child abuse

A German court has heard a DNA test after a 12-year-old girl had an abortion, allegedly revealing her own father had impregnated her. 

Bolivian police announced that a woman allegedly raped as a child by socialist former President Evo Morales is missing.

A group of seven Venezuelan minors will soon be placed on trial for “terrorism,” the local newspaper El Carabobeño reported on Wednesday.

A daycare provider in Lincoln, Nebraska, is accused of abusing a 4-month-old baby in her care, KLKN-TV reported on Wednesday.

A Florida teacher and vice principal have been arrested after a shocking video of the teacher holding a student in a chokehold emerged.

The New Mexico attorney general has filed a lawsuit against Snap, accusing the company of fostering an environment on its Snapchat app that enables the sexual exploitation and sextortion of children.

An illegal alien, previously deported from the United States, and his girlfriend were arrested after police in Fairfax County, Virginia, found two young boys chained up in their apartment. 

A South Carolina mother was arrested in connection with the May fentanyl death of her ten-month-old baby Aminah Gathers, Live 5 News reported on Monday.

The founder of a local “LGBTQ+ Pride” organisation in England has been charged with a series of child sexual abuse offences

Ryan Gunsauls, a 32-year-old former volunteer firefighter and police dispatcher, has been indicted on charges that he allegedly sexted and molested children, some as young as 11 years old, while serving as a youth soccer coach in New Jersey.

A six-year-old Michigan boy is dead after suffering “horrific” abuse at the hands of his mother and her boyfriend, with police saying he was mercilessly beaten, stapled to a wall, and shot with a BB gun.

A California mother has been charged with her 20-month-old daughter’s murder after the toddler died from a suspected fentanyl overdose in late July.

Huw Edwards, the BBC’s former top news presenter, pleaded guilty Wednesday to three counts of making indecent images of children.

Police have arrested a man for dropping a child from the second-floor balcony of a hotel on Saturday in Daytona Beach, Florida.

Former Indianapolis Colts player Daniel Muir and his wife have been arrested and charged with child abuse in the case of their missing son.

A California woman has been arrested in relation to the fentanyl death of her 1-year-old child in 2023, police said.

An Ohio mother was sentenced for manslaughter after feeding her diabetic four-year-old daughter a diet consisting mainly of Mountain Dew. 

Police have accused Nathan Richard Allen and Arnelle Arnelia Floyd of Homestead, Florida, of murdering their six-month-old daughter.

A Pennsylvania cop and military veteran has been accused of raping a 13-month-old girl and blaming the infant’s injuries on the family dog.

An Indiana mother who admitted to smothering her baby to death while high on methamphetamines will walk free after the judge found her “not innocent,” but also “not guilty” this week.

A Colorado paraprofessional has been hit with felony assault charges for allegedly abusing multiple non-verbal children with special needs.

An illegal migrant from Haiti has reportedly admitted to Florida law enforcement that he inappropriately touched a 10-year-old girl.

A Las Vegas father is facing a murder charge after his 3-year-old son died of apparent fentanyl exposure in a home filled with drugs.

An Ohio mother has been sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole for leaving her 16-month-old daughter home alone to die.

Famed actor and powerhouse director Ron Howard recently explained why he refused to allow his daughter, Bryce Dallas Howard, to become an actor during her childhood and his explanation is a warning about the film industry.

The mother of a five-year-old boy — found dead in a suitcase in the Indiana woods — has been arrested after nearly two years on the run.

A Florida mother has been jailed for allegedly abusing her baby, after attempting to sell her to a concerned stranger for $500 and abandoning her.

Two Utah parents allegedly raped their 15-year-old daughter because it would be “safer for her than having sex with strangers.”

A New York 11-year-old has died with fentanyl in his system at a “known drug house” months after a dead body was discovered at the same home.

A mother in Memphis, Tennessee, has been charged after photos shared online allegedly show a child waxing a nude woman.

A woman in Fort Myers, Florida was arrested after her baby allegedly overdosed on fentanyl and later regained a pulse with CPR, police said.

A teenage Georgia pageant queen has been arrested and charged with the murder of a baby after he was taken to the emergency room while “unresponsive” and later died.

A Nebraska woman is accused of child abuse after her baby tested positive for methamphetamine and cocaine.

The Hamas terror organization trains Palestinian children to prepare them to become terrorists as adults, allowing them to handle heavy weapons and guiding them through mock terror tunnels, according to videos and photos released on Wednesday.

A Honduran national, who recently arrived in the United States via the southern border, is now accused of beating his wife and children in the sanctuary state of Illinois.

A French commission called for removing all time limits on the prosecution of people suspected of raping or sexually assaulting minors.