An 18-year-old American woman has been arrested in Paris after she was accused of hurling her newborn child reportedly “with the umbilical cord” still attached out of a hotel window. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.

An 18-year-old American student is suspected of throwing her newborn baby out of a third-floor hotel window, Paris prosecution sources told CBS News.

Paris authorities arrested an American woman on Monday after she allegedly killed her newborn by hurling the child out of a second-floor window, according to reports.