Prosecutors this week revealed these and other harrowing details of the girls’ years of alleged mental and sexual abuse, as the investigation of Kaplan continues and he faces multiplying charges. “This guy set up a virtual feeding ground of victims,” Bucks County District Attorney Matthew Weintraub tells PEOPLE. Kaplan, who was charged with sex crimes after police rescued the girls from his home in June, is now accused of not only fathering two children with the eldest of the girls but also sexually abusing five of her younger sisters, Weintraub announced on Monday.
PeopleDemocratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton is maintaining a decided advantage in the Electoral College this November, strengthening her grip around states tipping her way while forcing Republican nominee Donald Trump to defend a handful of typical GOP strongholds. ABC News’ puts Clinton at 278 electoral votes and Trump at 198, when including both solid and leaning states, which would give Clinton enough states right now in the solid and lean blue columns to hand her the White House. Sixty-two electoral votes are in toss-up states.
Good Morning AmericaA 6-year-old Washington boy and his younger sisters were regularly injected by their parents with heroin - their “medicine” - in order to make them fall asleep, prosecutors allege. Both parents have been charged, authorities said, and the children have been removed from their care. Ashlee Rose Hutt, 24, and her 25-year-old boyfriend, Leroy McIver, allegedly referred to the illicit street drug as “feel good medicine” while administering it to their kids - ages 6, 4 and 2 - Pierce County prosecutors said in a statement.
PeopleThere are maybe 9 million of them, they’re men, they don’t work and they don’t want to. They spend as much time every year gazing at TV, videos and the Internet as working people spend on the job. And they’re a big reason the U.S. economy has lapsed into a period of slow growth, stagnant wages and widespread unease.
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CosmopolitanDaniel Ramirez was taken to Seattle Children’s Hospital in October afflicted with an unknown virus that caused his brain to swell. “It saddens us to announce that Daniel passed away on Sunday, October 30, 2016, surrounded by his family,” the family wrote on their sons Facebook page. The rare condition has been documented in 33 states that have confirmed cases of Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM) in 89 patients, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
PeopleHeidi Klum has morphed her supermodel body into many impressive Halloween costumes over the years with prosthetics and body paint. Klum, 43, finally revealed her costume Monday night, and it was definitely not what fans were expecting. Surprise! Heidi Klum dressed as Heidi Klum!
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The odd saga of Alex Smith and whether he did or didn’t have a concussion took an unexpected turn on Wednesday, when the Kansas City Chiefs ruled him out of Sunday’s game. Smith won’t even be available as the backup the Chiefs said, via Pete Sweeney of the team’s website. “He has still been symptom free of the concussion but it’s just in the best interest of all if we allow him to go through this,” Reid said.
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