Popular YouTuber pleads not guilty to abusing kids

PHOENIX (AP) – An Arizona woman who had a popular YouTube channel featuring children has pleaded not guilty to charges she abused some of her seven adopted children by pepper-spraying them, striking them with a hanger and making them take ice baths.
Pinal County Attorney’s spokeswoman Christy Wilcox says Machelle Hobson entered her plea Friday and remains in custody.
Hobson is accused of such things as using pepper spray on a child’s genitals, applying a lighter or stun gun to