South Carolina Woman, 69, Killed by Alligator While Walking Dogs on Hilton Head Island

A 69-year-old woman in South Carolina was killed by an alligator while out on a walk with her dogs in the Spanish Wells neighborhood of Hilton Head Island. Sheriff’s office deputies, Fire Rescue, Beaufort County Coroner’s Office and Spanish Wells security personnel responded to a report of an alligator attack on Brams Point Road in…

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Woman dead, 9 injured after fireworks explosion at home in Michigan

A woman is dead and nine other people are injured after fireworks exploded Monday night at a home in western Michigan, authorities said, as holiday pyrotechnics continue to send people to hospitals nationwide. Deputies, firefighters and an ambulance responded just after 11 p.m. to the explosion in Park Township, the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office said. Nine people…

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Paraguay’s Draconian Abortion Law Punishes Rape Survivors

In mid-November, a Paraguayan government hotline received a report of suspected sexual abuse against a 13-year-old Indigenous girl in a community near the border with Brazil. The case was assigned to Roselí Echeguren, a lawyer in a government office for the protection of children’s rights in Paraguay. Echeguren told Human Rights Watch that community members had…

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