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Plymouth Officer and Husband Charged With Raping Teen They Took In Plead Not Guilty

The case now moves to a probable-cause hearing with the officer on paid leave.

Ex-Kentucky Student-Athlete Indicted on First-Degree Manslaughter in Newborn’s Death

Eight-Year Sentence in Death of 8-Year-Old Leaves Alberta Woman With Under Four Years to Serve

Multiple Probes Target Peru Shelter Linked to Congresswoman After Images of Child Victims

Parents Held After Three Adolescents Rescued in Castelar Trafficking Case

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

Mass Protest in Budapest Demands Orbán's Resignation Over Child-Abuse Scandal

Balcarce Child-Protection President, Worker Investigated After Audio Captures Threats to Children

Oaxaca Prosecutors Dismantle Child Sexual-Abuse Content Hub With 70,000 Files Seized, Suspect Detained

Spanish Bishops Brief Pope on Zornoza Abuse Probe, Say Resignation May Be Accepted Soon

SOS-Kinderdorf International Suspends Austrian Branch After Credible Abuse Claims Against Founder

Denver Jail Deputy Arrested in Colorado Springs Domestic Case After Alleged Gun Threat

Autopsy Rules Englewood Infant’s Death a Homicide as Police Review Prior Abuse Report

Guatemalan Court Hands Prison Terms to Officials Over 2017 Hogar Seguro Fire

Guatemalan Court Sentences Six for 2017 Shelter Fire That Killed 41 Girls

Childhood Verbal Abuse Poses Mental Health Risks Equal to Physical Maltreatment

Jury Begins Deliberations in Sheffield School Stabbing Case

Seven Charged in Child Sex Trafficking Operation Hidden in Alabama Storm Shelter

Bavarian Social Committee Unanimously Backs Petition for State Child Abuse Oversight

Ireland Launches Excavation of 796 Children at Former Tuam Mother-and-Baby Home