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Timothy Busfield’s Child Sexual Abuse Case Dismissed

Timothy Busfield’s Child Sexual Abuse Case Dismissed

Timothy Busfield has had his child sexual abuse case dismissed, following a New Mexico judge’s determination that Albuquerque prosecutors acted improperly by failing to allow the grand jury to hear from more witnesses.  The 69-year-old actor made national headlines when he was arrested in January, accused of misconduct related to twin child actors he worked with on the Fox television series The Cleaning Lady. Although Busfield profusely denied the claims, calling them “horrible lies,” he was indicted by a grand jury on four counts of criminal sexual contact with a child the following month.  Busfield filed a motion to quash the indictment in June, with his attorneys arguing the prosecutor “abandoned his role as a neutral aide to the grand jury, misstated the law and blocked the grand jury access to witnesses.” The grand jury heard testimony only from the lead detective and Busfield, despite jurors asking three separate times to hear from more witnesses.  In a ruling handed down on Friday, a judge sided with Busfield and voided the indictment, writing “the prosecuting attorney …

COVID or just a cold? Pediatric nurse explains how to tell what illness your child has

COVID or just a cold? Pediatric nurse explains how to tell what illness your child has

Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Membership today. Join today Already a member? Log in Fall and winter mark the peak season for common respiratory infections such as COVID-19; respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV; influenza, better known as the flu; and the common cold. These illnesses often begin with symptoms that look very similar, so telling them apart can be tricky – especially when the beginning of cold and flu season in the fall can be the tail end of summer seasonal allergies. So if your child comes down with symptoms like a cough, runny nose or sore throat, should you keep them home? As a primary care pediatric nurse practitioner, I help families make informed decisions about this question and other aspects of their child’s health. Sending your child to school when they are sick can make recovery longer and spread illness to classmates and school staff. And all of these common infections can have serious consequences for some members of the school community …

Two-time Oscar winner announces pregnancy with third child at 52 | World | News

Two-time Oscar winner announces pregnancy with third child at 52 | World | News

Award-winning actress Hilary Swank has announced that she is expecting her third child. The 52-year-old and husband, businessman Philip Schneider, will welcome their bundle of joy later this year. Ms Swank revealed her new baby is due in December and will be a younger sibling to the couple’s three-year-old twins, a son and a daughter. The two-time Oscar winner shared a neon stick animation of her family on Instagram. The announcement showed her with a pregnant belly. She captioned the post: “A lot of people have been asking what project I’m doing next, this one releases in December.” Ms Swank and Mr Schneider married in 2018 after two years of dating. She was previously married to actor Chad Lowe for nine years until 2006. She was engaged to professional tennis player turned financial adviser Ruben Torres, but they split in 2016. The actress has won two Academy Awards for best actress. After posting the fun, glow-in-the-dark pregnancy announcement her followers took to the comments to share their congratulations. One user wrote: ” You’re glowing, Hilary! …

Hilary Swank, 52, Pregnant With Third Child

Hilary Swank, 52, Pregnant With Third Child

Hilary Swank is expanding her family with husband, Philip Schneider. The Million Dollar Baby star announced on Instagram Wednesday that she is pregnant with her third child. Swank shared a video showing four glow-in-the-dark stick figures dancing, one of whom is pregnant. “A lot of people have been asking what project I’m doing next, this one releases in December,” she wrote in the caption. The news comes three years after Swank and Schneider welcomed twins, a girl and a boy. The couple married August 2018 Speaking with People earlier this year, the actress opened up about deciding to have children later in life so she could focus on her career first. “I knew I wanted kids someday, but I wasn’t planning what that would look like,” she said. “I know it’s so different for everyone, but for me, if I had had a kid in my 20s or my 30s, I think I’d be a much different parent than I am now.” She added, “I have that more kind of ability to really give them …

The Return of Child Labor | Alice Driver

The Return of Child Labor | Alice Driver

For years I have been haunted by a grainy video I saw in 2023, when I was interviewing poultry processing workers in Green Forest, Arkansas. In those months I spoke often with the organizer Magaly Licolli, who directs Venceremos, a grassroots organization dedicated to protecting the rights of poultry workers. One day we were sitting in her office in Springdale a few miles from the headquarters of Tyson Foods, the largest meat processing company in the US and, after the Brazilian firm JBS, the second largest in the world. After the subject turned to child labor, she pulled out her phone and showed me footage that another laborer had recorded of two migrant children, fourteen and fifteen years old, working as chicken catchers in a cavernous rural poultry house. The video was dark, but it was clear that they were using their bare hands to grab each chicken by the feet and hurl it into a nearby crate. Their bodies showed up only in outline, like ghostly shadows. Earlier that year, Licolli told me, six …

