Child Abuse

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Minnesota Mother Arrested at PortMiami After Teen Tackled on Carnival Cruise

Police say she mistook the boy for someone who had attacked her sons.

Charge Reduced in Disney-Area Pool Dunking After Judge Sets $20,000 Bond

Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small Acquitted on All Child-Abuse Charges

Garden State Equality Director Resigns After Child-Endangerment, Assault Charges

Darlington Couple Jailed for Toddler’s Fractured Skull After 'Sadistic' Abuse

Elgin Caretaker Gets 20 Years for Starving and Torturing 7-Year-Old

Experts Outline Likely Digital Trail as Hunt Continues for Virginia Coach Charged With 10 Child-Exploitation Felonies

Tens of Thousands March in Budapest Urging Orbán’s Resignation Over Juvenile Abuse Scandal

Pennsylvania Women Charged With 900+ Counts in Alleged Abuse of Adopted Teen

San Diego City, County and Others Settle Arabella McCormack Case for $31.5 Million

Massachusetts Child Advocate Faults DCF in A’zella Ortiz Death, Urges Overhaul

Georgia Mother Sentenced to Life Without Parole for Killing 4-Year-Old During Potty-Training Punishment

Former Harford County Detective Pleads Guilty to Child Exploitation in Federal Case

Boca Raton Teacher Jailed on $500,000 Bond in Alleged Google Doc Grooming of Student

Illinois Pair Charged After Infant’s Remains Found Buried in Beer Box

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

Florida Ex-Teacher David McKeown Gets 135 Years for AI-Generated Child Sex Abuse Images and Animal-Sex Crimes

Northern Michigan Couple Bound Over for Trial in Toddler Abuse Case

Oklahoma Couple Charged After DNA Links Man to 11-Year-Old’s Newborn

Court Denies Release for Utah Father Accused in Mountain Abuse Case, Issues No-Contact Order