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Art supplies collected by LCCC students for children in need

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King’s students study abroad during spring semester

<p>BURLINGTON, N.J. (AP) &#8212; A woman who allegedly threw a 5-year-old girl onto the tracks as a train was approaching has been charged with attempted murder.</p><p>Police in Burlington, New Jersey, went to the light rail platform around 8:30 p.m. Friday after a New Jersey Transit bus driver reported a suspicious woman.</p><p>As officers waked onto the platform to approach 20-year-old Autumn Matacchiera, she allegedly grabbed the girl who had been standing with her mother and her mother&#8217;s boyfriend. She then threw the child onto the tracks.</p><p>The boyfriend quickly got the girl to safety as police jumped in front of the train to signal it to stop.</p><p>Matacchiera was taken to a hospital for a mental health evaluation. The child was treated at a hospital for a facial cut and some bruising.</p><style>
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Police: Woman charged after throwing child on train tracks in New Jersey