Pope Says He’d Punch Someone Who Insulted His Mother

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The pope has waded into the free speech debate with his own colorful example, saying there are limits to free speech.

Speaking to reporters aboard his plane on his trip to the Philippines, Francis stated there were limits.

Mother Arrested for Murder After Eight Children Stabbed to Death in Cairns

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Victims aged between 18 months and 15 years discovered by adult brother, with mother being treated in hospital for wounds to chest

A policeman guards the scene of the multiple stabbing in the suburb of Manoora. Photograph: Ian Hitchcock/Getty Images

One of Australia’s worst mass killings, leaving eight children from the same family dead, has left the city of Cairns in shock.

The grim discovery of the bodies of children aged 18 months to 15 years was reportedly made by their adult brother at their home in Manoora, in the northQueensland city’s west.

Murderer Finishes 30 Year Term, Kills Mother After Welcome Home Party, Police Say

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A 45-year-old man who on Friday finished serving 30 years in prison is charged with killing his mother two days after being released, authorities said.

Steven Pratt was arrested Sunday morning, less than 48 hours after he was freed from Bayside State Prison for killing his neighbor in 1984.

7-Year-Old Turns In Mother For Cooking Meth

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A 7-year-old child says his mom was cooking and using methamphetamine so he turned her in.

The little boy and his 26-year-old mother were living in Edgewater with her boyfriend’s brother Peter. He says the boy he relates to as a nephew, told him for days that his mom was cooking ‘something bad.’

Lina Medina, the Youngest Confirmed Mother in Medical History

Born in Ticrapo, Peru, to silversmith Tiburelo Medina and Victoria Losea, Medina was brought to a hospital by her parents at the age of five years due to increasing abdominal size. She was originally thought to have had a tumor, but her doctors determined she was in her seventh month of pregnancy. Dr. Gerardo Lozada took her to Lima, Peru, to have other specialists confirm that Medina was pregnant.

Contemporary newspaper accounts indicate that interest in the case developed on many fronts. The San Antonio Light newspaper reported in its July 16, 1939, edition—in anticipation of the girl’s expected visit to U.S. university scientific facilities—that a national Peruvian obstetrician/midwife association had demanded that the girl be transported to a national maternity hospital; the paper quoted April 18 reports in the Peruvian paper La Crónica stating that a North American filmmaking concern sent a representative “with authority to offer the sum of $5000 to benefit the minor [in exchange for filming rights] … we know that the offer was rejected.”

Judge Rules Seriously Ill Boy, 13, Can Be Treated Against Mothers Beliefs

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The religious mother was said to be unhappy with the ruling Photo: GETTY IMAGES

A seriously ill teenager can be treated with blood products even though his mother is unable to consent because of her religious beliefs, a High Court judge has ruled.

Mr Justice Cobb said the 13-year-old boy’s mother was a Jehovah’s Witness and was not ”happy”.

Mother’s Diet Modifies Her Child’s DNA

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A mother’s diet before conception can permanently affect how her child’s genes function, according to a study published in Nature Communications. 

The first such evidence of the effect in humans opens up the possibility that a mother’s diet before pregnancy could permanently affect many aspects of her children’s lifelong health.