Fossils unearthed of early koala relative no bigger than a house cat

Reconstruction of the 25 million year old Ditjimanka Lumakoala blackae, featuring (left to right) the wallaby-sized herbivore Muramura williamsi, extinct koala relative Madakoala devisi and the calf-sized ilariid (Ilaria lawsone). Courtesy of Peter Schouten
Researchers have unearthed fossils that they say could bridge a 30-million year gap in the evolution of the koala, one of Australia’s most iconic creatures.…

Massachusetts ‘House of Horrors’ involving abused foster children in dog cages reaches settlement with state

Alabama man named James Bond arrested for child abuse, locking kids in cages
Four former Massachusetts foster children, who authorities say were brutally physically and sexually abused for years in a foster home, dubbed the “House of Horrors,”…