BRAINERD — In November 2022, the Crow Wing County Attorney’s Office charged Jorden Nicole Borders of Crosslake with six felonies — three for child torture and three for stalking — after doctors ...

"[The child] was subsequently tortured and beaten to death by her father as direct and proximate result of the gross ...

The number of kids removed from their homes to protect them from abuse, neglect or abandonment dropped sharply over the past several years in Florida. But the murder of Missy Mogle, a 5-year-old girl ...

Massachusetts law says health care providers must contact child protective services any time a newborn has been exposed to opioids, including in-utero exposure to prescription medication used to treat ...

H.R. 712, introduced by Representatives Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ) and Julia Brownley (D-CA), amends the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to expand the data collected around child abuse cases to ...

Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte is defending the state health department’s actions in an active child protective case against a wave of online criticism from conservative groups, including some far-right, ...

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A former Denver Department of Human Services child-protective case worker was arrested on Thursday on 17 felony counts for allegedly falsifying official reports to make it appear she had conducted ...

One in 250 Australians were sexually abused during childhood by a leader or other adult in a religious organization, new research led by Australian Catholic University shows. The first nationally ...

Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte is defending the state health department’s actions in an active child protective case against a wave of online criticism from conservative groups, including some far-right, ...