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An Irish nanny accused of slamming an infant against a wall and changing table before presenting its lifeless body as sleeping to its relatives has pleaded not guilty to murder. Defense attorneys for Aisling Brady McCarthy, 34, say the baby was already 'sick' and 'not normal' while in her care before found bruised and unconscious in her family’s Cambridge, Massachusetts home last January. Prosecutors say Rehma Sabir was hospitalized with severe head injuries on her first birthday, January 14, before being declared brain dead two days later. Plea: Irish nanny Aisling McCarthy Brady, 34, has pleaded not guilty to murdering an infant in her care last January No bail: McCarthy, who has been in the United States illegally for the last 13 years, is being held without bail on charges of first-degree murder and assault On Thursday Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald said McCarthy violently shook Rehma, possibly bouncing the infant's skull off a changing table and a wa

A former abortion clinic worker capped the five-week murder trial of her former boss with powerful testimony that she saw more than 10 babies breathe before they were killed. 'I thought they were breathing,' Kareema Cross testified on Thursday in Philadelphia, explaining that she saw their chests go up and down. 'He would say they're not really breathing.' Cross, 28, is the final prosecution witness in the capital murder case against Dr Kermit Gosnell. He is charged in the deaths of a patient and seven babies allegedly born alive. Charged: Dr. Kermit Gosnell, a Philadelphia abortion doctor, is accused of killing seven babies that were born alive Cross also described seeing three babies move, one after being born in a toilet, and heard a fourth give a 'soft whine.' Cross, who worked at the clinic from 2005 to 2009, was so disturbed by its operation that she took photos and called authorities, although she gave a relative's name. In 2007, Cross herself

A 19-year-old student died on Wednesday after falling 40 feet to her death from a rooftop party near Temple University in Philadelphia. Ali Fausnaught, of Brownstown, Pennsylvania, was apparently posing for a photograph during 'Spring Fling' celebrations on the flat roof, which has no guard rail and only a ten-inch ledge. Philadelphia police Officer Tanya Little said: 'She was backing up and tripped over the edge and fell backward.' The teenager plunged three stories into an alley behind the property. Police were notified at 5.14 pm and the victim was transported to Temple University Hospital but pronounced dead at 5.51 pm. Tragic: Ali Fausnaught, 19, fell to her death during a rooftop party on Wednesday Accident: The roof did not have a guardrail and only a 10 inch ledge Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small said there were around 30 to 40 people at the apartment on North 18th Street, just four blocks west of Temple University's campus Phi

When his children brought two goldfish home from the fair in a water-filled plastic bag, Richard Wright thought they might survive for a few months. But for 35 years, Splish and Splash proved him wrong … until this week, when Splish sadly departed this world for that great big fishbowl in the sky. It means Splash, believed to be Britain’s oldest living goldfish, is alone for the first time since 1977. End of an era: Splish (left) died on Sunday leaving Splash (right) alone for the first time in 35 years Happier times: Splish and Splash had been companions for more than 35 years after being brought home from a funfair Flying solo: Splash is now living alone for the first time in more than three decades Mr Wright, 68, said: ‘I found Splish floating dead in the bowl. Splash looks as if he is coping fine and he’s just swimming around as normal.’ ‘It was actually quite sad to see him go, because we’d known him for so long... more than half my lifetime.’ More... 'Mary you are

While sitting in her prison cell in Italy, thousands of miles from home, Amanda Knox contemplated how she could kill herself. The shocking new detail is one of many penned in the American student’s new memoir, ‘Waiting to be Heard,’ which is slated to be published at the end of the month. The Seattle-native spent four years in a prison cell in Perugia after being convicted for the murder of her roommate, British student Meredith Kercher. Knox also revealed that while living in her flat abroad, ‘marijuana was as common as pasta.’ Those details are only a few reported by the New York Times, which obtained an advance copy of the memoir. Knox writes that she at times felt trapped and pondered ending her life. ‘I started to understand how you could feel so locked inside your own life that you could be so desperate to escape, even if that meant that you would no longer exist.’ She writes that she was shocked to learn she was put on suicide watch after her 2009 conviction, and was equally s

Which is more dangerous – a chocolate Kinder egg or an AK-47? That’s what a powerful new series of public service announcements, funded by Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, an advocacy group that asks for ‘common-sense’ gun legislation. The PSA examine seemingly harmless banned objects like children’s books, the German candy, and rubber balls – and asks why they are banned in the U.S. while assault weapons are not. Choose one: Nonprofit group Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America has released a provocative new campaign calling for action Which is it? This version of 'Little Red Riding Hood' was banned in two California schools because it showed the girl carrying wine in her basket on her way to her grandmother's house The campaign, called ‘Choose One,’ examine why commonplace things of childhood may be banned while guns and weapons have few restrictions surrounding them. The first of three features two children in a classroom – one holding a Kinder