After the Murders of a Chicago Judge's Husband and Mother, Authorities Ask: Who'd Want Them Dead?

Judge Joan Lefkow knew that if she rang her lawyer husband on the phone and he didn’t pick up, he’d call back within minutes. He always did.By 2005, the Chicago couple had been married for 30 years. Joan and Michael Lefkow had met in the mid-’60s at Wheaton College in Illinois, where Joan was an undergraduate and Michael, then a Northwestern University law student, was doing research.Michael went on to become an attorney who dedicated his practice to the concerns of minorities and the disadvantaged; Joan rose through the judicial ranks to be named a U.

After This Pediatrician Took Her 6-Year-Old to Get Her COVID Vaccine, 'It Was a Whole Celebration'

Alayo Falusi after she got her first COVID-19 vaccine.Photo: Dr. Lanre Falusi Dr. Lanre Falusi, 41, is a mom of three girls (ages 6, 3 and 1), a pediatrician at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, D.C. She also is the co-host, with another physician-mom, of the podcastHealth and Home with the Hippocratic Hosts, to share evidence-based, accurate information on health and parenting. In early November, days after the FDAauthorized the Pfizer COVID-19vaccine for children 5 to 11, her oldest daughter Alayo, received the first of her two shots.

After This Ultrasound Technician Saw Her 'Organs Were Smothered in Fat,' She Lost 167 Lbs.

Monica Rose Villarreal remembers being 8 years old andtipping the scaleat 143 lbs.She was growing up in a household where food “was always used as a reward, as a comfort, and sometimes a punishment,” and her weight increased as she got older. At age 10, Villarreal recalls in PEOPLE’sHalf Their Size issue, she had sciatic nerve pain, requiring pricey chiropractor appointments that strained the budget of her single mom, as did expensive plus-size clothing.

After Three Decades of Deadly Kitten Experiments, USDA Ends Program and Adopts Out Lab Cats

White Coat Waste Project via FOIA (2) Pet Semataryis a scary movie, but this frightening feline reality is much worse. Back in 1982, a division of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) called the Agricultural Research Service began conducting deadly experiments on domestic cats and kittens. After more than 35 years, the program has finally come to an end, thanks in large part to a taxpayer watchdog group calledWhite Coat Waste Project, whose mandate is to cut federal funding to animal experiments.

After Triple Slaying of Shanann Watts and Her Girls, Family Dog Dieter Finds a New Home

Shanann Watts.Photo: Shanann Watts /Facebook Like many other families, the Watts also had a dog — a small dachshund named Dieter, who often showed up in videos that Shanann posted on her social media. Dieter cameos in many of her posts, often seen excitedly running around the five-bedroom family home in the small town Frederick. The Watts’ seemingly happy life was shattered last month whenShanann, 34, and her girls were killedand husband Chris, 33, was accused ofkilling his entire family.