Prep Schools Wrestle With Sex Abuse Accusations Against Teachers and other top stories.

• Prep Schools Wrestle With Sex Abuse Accusations Against Teachers

  

  Some researchers and lawyers involved with abuse cases say that while very few teachers take sexual advantage of students, some aspects of boarding school life can be conducive to abuse.“Boarding schools are fertile ground for predatory behavior, mostly because you’re with the kids all the time,” said Eric MacLeish, a lawyer representing several alumni who say they were sexually abused at St. George’s.“It is accepted that teachers will get very, very close to students as they become mentors,” h..

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• Missing Florida priest's body found

  

  Last Updated Apr 19, 2016 3:00 AM EDT MIAMI -- The body of Florida priest Rev. Rene Wayne Robert, who disappeared last week, has been found in Georgia. St. Johns County Sheriff David Shoar confirmed during a Monday night news conference that Robert's remains had been found, and that "it was obvious that he was the victim of homicidal violence." Robert was last seen Sunday, April 10, as he went to visit a patient at Orange Park Medical Center, CBS affiliate WJAX reported.An emotional Shoar cal..

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• 'Unprecedented': 5 Dead as Record Rainfall Floods Houston

  

  More than a foot of rain deluged parts of Houston on Monday, leaving five dead as surging waters flooded homes and highways for thousands of residents who were warned to stay inside. Gov. Greg Abbott declared a state of disaster in nine counties, hundreds of flights were canceled, mass transit was shut down and schools were closed after a season's worth of rain fell in just a matter of hours. Almost 17 inches of rain had inundated the city by 2 p.m. ET. Bush Intercontinental Airport grappl..

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• Reserve officer who dined with Will Smith 'removed' from force: NOPD

  

  The retired New Orleans police captain who dined with Will Smith the night the ex-Saints player was shot to death has been "removed" by the department from his reserve duty status "to protect the integrity of the investigation," NOPD spokesman Tyler Gamble said.  Billy Ceravolo was among a group of people who dined with Smith at Sake Cafe on Magazine Street prior to the fatal shooting of Will Smith and wounding of his wife Racquel. Ceravolo, who said after the shooting he was a friend of Will ..

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• Police Intensify Search for Missing Firefighter, Around 100 Officials Involved

  

  Approximately 100 federal, state and volunteer search and rescue teams search in the Shenandoah National Forest for 31-year-old, Nicole Mittendorff of Woodbridge, Virginia, April, 19,2016. 0 Shares. Email · Police and rescue crews intensified their ...

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• Police: Father "recklessly" waving gun killed daughter, 4

  PHILADELPHIA --A Philadelphia father was "carelessly and recklessly" waving a gun around a small bedroom with seven children present when it went off, killing his 4-year-old daughter, authorities said Monday.Maurice Phillips, 30, has been charged with third-degree murder, involuntary manslaughter, child endangerment and reckless endangerment and related counts in Saturday afternoon's death of Tahirah Phillips.Capt. James Clark, of the Philadelphia police homicide division, said Monday that the ..

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