Police: Man stabs wife to death while their 7 kids are home

This law enforcement booking photo from the Maricopa County, Ariz., sheriff’s office shows John Leo Davis. Police in Goodyear, Ariz., say Davis is accused of fatally stabbing his wife after she confronted him about slapping one of their kids for playing video games. According to police, the couple’s seven children were in the family home Thursday, March 26, 2015, when the mother, identified as Michele Davis, 35, was killed. A 14-year-old daughter witnessed the stabbing and called 911. The husband also called 911, reportedly saying he’d lost his mind and stabbed his wife.(AP Photo/Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office)

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Women excised from public life by Islamic State

Fighters from the Islamic State group parade in Raqqa, north Syria. (photo credit: AP/Raqqa Media Center of the Islamic State group, File)

Fighters from the Islamic State group parade in Raqqa, north Syria. (photo credit: AP/Raqqa Media Center of the Islamic State group, File)

Jihadists force females to wear full-body robes, curtail their freedom of movement and study

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Isis releases ‘abhorrent’ sex slaves pamphlet with 27 tips for militants on taking, punishing and raping female captives

File: A 15-year-old Yazidi girl captured by Isis and forcibly married to a militant in Syria.

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Violence kills a child every five minutes, most outside war zones – U.N.

A young Syrian Kurdish refugee boy carries an infant after crossing the Syrian-Turkish border, near the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province September 23, 2014. REUTERS/Murad Sezer/Files

A young Syrian Kurdish refugee boy carries an infant after crossing the Syrian-Turkish border, near the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province September 23, 2014.                  REUTERS/Murad Sezer/Files

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Children tortured and raped by Assad’s forces – report

It cites U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon as saying that Syrian children have been subjected to
It cites U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon as saying that Syrian children have been subjected to “unspeakable suffering” during that time.    Photo: GETTY IMAGES

Children have endured ‘unspeakable’ and ‘unacceptable’ suffering during Syria’s civil war, UN’s Ban Ki-moon says

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Girl testifies stepfather’s punishment made her fear she would die

This combination of photos released by the Delaware State Police shows Georgetown pediatrician Melvin Morse, 48, left, and his wife, Pauline Morse, 40.
This combination of photos released by the Delaware State Police shows Georgetown pediatrician Melvin Morse, 48, left, and his wife, Pauline Morse, 40.    AP Photo: Delaware State Police

Melvin Morse was arrested in 2012 after his stepdaughter, then 11, told authorities she had been waterboarded on four occasions.

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