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Newborn Found Dead in Car Trunk on Pittsburgh’s North Side

Police plan to question a hospitalized woman from Ohio Township once she is medically cleared.

Louisville Man Charged With Child Trafficking, Rape Across Jefferson and Bullitt Counties

Vista Maria Ends Youth Residential Program, Will Transfer 11 Residents by Dec. 19

Mother Accused of Abandoning Newborn at Penn Station Released Under Supervision

Barstow Father Charged With Vehicular Manslaughter in 2-Year-Old’s Flood Death

Marana Father Pleads Guilty in Toddler’s Hot-Car Death, Faces 20–30 Years

Assa Diawara Arrested in Penn Station Newborn Abandonment Case

Florida Father Arrested After Nonverbal Child Found Naked on I-4 Ramp

New Warrants Allege Mother Starved, Zip-Tied Jacqueline ‘Mimi’ Torres-Garcia Before 2024 Death

Michigan Babysitter Charged With 48 Felonies in Alleged Years-Long Abuse

Texas Couple Charged After Infant Found Alone on Florida Beach for Nearly an Hour

Colorado Domestic Violence Deaths Rose in 2024 as Overall Homicides Declined

Pope León XIV Holds First-Ever Audience With Global Clergy-Abuse Survivors’ Coalition

Parents Arrested After West Allis 4-Year-Old’s Death Ruled Homicide

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

Judge Bars Pornography Evidence in Trial of Arizona Father Over Toddler’s Hot-Car Death

Babysitter Accused of Antifreeze Poisoning Freed on $600,000 Bond in Florida Case

Lincoln Police Officer Arrested on Child Sex Abuse Allegations, Held Without Bail

Connecticut Mother Charged With Murder in Infant's Drowning, Held on $5 Million Bond

Texas Parents Charged After 6-Month-Old Left Alone on Florida Beach