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September 13, 2019

US couple accused of ditching adopted girl, moving to Canada

Indiana prosecutors have charged a couple with abandoning their adopted daughter in 2013 and moving to Canada, leaving the ...

September 13, 2019

Chicago schools to overhaul handling of sex abuse complaints

Chicago Public Schools will overhaul how it handles sexual abuse complaints after a federal investigation found "tragic and ...

September 11, 2019

Customs: Bahamian girl in custody unaccompanied by family

A Bahamian girl who evacuated to Florida after Hurricane Dorian was transferred to the government's custody because she ...

September 09, 2019

Parents slam schools that don't warn them of threats

When officials at a Catholic high school in South Carolina learned that a 16-year-old student made videos of himself firing ...

September 09, 2019

UN rights chief airs worries on climate change, migrant kids

The U.N. human rights chief said Monday she was "alarmed" that migrant children are still being held in centers in the United ...

September 06, 2019

Colleges watching as Michigan State pays big fine in scandal

The government this week levied an unprecedented $4.5 million fine against Michigan State University in the Larry Nassar ...

September 05, 2019

Michigan State University fined $4.5 million in Nassar case

The government on Thursday ordered Michigan State University to make sweeping changes and pay a $4.5 million fine after ...

September 05, 2019

'Can't feel my heart:' IG says separated kids traumatized

Separated from his father at the U.S.-Mexico border last year, the little boy, about 7 or 8, was under the delusion that his ...

August 31, 2019

Some states, towns skeptical over proposed opioid settlement

An offer from OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family to settle some 2,000 lawsuits over their contribution to ...

August 30, 2019

Colombia FARC negotiators say they are taking up arms again

Colombian President Ivan Duque offered a nearly $1 million reward for the arrest of the top peace negotiator for the ...

August 29, 2019

US military kids rule doesn't change birthright citizenship

New immigration rules on obtaining citizenship for children of U.S. service members and government employees born overseas ...

August 21, 2019

Jury backs Nicholas Sparks in lawsuit by former school head

A federal jury sided Wednesday with novelist Nicholas Sparks and the private Christian school he founded in his North ...

August 21, 2019

Suit alleges security guards had sex with Illinois students

A federal lawsuit filed Tuesday alleges two security guards who worked at a public high school in suburban Chicago had sex ...

August 20, 2019

Dad 'empty' after 9-year-old Detroit girl killed by dogs

A man was in police custody Tuesday in connection with the death of a 9-year-old girl in Detroit who was mauled by three dogs ...

August 18, 2019

Doctors say new rule will mean sicker immigrants

Diabetics skipping regular checkups. Young asthmatics not getting preventive care. A surge in expensive emergency room visits

August 15, 2019

Over 400 sex abuse suits filed as litigation window opens

The Roman Catholic Church, the Boy Scouts, schools and hospitals, the late financier Jeffrey Epstein are some of the targets ...

August 14, 2019

The Latest: Lawsuit accuses ex-Albany bishop of sex abuse

The Latest on the filing of child sex abuse lawsuits in New York (all times local): 4:20 p.m. A lawsuit is accusing the ...

August 14, 2019

Chief: Smoke detectors lacking at child care where 5 died

A Pennsylvania home child care center where a fire killed five kids did not have enough working smoke detectors, the fire ...