report from Action News at noon
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  • Niccolo Varner and Christine Rivero
  • The mother of a baby who died after ingesting heroin has been charged with murder in her son's death.
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pennsylvania, delaware county, child death, homicide, drugs, local/state
  • Police say a Delaware County baby's death this summer was caused by heroin he ingested.
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child death, delaware county, pennsylvania, local/state
  • Shamsid-Din Abdur-Raheem and Zara Malani-lin Abdur
  • The man who threw his baby daughter to her death off the Garden State Parkway's Driscoll Bridge has been sentenced to life in prison.
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sentencing, child death, homicide, new jersey, local/state
  • Action News
  • A Colorado boy who survived three years without a brain has died.
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colorado, child death, national/world