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Former Food Network Star Found Guilty of Killing 3-Year-Old Foster Child
A South Carolina mother accused of killing her three-year-old foster child has been convicted of homicide by child abuse.
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Algorithm That Screens for Child Neglect Raises Concerns
Critics say employing such algorithms gives a program powered by data mostly collected about poor people an outsized role in deciding families’ fates.
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Texas Judge Temporarily Blocks Investigations Into Transgender Youth Gender Care
A Texas judge is hearing a case Friday on whether to prevent state officials from investigating reports of transgender youth receiving gender confirming care as child abuse.
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Morgan Hill Resident Arrested on Suspicion of Abusing 18-Month-Old Child
A 45-year-old Morgan Hill resident has been arrested on suspicion of abusing an 18-month-old child, police said Thursday.
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Calif. Day Care Workers Arrested, Accused of Hiding 8-Month-Old's Skull Fracture
Two day care workers in Rancho Cucamonga were arrested after a child suffered a skull fracture, and the two allegedly concealed the injury from the child’s mother, authorities said.
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Mother's Arrest Warrant in Missing NJ Girl Case Details Years of Shocking Abuse
Police allege the mother of a 14-year-old New Jersey girl, whose disappearance drew national attention, brutally abused her for years and forced her to skip school and beg for money on the streets.
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Nanny Captured on Video Trying to Force-Feed Toddler
A North Carolina woman has been charged with child abuse after the couple she works for caught her restraining their son on their nanny cam.
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Paris Hilton Pushes for Bill to Crack Down on Abusive Youth Facilities
Hilton condemned a “systemwide lack of transparency and accountability” in the troubled teen industry and urged support for new regulations.
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Family YouTuber Deletes Account After Criticism Over Video Coaching Son to Cry
Jordan Cheyenne and her 8-year-old had just found out their dog had a potentially deadly illness; then she turned the camera on.
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Death From 1985 Florida Shaken Baby Case Leads to Murder Charge
A Florida woman is charged with murder stemming from a decades-old shaken baby case
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Rodeo Couple Charged With Torturing 11-Year-Old Daughter Who Died
A Contra Costa County couple faces child abuse and torture charges after their 11-year-old daughter was found dead in their home.
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East Bay Couple Charged With Torturing 11-Year-Old Daughter Who Died
A Rodeo couple faces child abuse and torture charges after their 11-year-old daughter was found dead in their home. Jodi Hernandez reports.
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Pandemic Means Far Fewer Eyes on Kids' Welfare: AP Report
An Associated Press analysis has found that reports of child abuse plummeted during the coronavirus pandemic, as children are out of the public eye and away from usual reporters of welfare problems
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Mississippi Trial Delayed for Friar Accused of Sex Abuse
A trial has been postponed until April for a former Franciscan friar accused of molesting students in the 1990s at a Catholic school in Mississippi.
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Florida Waitress' Quick Thinking Helps Abused Boy
A Florida waitress noticed an 11-year-old boy with bruises and thought something was wrong. Orlando police say her quick actions may have saved the boy from more danger.
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Mormon Church Sued for Alleged Role in Boy Scouts Sex Abuse
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has been hit with several lawsuits for allegedly covering up decades of sexual abuse among Boy Scout troops in Arizona, marking the latest litigation before the state’s end-of-year deadline for adult victims to sue
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Jacob Roloff Says He Was Molested by Former ‘Little People, Big World' Producer
In a candid Instagram post, Jacob Roloff claims he was molested by a former “Little People, Big World” field producer.
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Nobel Laureate Says If We Fail Children in the Pandemic Recovery, We Fail Them Forever
Nobel Peace Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi said there needs to be a “sense of urgency” in working toward the end of child labor globally.
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Family Members Found Guilty of Torturing 15-Year-Old Teen With Hammer, Pins and Awl
A father, stepmother, grandmother and family friend were found guilty Thursday of torturing a 15-year-old girl with a hammer, pins, a chair and an awl in their care in Anaheim.
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Man to Be Tried on Several Child Abuse Charges at Coachella
Alfonso Gonzalez Meraz, 32, was arrested on Oct. 4, 2019, stemming from an investigation that began earlier that year into sex crimes that allegedly occurred between 2009 and 2015, starting when the alleged victim was between 7 and 8 years old.