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A former babysitter who served a few months in jail for shaking a 5-month-old boy so forcefully 37 years ago that he suffered permanent brain damage now faces a possible life sentence after his death from those injuries in 2019, at age 35, officials said. Terry McKirchy, 59, who now lives in Texas, was arrested again on July 2 after a grand jury in Broward County, Florida, indicted her on a first-degree murder charge in the death of Benjamin Dowling, prosecutors said this week. She was taking care of him at her home in Hollywood, Florida, on July 3, 1984, when he had difficulty breathing, the...

Death from Florida shaken baby case leads to murder charge for babysitter Terry McKirchy got a light sentence 36 years ago for shaking 5-month-old Benjamin Dowling, but Dowling’s 2019 death has prompted a grand jury to indict her on a first-degree murder charge.     This undated booking photo released by the Fort Bend County Jail in Texas shows Terry McKirchy. McKirchy is charged with murder stemming from a decades-old shaken baby case. McKirchy pleaded no contest in 1985 to attempted murder for shaking 5-month-old Benjamin Dowling so severely that he suffered permanent brain dama...

Officials said that more than 1,000 people who were evacuated from Bagdad due to the Spur Fire could return home on Friday.

Officials said that more than 1,000 people who were evacuated from Bagdad due to the Spur Fire could return home on Friday.

Abuse of social media had to be stopped Let us be abundantly clear: in these United States of America “Congress shall make no law ... abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press.” This is one of the cornerstones upon which our republic stands, and we rightfully celebrate the exercise of this freedom. In recent years, however, we have been subject to myriad profane actors, whose profligate abuse of this freedom on social media platforms has resulted in the dissemination of outright lies. These falsehoods are eroding the fragile foundations of our democracy. Sen. Daniel Patrick Moyniha...