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Old Livestreams With Sexualized Remarks About Minors Put Wendy Guevara and Paola Suárez Under Fire

The backlash shows how past online posts can upend a creator’s image even when no legal case exists.

Florida Couple Charged With Child Abuse Over Hot Sauce Punishment of Allergic Child

Minnesota Lifts Suspension of Rocking Horse Ranch Day Care After Infant Death Probe

Seaside Teacher’s Aide Arrested on Suspicion of Felony Child Abuse in Alleged Assault on 14-Year-Old

Detroit Father Charged After Toddler Found Alive in Impounded Car

Caregiver Faces Second-Degree Murder in 3-Year-Old’s Death as Mother Is Charged With Neglect

Doctor Testifies in Michigan Child Torture Case as Parents Are Bound Over to Circuit Court

Viewpoint School Teacher Charged Over Secret Photos of Students, Held on $1 Million Bail

Woman, 27, Detained in San Luis Potosí After Tying Son to a Tree and Beating Him

Pontiac Couple and Adult Son Held Without Bond on Child Abuse and Torture Charges

Colombia Rescues 17 Minors Tied to Lev Tahor in Hotel Sweep

Wisconsin Teen Starvation Case Advances as Father’s Hearing Moved to January 2026

Utah Teacher's Aide Arrested, Charged After Video Allegedly Shows Strikes on 8-Year-Old Special Education Student

N.J. Teacher Accused of Taping 9-Year-Old’s Head Gives Up Licenses

Parents Held After 8-Month-Old's Death in Châteaubriant as Prosecutors Seek Pretrial Detention

Report Finds 412 Post-Dobbs Prosecutions Tied to Pregnancy Across 16 States

Judge Denies Bond for Ohio Mother Accused of Torturing Son After Amber Alert Rescue

Baja California Seizes Nine Bodies From Tijuana Funeral Home in Protocol Probe

Prosecutors File New Child Abuse Charges in Case of 9-Year-Old Found in River

Victoria Fast-Tracks Law to Instantly Suspend Working-With-Children Checks