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Florida man tries to pawn baby, calls it a joke after shop owner calls police
A man walked into a pawn shop in Florida, put his baby on the counter and, according to police, asked how much he could get for the kid. "This is what I got," the father, Richard Slocum, said as he placed the infant before the ...
First public glimpse of royal baby suggests tradition will win out
Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor slept through his first news conference, but royal experts say the merino wool wrap in which he snuggled said a lot about how his parents, Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, will approach his future. Meghan, a former TV star, is ...
Tired but beaming, new parents Meghan and Prince Harry presented their 2-day-old son to the world as he slumbered Wednesday and also revealed his name: Archie. The royal couple, known as the Duke and Duchess of Sussex since their marriage not quite a year ago, ...
Alexander? James? Arthur? Guessing game continues over royal baby's name
Now that everyone knows Prince Harry and his wife Meghan have a baby boy, there is widespread speculation about what he will be called. Royals have a way of taking their time about naming babies and the couple is known to want to do things ...
Female recruits in Japan want to balance full-time jobs with family, and husbands' help with kids
A majority of young female recruits in Japan desire both full-time careers and a family, with 90 percent expecting their future husbands to take paternity leave, according to recent findings by Tokyo-based recruitment information firm Disco Inc. According to the firm, the results signal a ...
Only for 'naughty girls': Stigma lingers after South Korea abortion ban overturned
South Korea is set to legalize abortion after a decadeslong ban was struck down, but women's rights campaigners have warned those who undergo the procedure will still be "punished in the eyes of society." In a landmark verdict last week, a South Korean court ruled ...
LGBT couples speak of their suffering in lawsuit seeking marriage for all in Japan
Thirteen LGBT couples speak about the social stigma and discrimination affecting their lives and call on the government to recognize their right to marry.
South Korea's instant 2-year-olds: Lawmaker looks to put an end to 'Korean age'
Just two hours after Lee Dong-kil's daughter was born on New Year's Eve, the clock struck midnight, 2019 was ushered in, and the infant became 2 years old. She wasn't alone: Every baby born in South Korea last year became 2 on Jan. 1. According ...
South Korean court strikes down decades-old law banning abortion
In a landmark ruling over a law that campaigners say puts women at risk, South Korea's Constitutional Court on Thursday ordered the country's decades-old abortion ban to be lifted. South Korea remains one of the few industrialized nations that criminalizes abortion, except for instances of ...
When Cecile Eledge offered to carry a baby for her adult son and his husband, they thought she was kidding — and that her doctors in the family's Nebraska hometown would balk at a 61-year-old woman serving as a surrogate for a gay couple. But ...
This year's extended Golden Week holiday in Japan is a headache for many working parents
The Golden Week holiday period, extended to 10 days this year due to events surrounding the Imperial succession, has left working parents who are unable to take the entire time off in limbo, as most nurseries and kindergartens will be closed. Many people working in ...
A California couple pleaded guilty Friday to torture and years of abuse that included shackling some of their 13 children to beds and starving them to the point they stopped growing. David and Louise Turpin will spend at least 25 years in prison after entering ...
