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Arrest in death of Ark. girl in prior abuse case
A 6-year-old girl who was at the center of a high-profile child abuse case that sent her father and stepmother to prison was killed last week by ...
Murder trial starts in Fla. foster child case
The foster parent of 4-year-old Rilya Wilson abused the girl for months before finally smothering her, and then lied to child welfare workers who ...
School officials: Ark. girl joyful despite abuse
Jersey Bridgeman endured a lot in her young life, including abuse at the hands of her father and stepmother, but school officials say she was still ...
Ark. girl chained to dresser last year now dead
Authorities on Wednesday were investigating the death of a 6-year-old girl whose father is in prison for chaining her to a dresser last year in ...
Wis. man pleads not guilty to child sex assaults
A Wisconsin college student accused of molesting six young children and videotaping the assaults under such titles as "Monster Unleashed" has pleaded ...
Ex-Mich. college professor charged with child porn
Sexually explicit videos of children found on the computer of a Michigan college professor had nothing to do with his research, which focused on ...
$123M settlement approved in Del. child abuse case
A judge approved a $123 million settlement Monday in a class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of young children who were sexually abused by former ...
AP Interview: Vatican sex crimes prosecutor on sin
When Pope Benedict XVI announced last month he was transferring his respected sex crimes prosecutor to Malta to become a bishop, Vatican watchers ...
Wis. student faces dozens of child assault charges
A Wisconsin college student is accused of molesting six young children and videotaping the assaults under such titles as "Monster Unleashed," and ...
Judge weighs delay in Penn St. whistleblower suit
A key witness against former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky will learn in about two weeks whether his defamation and whistleblower ...
DJ facing sex abuse allegations suspended
A British radio station has suspended the radio program of a disc jockey who has been arrested as part of a national child sex abuse scandal.
Lawyer: Man in Patz case will plead not guilty
The man charged with killing a 6-year-old boy in 1979 made a false confession and will plead not guilty in a case that catalyzed the ...
Correction: Missing NYC Boy story
In some versions of a story Nov. 14 about an indictment in the death of a New York City boy in 1979, The Associated Press misspelled the name of the ...
Texas inmate who admitted rapes seeks compensation
When Michael Blair was sent to death row for the infamous murder of a 7-year-old Texas girl, he insisted he never killed anyone. More than a decade ...
BBC under pressure to restore trust after scandal
The bungling of reports that powerful Britons sexually abused children has thrown one of the largest and most respected broadcasters in the world into ...
BBC trust head calls for radical overhaul
The head of the BBC's governing body said Sunday the broadcaster needs a radical overhaul following the resignation of its chief executive in the wake ...
Developments in Britain's child sex-abuse scandal
The BBC's top executive, George Entwistle, resigned Saturday night amid a flood of controversy over the broadcaster's handling of child sex-abuse ...
Feds drop sex abuse case against Syracuse's Fine
Federal authorities have dropped their investigation into one of the sexual abuse claims that cost a Syracuse University assistant basketball coach ...
BBC apologizes for broadcasting abuse allegations
For the last month, the BBC has been heavily criticized for not airing allegations of child sex abuse committed by one of its star hosts, the late ...
Child rapes, killings terrify parents in Iraq
The brutal crimes struck a nerve, even in a country that has seen a horrific amount of bloodshed in the past decade: Young Iraqi girls kidnapped, ...
Penn State ex-President Spanier arraigned
Former Penn State president Graham Spanier was arraigned and released on bail at a brief court appearance Wednesday on charges he lied about and ...
UK's Cameron orders checks into new abuse claims
Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron ordered an investigation Monday into newly raised allegations related to a major child abuse scandal in north ...
Penn St. officials arraigned on new charges
Two Penn State administrators were arraigned Friday on new accusations they hushed up child sexual abuse allegations against former assistant football ...
Ex-Penn St. president charged in Sandusky case
The "conspiracy of silence" that protected Jerry Sandusky extended all the way to the top at Penn State, prosecutors said Thursday as they charged ...
UK comedian arrested by sex scandal detectives
The child abuse scandal consuming the legacy of the late entertainer Jimmy Savile netted its second celebrity arrest Thursday as police swooped in on ...