In Germany, police suspect daughter in mayor-elect stabbing Police are investigating a 17-year-old girl in the stabbing of her adopted mother who was recently elected as the mayor of Herdecke and found in critical condition on Tuesday. Emergency services arrived at the home of Iris Stalzer — a member of the center-left Social Democratic Party... This story The Soapbox: Mayor-elect stabbed in Germany, hikers stranded in China and hotel collapse in Spain appeared first on Washington Square News.| Washington Square News
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