FLAGSTAFF, Ariz.—A leader of a small polygamous group on the Arizona-Utah line pleaded not guilty Thursday to federal charges of tampering with evidence, weeks after being stopped on a highway with young girls in an enclosed trailer. Samuel Bateman, 46, was indicted earlier this month on three counts of destroying or attempting to destroy records, […]
SYDNEY—An Australian regulator sent legal letters to Facebook owner Meta Platforms, Apple Inc. and Microsoft Corp. demanding they share their strategies for stamping out child abuse material on their platforms or face fines. The e-Safety Commissioner, a body set up to protect internet users, said it used laws which took effect in January to compel […]
A Florida preschool teacher has been fired and faces charges of felony child abuse after repeatedly beating a 4-year-old child in the head on Aug. 10. The 32-year-old teacher, Ashley Richards, was arrested at Kindercare Learning Center in Dunedin, Florida at approximately 11:30 a.m on the same day. Richards’ actions were recorded by an unidentified […]
Jordan Turpin was 17 years old when she found herself crawling out of a window of her family’s home, hoping to save the lives of her 12 siblings. For two years, she had been planning her escape after decades of unspeakable emotional and physical violence inflicted by her parents in their Perris, California home. Equipped […]
There is a looming pension crisis. An expert explains how California’s unfunded pension liabilities work and its impact now. A family of children who were victims of child abuse at home, and allegedly by a govenment program, are suing. Several of the Turpin children have filed a lawsuit against their home county for allegedly transferring […]
Texas is now able to move forward with child-abuse investigations into parents and doctors who allow transgender minors to go through transitioning procedures—including puberty blockers and removal of sex organs—according to a Friday ruling by the Texas Supreme Court.
DAVENPORT, Fla.—A 2-year-old girl in Florida weighing less than 10 pounds died of long-term starvation and her parents were arrested on child abuse charges. Regis Johnson, 57, and Arhonda Tillman, 35, were arrested on Wednesday, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said. They were being held without bond. When deputies responded Tuesday to a call about […]
An 18-year-old New Mexico woman is facing charges after police say she abandoned her newborn baby in a dumpster. A group of people was looking through a dumpster for anything of value Friday in Hobbs, near the Texas border, when they heard what they thought was a dog or kitten, Hobbs Police Chief August Fons […]
Statistics about the psychological toll of the pandemic on children are truly alarming. In a recent report, titled, Youth Mental Health Crisis further Exposed By COVID-19 Pandemic, the U.S. Surgeon General says according to early estimates, we lost more than 6,600 young people, 10- to 24- year-olds, to suicide in 2020. That’s roughly 10 times […]
PARCHMAN, Miss.— A man who pleaded guilty to killing his estranged wife and sexually assaulting her young daughter as her mother lay dying was put to death Wednesday evening, becoming the first inmate executed in Mississippi in nine years. David Neal Cox, 50, abandoned all appeals and filed court papers calling himself “worthy of death” […]
