A Houston mother was just arrested for allegedly "abandoning" her children, even though they were never even out of her sight.

The single mother was arrested by Houston, Texas cops after she told her children to sit at a table in a mall food court while she interviewed for a job only 30 feet away.

Local KHOU reports that Laura Browder took her 6-year-old daughter and 2-year-old son to the mall for an abruptly-scheduled job interview, that she didn't have time to find a babysitter for.

She was never "abandoning" her children, and they never left her sight. She bought them lunch at McDonald's and sat them at a table, where she could see them during her interview.

But when Houston Police showed up, they accused Browder of "abandoning" her children. She was taken into custody only minutes after being given the job she applied for. Now, she is worried that the arrest will jeopardize that job, and cause her to lose it.

Now, Browder has appeared before a judge who saw no reason to hold her. The judge even gave her children back to her, but did not apologize for the insane police reaction. In fact, Child Protective Services says that they have "opened an investigation" into her.

Browder stated that "this was very unfortunate this happened. I had a interview with a very great company with lots of career growth. I am a college student and mother of two. I would never put my name, background or children in harms way intentionally. I have a promising future ahead of me regardless of what the media tries to portray me as."

Local KHOU says that once news of this got around Houston, a slew of new job offers came in, supporting the single mother and her responsible care-taking of her children. The people of Houston are almost unanimously against the police on this one, but the Houston PD has doubled down on their totalitarian reaction to seeing children eating lunch 30 feet away from their mother.

There are some recent trends in the field of psychopathy: whitewashing, denial, and glorification of psychopathy. On this edition of the Truth Perspective, we go into the reasons why they are completely wrong.

We also discussed the latest shooting in Chattanooga with its similarities to other shooting events in the US, and the recent rumors surfacing that the Dutch Safety Board may be implicating Russia in the MH17 crash.

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A pipeline belonging to a wholly owned subsidiary of China's oil giant CNOOC Ltd. spilled five million liters of bitumen in the oil-rich province of Alberta, marking one of the largest leaks in recent history, covering about 16,000 square meters.

It is still unknown what caused the pipeline to malfunction, Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) said.

The spill happened at the company's Long Lake oil sands facility south of Fort McMurray, located in northeastern Alberta. The flow of bitumen was contained to the pipeline's route, with no negative impact on wildlife or public, according to AER spokesman Peter Murchland.

The oil did not enter a body of water, but it did flow into a nearby bog, AER added.

The disaster was first spotted on Wednesday and AER staff arrived to the site Thursday. At this point the leak has been contained via shutting down the affected pipeline.

A train derailment in rural eastern Montana spilled 35,000 gallons (132,489 liters) of crude oil and forced the evacuation of about 30 people, a U.S. official said on Friday in an email to state officials.

About 20 cars on the Berkshire Hathaway-owned BNSF [BNISF.UL] crude oil train went off the rails east of Culbertson, Montana, on Thursday evening, officials said. There was no fire and no injuries were reported.

A hazardous materials team from BNSF responded to the scene and contained the spilled oil with earthen dams, Michael Turnbull, an official with the U.S. Department of Transportation, said in an email to Montana officials that was released to the media.

The spilled crude did not reach any waterways, the email said.

Authorities were scouring the area around a remote mountainous campground in Idaho Thursday for any sign of a 2-year-old boy who disappeared from the site nearly one week ago.

The parents of 2-year-old Deorr Kunz told police their son wandered away last Friday from the family's campsite near the Timber Creek Reservoir in Leodore, Idaho.

Authorities received a 911 call at approximately 2:30 p.m. Friday from the child's mother, Jessica Mitchell, of Idaho Falls, who said the boy had been missing for about an hour.

This photo, provided by the Lemhi County Sheriff, show 2-year-old Deorr Kunz who disappeared from an Idaho campsite last Friday.

In an interview Monday with EastIdahoNews.com, the child's parents said they believe Deorr was abducted, though Mitchell noted they did not see any other campers near their site at the time of his disappearance.

"We didn't see people around us, we didn't hear anybody," Mitchell told the website.

"If somebody has him, please don't hurt him," she said. "Just bring him home safely where he belongs."

