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Texas Mother Charged With Medical Child Abuse After Doctors Flag Unnecessary Procedures

Authorities describe a pattern of false medical claims used to secure unnecessary procedures.

Youth Worker Reports No Child Endangerment as Block Abduction Trial Resumes

Florida Parents Charged After 5-Month-Old Twins Hospitalized for Severe Malnutrition

Newly Released Records Show Rebekah Baptiste Reported Abuse Months Before Her Death

Australian Vice Consul Visits as Court Weighs Schooling in ‘Family in the Woods’ Case

Baby P’s Mother Admits Failings in First Public Parole Hearing

Parole Board Grants Public Hearing for Baby P’s Mother, With Forensic Questioning Set for Oct. 22–23

Medical Examiner Rules Death of 13-Year-Old Tempe Girl a Homicide

Minnesota Parents Charged After Autistic Daughter Dies in Zipped Safety Bed

Six Children Found Locked in Milwaukee Storage Unit During Overnight Call

Inquest Into Death of Casey-Louise Horrocks, 13, Suspended as Police Continue Complex Probe

Spanish Prosecutors Seek Lengthy Prison Terms for German Couple in Oviedo Child Confinement Case

Ohio Mother Sentenced to 19 Years After Pit Bull Mauls Handcuffed Son

Operation Dragon Eye Concludes After Rescuing 60 Critically Missing Florida Children

Netflix Documentary on Fred and Rose West Reveals Missed Warnings and New Evidence

Three German Children Rescued After Years of Confinement in Spanish Home

Heidelberg Trial Begins for Mother Accused of Injecting Pathogens into Daughter

Missouri Foster Mother Arrested Over Allegations of Abuse and Attempted Child-for-Monkey Trade

Foster Mother Sentenced After 10-Year-Old Boy's Death from Mechanical Asphyxia

Iowa Parents Charged After Baby Found Unconscious in Bleach-Filled Bucket