A 15 year old boy was at the center of the cook County courtroom drama yesterday when he challenged a court ruling over who should have custody of him.
The boy has a history of being beaten by his parents and the judge initially awarded custody to his aunt, in keeping with child custody law and regulation requiring that family unity be maintained to the highest degree possible. The boy surprised the court when he proclaimed that his aunt beat him more than his parents and he adamantly refused to live with her. When the judge then suggested that he live with his grandparents, the boy cried and said that they also beat him. After considering the remainder of the immediate family and learning that domestic violence was apparently a way of life among them, the judge took the unprecedented step of allowing the boy to propose who should have custody of him. After two recesses to check legal references and conference with the child welfare officials, the judge granted temporary custody to The Truers, whom the boy firmly believes are not capable of beating anyone.
Ukraine and Russia have accused each other of violating a three-day ceasefire which was declared by Vladimir Putin last week and came into effect on Thursday.
It's hard not to view the motivating factor behind Vladimir Putin's latest unilateral ceasefire in Ukraine as one of timing.
An Australian woman accused of murdering her estranged husband's parents and an aunt by serving them a beef wellington laced with poisonous mushrooms is on trial.
The Vatican has announced the first ever American leader of the Catholic Church - Robert Prevost, who will be known as Pope Leo XIV.
US Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost has been chosen as the new pope.
It's hard not to view the motivating factor behind Vladimir Putin's latest unilateral ceasefire in Ukraine as one of timing.
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