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Yuma Installs Two Monitored Safe Haven Baby Boxes at Rural Metro Fire Stations

The units give parents an anonymous, legally allowed place to surrender newborns and immediately alert 911 to summon fire and medical crews.

Courtney Stodden Accuses Dr. Drew of On‑Air Breast Ultrasound When She Was 16

Hobbs Signs 13 Child Welfare Bills, Pushing DCS Into Implementation Phase

Pennsylvania Gaming Board Bars 18 People After Cases of Children Left Unattended

Man Charged After Child Found Alone in Hot Car at Northborough Walmart

Operation Firewall Nets 341 Arrests and Leads to Rescue of 40 Children in Southern California

NYC Watchdog Faults ACS for Blocking Child-Death Files, Intensifying Oversight Fight

Surrey Council Blocks Release of Domestic‑Abuse Report on Sara Sharif’s Father

Singapore Designates 82 Agencies to Lead Child Protection Cases and Creates Independent Triage Panel

Friends' School Denies Telling Parents to Hide Deepfake Abuse From Daughters

Baby Found Alone in Times Square Stroller

Uttarakhand Orders Madrasa Checks After Video on Children From Other States

Japan Education Ministry Finds 14% of Teacher-Training Universities Skipping Required Child Sexual-Violence Prevention

NCPCR Presses Child Protection Drive in Assam With Guwahati State Conference

Pradales Pledges 'All Guarantees' for Basque Summer Camps After Bernedo Allegations

Seven Igatpuri Hostel Students Booked Under POCSO as Facility Closes for Probe

Utah House Rejects Child-Safety Warrant Bill as Families Press for Reconsideration

Connecticut Weighs Child-Welfare Overhaul as Education Department Rejects Homeschool-Withdrawal Reporting

UNICEF Report Finds One in Five Brazilian Adolescents Faced Tech‑Facilitated Sexual Abuse in the Past Year

Families Press Nursery Safeguarding Reforms in Meeting With Education Secretary Over Bright Horizons Abuse