In the news
Jacee Dellapena, a 12-year-old from Jackson, Miss., worried out loud in a hospital delivery room that she wouldn’t be able to see the birth of her brother, but a doctor allowed her to suit up in scrubs, catch the baby as he appeared and then cut the umbilical cord.
Carole Richardson, 49, of Texas City, Texas, freed from a life sentence for multiple drug convictions after President Barack Obama granted her clemency last year, admitted she wasted a rare opportunity as a federal judge sent her back to prison for 14 months for probation violations.
Eric Purdue rescued a dog in Tucker, Ga., that he found along an all-terrain vehicle trail buried alive with just its nose showing, prompting animal advocates to offer a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the person who left the dog there.
Wichai, a salesman identified by only one name to protect his privacy, was sentenced by a military court in Bangkok to 35 years in prison for making social media posts that prosecutors deemed defamed Thailand’s monarchy.
Robert Oranchak,a police sergeant in Washington Township, N.J., said a mother and two children called for help after being cornered in a bathroom by a bobcat that left the house after about an hour when officers opened doors and windows so the animal could get out.
Martin Delgadillo of Plainfield, N.J., said he now realizes texting and walking can be as bad as texting while driving after watching a 67-year-old woman, distracted by her cellphone, fall 6 feet through sidewalk cellar doors that had been left open.
Sean Dolhancryk, 32, and Sandra Dicianno, 31, were jailed after being saved by their 4-year-old and 1-year-old boys who yelled out a window for help when the couple passed out from heroin overdoses, police in Upper Darby, Pa., said.
Mindy Damica of Pevely, Mo., said she heard a “big bang” as a steel plate that fell off a railroad bridge hit her car, putting holes in the roof before crashing through the window near the car seat holding her 12-week-old daughter, with neither mother nor child being injured.
Cicely Leonetti, 18, a new high school graduate from Springfield, Ill., got $25,000 for college when guests at her graduation party chipped in $50 to buy what turned out to be the winning ticket in a Catholic school fundraising raffle.