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At first glance, the slow worm might cause a double-take. Despite its serpentine appearance, this intriguing creature is not a snake, but rather a legless lizard. Widely distributed across Europe and ...

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Nine more former detainees are accusing an ex-staffer at a Bronx juvenile detention center of sexually abusing them as children, according to an avalanche of lawsuits that city lawyers are trying ...

Instead of being processed in juvenile court — with a menu of options including diversion and juvenile probation — they faced criminal trials and up to 20 years in state prison. One morning last ...

Tom McDowall's Kawerau vermicast operation, which uses worms to turn biosolids from council wastewater treatment plants around the Bay of Plenty into fertiliser, continues to expand. A worm farm ...

The beefy 5-foot, 11-inch juvenile justice guard allegedly boasted to teens in state custody that he was “350 pounds of terror.” He flexed that frightening ...

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It’s not as bad as it’s ever been, even if it feels like it. But this is an inflection point for the PGA Tour and slow play, thanks to a convergence of mounting fan outrage, broadcast ...

The Macomb County Juvenile Justice Center’s vacant areas will be partially filled due to a new deal with the state for it to take in juvenile residents from a northern Michigan facility that ...