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Ethan Crumbley’s parents have been charged with involuntary manslaughter in connection to the Michigan school shooting allegedly carried out by their 15-year-old son. The charges for James and Jennifer Crumbley stem from having purchased a gun for the teen in the days ahead of the deadly shooting. Their son is already being held without bail on murder and terrorism charges over Tuesday’s Oxford High School rampage that left four dead and seven injured in the deadliest US school shooting of the year. Officials had hinted for days that the parents — who told their son not to talk to investigators...

A prosecutor on Thursday repeated her criticism of the parents of a boy who is accused of killing four students at a Michigan school, saying their actions went “far beyond negligence” and that a charging decision would come by Friday. “The parents were the only individuals in the position to know the access to weapons,” Oakland County prosecutor Karen McDonald said. The gun “seems to have been just freely available to that individual.” Ethan Crumbley, 15, has been charged as an adult with two dozen crimes, including murder, attempted murder and terrorism, for a shooting Tuesday at Oxford High School...

The family of Ethan Couch, the teenager who fatally struck a disabled motorist and three good Samaritans last summer while driving drunk near Burleson, has settled lawsuits with some of the victims’ families. The Couch family agreed to pay an undisclosed amount to the families of Breanna Mitchell and Hollie Boyles and her daughter Shelby. The family of youth pastor Brian Jennings has not reached a settlement with Couch’s family. Jennings and the Boyleses had pulled over to help Mitchell, who had stopped after a tire blowout late June 15 in the 1500 block of Burleson-Retta Road. The pickup Couch...

FRiends: My wife, Jenbean and I are announcing the birth of another Freeper baby (our first), Ethan, tommorrow morning. We would like for you guys to keep us in your thoughts and prayers. Jenbean has gone 40+ weeks, and they will induce labor tommorrow morning (07 SEP 10). I've been painting and putting baby stuff together and reading "how to books". Ethan will soon be a life member of the NRA, a named co-trustee in our NFA of 1934 trust....for you banglist guys, and will get a screenname soon ;) Anyways...fun times for us and Free Republic. Looking forward to...

Almost 2 years ago, I posted a prayer request for a little boy, Ethan Rossi. At that time he was 6 months old and newly diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. When he was 10 months old, he had a bone marrow transplant. For the past 2 years he has done well, but his parents received a phonecall from his oncologist last week informing them that it looks as if Ethan's transplant has failed, At this time,we are believing that our gracious God has healed Ethan, but we have to be prudent, so on Tuesday, March 6, Ethan will go to...