STOCKTON, Calif. -- Three children are among the four people killed in a mass shooting at a California child's birthday party, officials said Sunday. Eleven others, including a 9-year-old, are injured ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Colombian authorities rescued 17 children from Lev Tahor, an ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect accused of child sexual ...

State officials are failing to protect the health and safety of thousands of young field laborers, an investigation has found. After a day of working in the fields, this 17-year-old relaxes by rows of ...

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Photo courtesy of WV Legislative Photography Cynthia Persily, then the West Virginia Secretary for the Department of Human Services, talks to members of the West Virginia Legislature during an August ...

CHARLESTON – A federal audit of West Virginia’s child welfare system during former Gov. Jim Justice’s final year in office found that 91% of 100 reviewed reports did not follow requirements for child ...

AUSTIN, Texas – For the first time ever, the State of Texas will have an advisory committee overseeing Child Protective Services (CPS) investigations and training thanks to a new state law that passed ...

MOHAVE COUNTY, Arizona — The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) from the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office was able to link two children who were found in a park restroom in Oxnard, California, to a cold ...

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The Mississippi Department of Child Protective Services reports that as of Thursday, there were 3,983 children in foster care in the state. Mississippi has a growing shortage of foster homes. However, ...

Scattered clothes, alcoholic beverage containers, drug paraphernalia and children’s toys covered the floor and furniture in the darkened living room as child protective services workers walked inside.