Essayist: Missing woman finds herself a decade later
A guest essay by Melanie Meyer
Melanie Meyer reflects on the night she went missing — from her family and herself — and her life took a new course.
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New milk depot opens inside UW Health clinic on Madison's west side
MADISON, Wis. -- A nationwide shortage of baby formula has forced thousands of mothers to look for other options, which oftentimes means relying on milk banks. In Madison, a…
Guest Essay: Cut from the same cloth
A Mother’s Day tapestry of baking, cooking and sharing.
A Mother’s Day tapestry of baking, cooking and sharing.
Complaint: Mother believed son was having 'psychotic episode' before he slashed her throat
A Green County woman told investigators she believed her son was having a "psychotic episode" before he attacked her with a knife, slashing her throat multiple times.
Monroe man attacks mother with knife, police say
The Monroe Police Department says it has arrested a 29-year-old man who allegedly attacked his mother with a knife.
Police called after 6-year-old left in running car for nearly an hour Saturday night
MADISON, Wis. -- Madison police say they were called to the city's south side Saturday night after a concerned person called them…
Tamir Rice's mom makes safety handbook for interactions with police
Five years after 12-year-old Tamir Rice was shot and killed by a Cleveland police officer, his mother approached the American Civil Liberties Union in Ohio with an idea.
Teen's mother finds journal detailing school attack, alerts police
Washington police have arrested a high school student in a plot against his school after his mother found journal entries detailing his plans and alerted authorities.
Honduran mother, toddler drown in Rio Grande
Idalia Yamileth Herrera Hernandez grew increasingly desperate with her toddler in Mexico as they waited for weeks for their day in court. It never came.
Texas woman lived with her dead mother for three years
A 47-year-old Texas woman has been arrested after authorities discovered she and her daughter had been living in a house with her mother's corpse, police said.
Utah mother contracts flesh-eating disease after giving birth
A young Ogden, Utah mother is recovering from a mysterious disease after she became sick after delivering her baby by C-section, and doctors had to fight to save her.
Mother meets bus driver who jumped in to save son's life
When a young boy wandered off from a playground of Milwaukee, Wisconsin's Bethune Academy and into a busy intersection on May 15, a quick-acting Milwaukee County Transit System bus driver was there to help.
Mother unable to leave hospital sees daughter graduate
There's a little message written in a window at Vanderbilt saying 'Stay Strong.' It's for Bridget Perez, written by her daughter Jaszmon.
Mom fails drug test after eating poppyseed bagel before giving birth
Less than a week after baby Carter Dominguez was brought into the world, baby and mom are enjoying time at their home in the Town of Tonawanda.
Son donates part of his liver to his mom
A Utah woman is hepatitis free after getting a piece of her son's liver in a lifesaving transplant.
Mother skips own graduation for son's, gets surprise
Sharonda Wilson was looking forward to getting her diploma at her graduation from Ferris State University in Big Rapids, Michigan.
Bear cubs rescued after mother killed in car crash
Three baby bear cubs were rescued Monday morning after a car crash north of Oracle that left their mother dead.
Police: Child punched by mother as grandma shoplifted
A 7-year-old was punched after not being a good enough lookout for his shoplifting grandma, police say.
Florida mom charged with murder in death of toddler
The mother accused of killing her 2-year-old son in Largo, Florida, has been charged with first-degree murder and child abuse.
John McCain's 106-year-old mother expected to attend services
Roberta McCain, John McCain's 106-year-old mother, is expected to attend the services for her son at the Capitol, the National Cathedral and the Naval Academy, according to McCain aides.
Heather Heyer's mom says she 'got me to understand white privilege'
One year after Susan Bro's daughter was killed when a car plowed into counterprotesters at a rally of white nationalist and other right-wing groups in Charlottesville, Virginia, Bro plans to mark the tragedy by going to the street where it happened.
German couple sentenced for selling son to pedophiles on the internet
A German mother and her partner have been sentenced to prison for selling the woman's son, now ten years old, to pedophiles on the internet in a case that has horrified the nation.
Winter Olympics: Norwegian skier wishes his mom saw him make history
That one was you for Mom.
Mom admits to strapping son to minivan's roof to hold pool
A Wisconsin mother is charged with a felony after investigators say she had her son ride on top of her minivan to hold down a plastic pool, WITI TV reports.
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