FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Lahai Makieu struck the bamboo with a machete until it cracked and fell. Balancing on his crutch, he reached to pick it up. But colleagues pulled the bamboo's other end, ...

HAZELWOOD, Mo. – A St. Louis County Circuit Court judge signed an arrest warrant for a Hazelwood, Missouri, man for allegedly beating an amputee with the victim’s own crutches. Toney C. Lewis of ...

The accident tore off part of her leg, broke her neck, burned her with battery acid and left her in the hospital for months. She still can’t remember the day in September 1985 when a motorcycle ...

AURORA, Colo. -- An amputee who discovered a burglar inside his home was shot while fighting him off with a crutch. Roger Baxter survived the Tuesday incident after a cell phone apparently slowed a ...

Some of the most bizarre paraphilias that occasionally make their way into reputable psychology journals are those that involve sexual gratification from amputation of some description. Since the late ...

While the government in Sierra Leone doesn’t collect data on amputees, the United Nations estimates there are about 500,000 disabled people in the country. Lahai Makieu struck the bamboo with a ...