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Ohio Grandfather Ruled Incompetent After Rescue of 16 Children

A court accepted a mental evaluation that found the 73-year-old not restorable, likely ending his prosecution.

Jerry Sandusky Withdraws State Petition and Will Seek Federal Challenge

Judge Sets $160,000 Bond for Suspended Palm Beach Clerk in Child Sex Case

Polygamous Sect Leader Sentenced to 24 Years in Arizona State Case

Glendale Officers Rescue Toddler From Smoke-Filled Home, Mother Charged With Child Abuse

Prosecutors Decline Charges in Arizona Case Where Toddler Was Found Alive in Morgue

Michigan Opens Probe After Unvetted Hotline Led to Buttigieg Children Separation

Mother Admits Internet Searches About Anal Fissures but Denies Seeing Abuse as Father Stays in Jail

French Assembly Votes to Make Crimes Against Minors Imprescriptible

Wakayama Court Sentences Parents to Eight Years for 2-Year-Old's Abuse Death

Jamie Varley Sentenced to Whole-Life Order and Held at HMP Wakefield After Murder of Baby Preston Davey

Arizona Toddler Declared Dead Found Breathing in Hospital Morgue

Baldwin School Principal Arrested on Charge of Failing to Report Child Abuse

Prosecutors Drop Child‑Abuse Charge Against UFC Veteran Tim Means

Jury Retires in Trial of Former DUP Leader Jeffrey Donaldson

Judge Finds Pontiac Mother Competent and Clears Way for Child‑Abuse Trial

Mother of Two-Year-Old Beatrice Granted Leave to Attend Funeral as Forensic Reports Awaited

Prosecution Tells Jury to Find Adoptive Fathers Guilty After Closing in Baby Preston Trial

Photos, Video and Sisters' Testimony Lead to Arrests in Bordighera Child Death

Defence Expert Says Throat Injuries Could Follow Resuscitation as Baby Preston Trial Continues