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Missouri Foster Mother Pleads Guilty After Alleged Trade of Girl for a Monkey

Prosecutors say the plea deal ending the indictment exposes decades of missed reports to child-welfare hotlines.

Families Sue Provo Canyon School and UHS Over Alleged Medical Neglect

Supreme Court Says Registrar General Cannot Start Disciplinary Case, Keeps Uttarakhand Judicial Officer Reinstated

Court Shown Texts and Phone Clips in Trial Over 13-Month-Old's Death

Illinois Mother and Boyfriend Ordered Held in Case of 11-Year-Old’s Alleged Years-Long Abuse

Cascio Siblings Sue Michael Jackson Estate, Alleging Child Sex Trafficking and Abuse

Newcastle Man Gets Three Years for Tattooing Three Children

Therapist Identified and Removed After Video Shows Assault on 6-Year-Old in Los Olivos

Texas Sisters Indicted on Federal Kidnapping and Forced-Labor Charges in 12-Year-Old’s Case

Newly Released Records Show Rebekah Baptiste Reported Abuse Months Before Her Death

Alleged Lev Tahor Member Ordered to Pretrial Detention in Chiapas on Trafficking Case

Watchdog Finds Northern Ireland Falling Short on Child Sexual Exploitation Protections

Utah Parents Arrested on Suspicion of Aggravated Murder in Toddler’s Dehydration Death

Ontario Murder Trial Hears Texts Saying Caregivers Feared Boy Was ‘Dying’ Weeks Before His Death

Mumbai Crime Branch Probes Case of Mother Accused of Forcing Minor Daughter Into Sex Work

Akita Prefecture Dismisses Daisuke Usami, Ex-Japan Volleyball Olympian, Over Abuse of High School Team

Met Police to Reassess 9,000 Child Exploitation Cases in Landmark Review

Former Wisconsin Teacher Pleads Guilty to Child Enticement, Sexual Misconduct Involving 11-Year-Old

Teacher, Principal Placed on Leave After Chhattisgarh Girl, 8, Hospitalized Over Alleged 100 Sit-Ups Punishment

Childhood Verbal Abuse Poses Mental Health Risks Equal to Physical Maltreatment