Topic: United States
PORTSMOUTH, Va (Reuters) - Virginia groups opposed to discriminating against would-be adoptive and foster parents based on factors including sexuality and religion said on Thursday they may sue after a state board's decision.New regulations -- approved 5-1 at a Virginia Board of ...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - The trial of an Anchorage mother accused of abusing her adopted Russian-born son got underway on Wednesday as jurors watched a videotape of her pouring hot sauce into the boy's mouth.The footage, shot last October for an episode ...
A US fugitive who walked away from a South Dakota prison 16 years ago has been found living a secret family life on a Canadian aboriginal reserve where he was born, police said Thursday.According to police and local media, Clifford Laframboise, 42, ...
1 year after earthquake, airlifted orphans are settling in with their adoptive US familiesUnder a towering Christmas tree, 3-year-old Sevil Fletcher giggled in delight amid some not-so-rough roughhousing with his brother and sister.There were snow drifts outside the comfortable suburban home, and ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government said it expects to finalize an agreement with Russia on Wednesday to regulate adoptions after an American woman rejected her adopted son and sent him back to Russia alone in April.State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley said ...
US officials said Tuesday a deal was close to being signed with Moscow on new rules for adoption, months after a US woman sparked outrage by putting her adopted son on a plane alone back to Russia.Russia imposed a de-facto ban on ...
Did you know that November is National Adoption month in the United States? One of the validating attributes for parents and children is that this event is always by choice, and never As a younger woman, I was once approached by the ...
Dead North Carolina girl's biological mother heads back home to AustraliaThe biological mother of a disabled North Carolina girl believed killed after missing for more than a month says she hopes to take her daughter's body back to Australia for burial.WCNC-TV in ...
Investigators say Florida mother wanted money from infant son's sale to pay for new carInvestigators say a Florida woman knew her mother was trying to sell her child and wanted some of the money to pay for a new car.Stephanie Bigbee Fleming ...
There was a momentary silence as the Ethiopian-born youth introduced his parents to those milling around. Lieberthal spoke at an annual summer camp for families with children adopted from India at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, Pa. While my wife and ...
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