John Boyega announces birth of first child after quietly marrying two years ago

John Boyega announces birth of first child after quietly marrying two years ago

Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Membership today. Join today Already a member? Log in John Boyega has announced the birth of his first son after revealing that he secretly married his girlfriend two years ago. The actor, 34, is best known for his role as Finn in the Star Wars sequel trilogy as well as performances in BBC One’s Small Axe, 2022’s The Woman King and Netflix’s Love, Death & Robots. While Boyega tends to keep his personal life private, he shared a rare update to Instagram on Wednesday (14 October), announcing the birth of his first child. “Our bundle of joy has been with us for some time now but thank you for the well wishes,” he wrote on Instagram, alongside photos of him with American wife Tae Heckard and a video with his newborn. “Also my sister is about to pop! Wish her well too! Back to feeding this big baby!” The post follows Boyega’s recent interview with The Guardian, in which …

William Chapman: Man killed by tiger ‘appeared on BBC and ITV as a child actor’ | UK | News

William Chapman: Man killed by tiger ‘appeared on BBC and ITV as a child actor’ | UK | News

The man who was killed by a tiger after he entered the animal’s enclosure appeared on BBC and ITV as a child, it has been reported. William Chapman appeared in ITV’s May Contain Nuts playing Alfie Chaplin alongside Shirley Henderson, famous for playing Moaning Myrtle in Harry Potter, the BBC reports. He also appeared in the BBC’s True Stories as Edward Jenner in 2012, according to the broadcaster as well as a page under the man’s name on IMDb. A health and safety investigation has been launched into the incident at Yorkshire Wildlife Park in Doncaster, which unfolded on Saturday. Emergency services were contacted shortly after 1.30pm on October 10 when Mr Chapman, who police said it is believed was visiting the park alone, entered the enclosure. The man, who is understood to have attended the Jackie Palmer Stage School in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, was pronounced dead at the scene after he was mauled by the tiger. The park will remain closed on Wednesday for the fifth day following the attack. A short clip, reportedly …

’90s child actor who starred in The Nanny looks truly unrecognizable today – see her now

’90s child actor who starred in The Nanny looks truly unrecognizable today – see her now

27 years after The Nanny wrapped, some of the stars of the sitcom look completely unrecognizable. Madeline Zima, who appeared as Gracie Sheffield on the show, looks so different three decades later. The now 40-year-old actress recently posed for photos at the 2026 Astra TV Awards on August 15, 2026 in Los Angeles where she presented an award. She showed off her grown up look wearing a burgundy La Ligne dress paired with black d’Orsay pumps. © Getty ImagesMadeline stepped out for the Astra TV Awards in August Inside Madeline Zima’s life as a child actor Madeline made her TV debut when she was just two years old. By the time she was eight, Madeline was a bonafide actress. She landed a leading role on The Nanny as Gracie, the youngest child of the Sheffield family, alongside Fran Drescher’s Fran Joy Fine. On The Nanny, the actress’s character was a sweet and intelligent young girl and formed a strong bond with Fran – a relationship which charmed viewers. © Getty ImagesThe young actress was only …

7 Traits Kids Who Got Praised For Being The Easy Child Still Have As Adults

7 Traits Kids Who Got Praised For Being The Easy Child Still Have As Adults

Whether a child is really well-behaved or feels pressured to never get into trouble, they’ll probably be told how great they are for being so easy, and that will leave an unexpected mark. Stressed parents are focused on problems, and they can easily overlook children who don’t cause problems without meaning to. This teaches easy kids to develop traits that make them feel like less of a burden no matter how old they are. Kids who were praised for being the easy child of the family tend to have these traits as adults 1. They try their best to avoid conflict urbazon from Getty Images Signature via Canva Adults think they’re doing a good thing when they praise kids for being easy, but it can actually invalidate their emotions in a way that’s totally unintentional. It’s like they’re telling them that they’re most likable when they’re happy. Then those kids tend to think they’re doing something wrong when they get upset. Even when it’s perfectly reasonable for them to push back against someone else’s opinion …

The signs your child is struggling with returning to school and how to help

The signs your child is struggling with returning to school and how to help

Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Membership today. Join today Already a member? Log in While the end of the summer holidays often brings welcome structure for parents, the return to the classroom can be a difficult adjustment for pupils. Spotting the signs that a child is struggling is essential, experts say, even if those signs are difficult to identify. Matt Buttery, CEO of the Triple P UK and Ireland parenting programme, highlighted the contrast between summer freedom and daily structure. “Many parents will be ready to get back into the routine the school term brings, but for children it can feel like a big adjustment to go from having seemingly endless free time in the sun, to going back into a regular routine,” he said. “They may have mixed emotions as they start school again, from excitement to dread – this is normal.” Additional pressures can arise from new subjects, impending examinations, or changing schools. Tiffnie Harris, policy specialist at the teaching union the …