The woman hired to clean up Rutgers' scandal-scarred athletic program quit as Tennessee's women's volleyball coach 16 years ago after her players submitted a letter complaining she ruled through...More >>
The woman hired to clean up Rutgers' scandal-scarred athletic program quit as Tennessee's women's volleyball coach 16 years ago after her players submitted a letter complaining she ruled through humiliation, fear...More >>
Police say suspected Maoist rebels attacked a convoy of cars carrying local leaders and supporters of India's ruling Congress party in eastern India, killing at least 16 people and wounding 25 others.More >>
About 200 suspected Maoist rebels set off a land mine and opened fire on a convoy of cars carrying local leaders and supporters of India's ruling Congress party in the country's east, killing at least 28 people and...More >>
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(RNN/KENS/CNN) - At least one person in San Antonio has died Saturday during heavy flooding caused by rain that dumped more than a foot of water on some parts of the area. Police confirmed a woman's bodyMore >>
Firefighters in San Antonio are still looking for two missing people after heavy rain and flooding swamped the area and left thousands without power.More >>
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(RNN) - Two-year-old girls rule the world. If you in any way doubt that statement, you obviously do not have nor have ever had a 2-year-old girl. One thing that Matt Clarke made abundantly clear in a video heMore >>
Two-year-old girls rule the world. If you in any way doubt that statement, you obviously do not have nor have ever had a 2-year-old girl.More >>
Hoover Police say crooks are phishing for financial information using text messages that appear to come from a real bank.The text messages come from different numbers with different area codes and it tellsMore >>
Hoover Police say crooks are phishing for financial information using text messages that appear to come from a real bank.More >>
FLORENCE, AL (WAFF) -
Governor Bentley signed into law the Elder Abuse Prevention
Act.
The bill is designed to prevent and prosecute elder abuse.
Senator Tammy Irons of Florence fought for three years to make the bill a
reality.
"I am grateful that Governor Bentley realized the
importance of protecting our senior citizens and signed my bill into law this
session," said Irons in a press statement. "This is the first step in
protecting our senior citizens from abuse in all of its disgusting
forms—physical, emotional and financial"
The law will create a committee of governmental and
non-governmental agencies. The agencies will work together to train and
research on elder abuse and work to prevent and prosecute it when it occurs.
Approximately 6,000 cases of elder abuse are
reported every year. Officials estimate, though, that anywhere from 25,000 to
75,000 cases go unreported every year.
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