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Jury weighs death sentence for Florida man who killed his wife with a bat and murdered his 4 children

Jury weighs death sentence for Florida man who killed his wife with a bat and murdered his 4 children

A jury will decide the fate of a Florida man who beat his wife to death with a baseball bat in 2019 before murdering her four young children for several days and storing their bodies in tote bags. Michael Wayne Jones, 41, has already pleaded guilty to the shocking murders, and the panel will now …

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Study: Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Mental Health and Brain Maturation in Adolescents: Implications for Analyzing Longitudinal Data. Image Credit: Shan_shan / Shutterstock.com

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused rapid brain aging in adolescents

In a recent Biological Psychiatry: Global Open Science study, Stanford University researchers are assessing how the stress and social disruption caused by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has affected the neurodevelopment of young adults. Study: Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health and brain maturation in adolescents: implications for longitudinal data analysis. Image …

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Catfish scams target everyone.  Here's how to protect children

Catfish scams target everyone. Here’s how to protect children

Catfishing crimes have ensnared people for years. This week, a grieving family implored parents to monitor their children’s online activity after a former Virginia state trooper fished a 15-year-old girl online. He then traveled to Southern California, where he allegedly killed the girl’s mother and grandparents. “Parents, please know your child’s online activity. Ask about …

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