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Mark Strassmann

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  1. Article · Sep 8, 2026 · Mark Strassmann

    Mom found guilty of abuse for letting 5-year-old walk outside alone speaks out (opens the original)

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    A Virginia mother is speaking out after her conviction on a child abuse charge stemming from her decision to let her 5-year-old son walk outside alone. Karyann Parkinson's son, Samuel, likes to collect goose feathers. So, over the summer, she let him walk half a mile to a local pond by himself to get more. "I gave him permission to go," Parkinson told CBS News. "I told him, 'Go there. Come right back.'" Ford's Colony, the gated community where they live in Williamsburg, has paid security guards,

  2. Article · Aug 13, 2026 · Mark Strassmann

    Cities propose new tactics, laws to eliminate so-called "teen takeovers" (opens the original)

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    A growing number of cities across the United States are trying to crack down on so-called "teen takeovers," when large crowds of young people gather in a public place — often in response to online invites. Some of these events have ended with violence, arrests and even deadly shootings. Charlotte, North Carolina, is considering a 9 p.m. curfew for anyone under 18 as a way to limit the number of these takeovers. Charlotte-Mecklenburg police have tracked over 40 teen takeovers just since May, acco

  3. Article · Aug 10, 2026 · Mark Strassmann

    Flesh-eating bacteria kill at least 7 along Gulf Coast. Here's how to protect yourself. (opens the original)

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    A so-called flesh-eating bacterium that thrives in warm seawater has killed at least seven people this year along the Gulf Coast, officials said. Two people in Florida and five in Louisiana have died from vibrio vulnificus, which lurks in warm coastal waters and can enter the body through open wounds or from eating raw shellfish. Nationwide, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said about 1 in 5 people with the bacteria do die. Summerlin Skipworth was spending her Labor Day weekend las

  4. Article · Jul 22, 2026 · Mark Strassmann

    Australian woman gives birth to rare identical quadruplet daughters (opens the original)

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    Jenitar Na'amoana and her husband, Jortham, thought their family was complete after welcoming four children. Then came an unexpected surprise: four naturally conceived, identical daughters. Na'amoana, 34, gave birth to Emily, Harriet, Catherine and Alexa last week. "The fact that we've got four beautiful, healthy babies born at 28 weeks and four days is incredible," said Dr. Alexa Bendall of the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital. All four daughters share 100% of their DNA after a single fertil

  5. Article · Jul 12, 2026 · Mark Strassmann

    New Jersey works to destroy firefighting foam laced with cancer-linked PFAS: "It was like sitting on a bomb" (opens the original)

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    Burlington County, New Jersey — Hundreds of New Jersey fire departments are getting rid of foam proven to put out flames. Why? "It was like sitting on a bomb," Jacobstown Volunteer Fire Chief Robert Gancarz told CBS News. "How am I going to get rid of this?" Jacobstown's fire station had used a firefighting foam called aqueous film-forming foam, or AFFF, since the mid-1980s. Gancarz eagerly got rid of all 580 gallons of it. "The very tools I am using can cause health problems," Gancarz said. "Th

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