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An 11-month- old baby girl has died after being left in a car for three hours while her parents attended a Florida church service, police said. An 11-month- old baby girl has died after being left in a car for three hours while her parents attended a Florida church service, police said. Police in Palm Bay responded Sunday around 1 p.m. to a report of an unresponsive infant in a vehicle. "When they arrived, they learned the infant had been left in a car for approximately three hours while the parents went to the church service," the Palm Bay Police Department said in a statement. MORE: Sensors, 4D imaging, flashing lights: How automakers are trying to prevent hot car deaths The infant was transported to a local hospital where she was later pronounced deceased, police said Tuesday. A police department spokesperson did not have the time of death available. No arrests have been made in the case at this time and the investigation is ongoing, police said. "This is an ...

Britain’s fertility regulator on Wednesday confirmed the births of the nation’s first babies using an experimental technique. It combined DNA from three people in an effort to prevent the children from inheriting rare genetic diseases. The UK in 2015 became the first country to adopt legislation regulating methods to help prevent women with faulty mitochondria — the energy source in a cell — from passing defects on to their babies. For more Pregnancy & Births related news and videos check out Pregnancy & Births >> The world’s first baby born using the technique was reported in the US in 2016. The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority said fewer than five babies have been born this way in the UK, but did not provide further details to protect the families’ identities, the Guardian newspaper first reported. Genetic defects can result in diseases such as muscular dystrophy, epilepsy, heart problems and intellectual disabilities. About one in 200 children in Britain i...

A North Carolina man allegedly shot a 6-year- old girl, her parents and an additional neighbor after a basketball rolled into his yard. A North Carolina man allegedly shot a 6-year- old girl, her parents and an additional neighbor after a basketball rolled into his yard. Local and federal law are still searching for the suspect, who was also charged with assaulting his girlfriend with a sledgehammer in December. The Gaston County Police Department received a 911 call at 7:44 p.m. on Tuesday about a local shooting. Investigators later determined that 24-year-old Robert Louis Singletary seriously injured one adult male and one juvenile female and that a separate female was grazed by a bullet while a second adult male was shot. 24-year-old Robert Louis Singletary was charged with multiple felony counts after allegedly firing at his neighbors. Gaston County Police Department Neighbors told ABC News' Charlotte affiliate WSOC that the shooting began after a basketball rolled into S...