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Houston Man Accused of Keeping Disabled Wife Captive for 5 Years Released on Bond

Court records describe a locked bedroom, no phone access, and meager food such as a single egg a day.

Utah Caregiver Charged With 3 Counts of Murder in West Valley Van Deaths

UK Sets April Welfare Overhaul: Longer PIP Awards, Disability Uplift and Universal Credit Rebalance

12-Year-Old Activist Petitions Argentina’s Congress to Sanction or Expel Deputy Lilia Lemoine

Hochul Signs Medical Aid in Dying Act, Making New York the 13th State to Allow It

Casanello Rejects Spagnuolo’s Bid to Reclaim Seized Cash in ANDIS Corruption Probe

Rights Commission Urges Coronial Inquest Into Mosman Park Family Deaths

Adani Mangal Seva Marks First Year, Delivering Support to 500 Divyang Women

Father Arrested in South Mumbai After Fetal DNA Links Him to Disabled Daughter’s Pregnancy

By Adulthood, Autism Diagnoses Are Nearly Equal for Women and Men, Major Swedish Study Finds

Mexico Supreme Court Grants Amparo in 14‑Gram Cannabis Case

AIADMK Unveils Second-Phase Poll Promises With Education Loan Waiver, ₹2,000 Pensions and Free LPG

German Siblings Who Had Four Children Renew Call to End Incest Ban

Assisted Dying Bill Stalls in Lords as Record 1,227 Amendments Put Passage in Doubt

Sadanandan Master’s Prosthetics Display in Rajya Sabha Prompts Point of Order and Brief Uproar

Ileana Argentin, PD Politician and Disability-Rights Champion, Dies at 62

Argentina Clarifies SUBE Rules: Federal Social Fare Renews Automatically as Provinces Set Update Deadlines

Forensic Evidence and Witness Accounts Presented in Case Linking ‘El Bótox’ to Michoacán Lemon Leader’s Killing

Spain’s Constitutional Court Halts Galicia’s Dependency Overhaul and Wind-Farm Repowering Rules

Spain's Supreme Court Rejects Father's Appeal, Leaving 24-Year-Old's Euthanasia Authorization Intact