Mitchell and the boy's father, Deorr Kunz Sr., said they left their son with his great-grandfather while they went off to explore. The great-grandfather, however, believed the boy was with his parents, according to local media reports.

Kunz told the website he believes his son is no longer on the mountain.

A law enforcement official told FoxNews.com the area surrounding the campsite is "steep" and "mountainous" and said more than 100 searchers were looking for the child.

Deorr, who has shaggy blonde hair, was last seen wearing a camouflage jacket, blue pajamas and cowboy boots, according to police.

The Lemhi County Sheriff's Department, the Salmon Police Department and the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children are all assisting in the search.

Lemhi County Sheriff's deputies are asking the public not to go out and search for Deorr because it may detract the dogs from finding the boy's scent.

Authorities are urging anyone with information on the child's whereabouts to contact the Idaho Fusion Center at 208-846-7676.

A dramatic video has been released capturing the moment when a huge explosion broke out at a petrochemical factory in east China's Shandong Province triggering a massive fire. Over 130 firefighters were called to tackle the blaze, local media reported.

Aviation experts say they're alarmed by a growing trend of "shooting" US airplanes with lasers, as 11 commercial flights reported they were hit by the beams while flying over New Jersey Wednesday.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) started an inquiry after 11 commercial planes were struck by what officials believe to be handheld lasers between 9:00 and 10:30 PM on Wednesday evening. The beams hit cockpits from both the left and right sides along with other parts of the planes, according to officials. Although there were no reports of injuries, and all aircraft landed safely, one pilot reported blurred vision after the flight, according to ABC News.

"This is an assault on a pilot as far as I'm concerned ... It is a criminal matter. You're putting the lives of not just the pilot but everyone on the plane at risk," Rich Frankel, the FBI agent in charge of Newark, New Jersey, told ABC.

Thanks to "foot dragging by the Securities and Exchange Commission" combined with "aggressive lobbying and legal challenges by oil industry laggards," a U.S. law meant to increase transparency around fossil fuel operations in developing countries has been stalled for nearly five years, charges a new report from Oxfam America.

The 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act sought to help citizens "follow the money" by including the groundbreaking provision known as the Cardin-Lugar provision, or Section 1504, that would require all oil, gas, and mining companies listed on U.S. stock exchanges to disclose payments made to governments around the world for each project.

Such payments include taxes, royalties, fees, production entitlements, bonuses, dividends, and payments for infrastructure improvements.

Police violence in the US is now so prevalent that it has become 'the new normal', although just how extreme the situation it is becomes apparent when we compare it with other developed countries. Take my country, Finland, for example, where cops discharged their firearms just six times in 2013, and 120 times over the last decade, with the use of firearms by police rarely resulting in death.

Finnish police have fired guns about 120 times in the last ten years, and the use of firearms by police rarely results in death: the Finnish National Police Board reported that police killed just three people from 2003-2013, and injured 20.

However, in the US, 2015 statistics show that by June, police have killed over 500 people, and it's understood that this number is under-reported due to a lack of official record keeping. The London Guardian is keeping track of American police killings, and at the time of writing the count was about 540. A similar number of people were killed by US cops last year.

Animals will be considered "sentient beings" instead of property in a bill tabled in the Canadian province of Quebec. The legislation states that "animals are not things. They are sentient beings and have biological needs."

Agriculture Minister Pierre Paradis proposed the bill and wants to change Quebec's infamous image as a haven for puppy mills

The legislation specifies that animals have biological needs and includes fines of up to $250,000 for those who are cruel to animals, as well as jail time for repeat offenders.

Paradis said the bill puts Quebec more in line with other Canadian provinces like Ontario, British Columbia and Manitoba. The act will apply to all domesticated and farm animals and certain wild animals. Paradis said he wants to see animals "treated with dignity as much as possible" it doesn't matter what animal.

"If you have a goldfish you have to take care of it," he said. "Don't get a goldfish if you don't want to take care of it."

Under the bill inspectors will have the power to demand to see an animal if they have "reasonable cause" to suspect the pet or animal is being mistreated. They also can also obtain a warrant to enter a home and seize animals. Repeat offenders would also come under fire as authorities and judges would have the discretion to increase fines and sentence serial violators to jail for up to 18 months.