A former San Luis Obispo man accused of sexually abusing children at a local daycare was arrested while crossing the border between Mexico and the United States.

A teenage girl saved her young sister's life after their mother, who had just killed a third sibling, tried to drown her, according to police.

U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy today warned that social networking sites pose a threat to children's mental health.

The U.S. Attorney's Office and the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) announced that the USMS, along with NCMEC, led a nationwide operation that resulted in the recovery of 225 missing children.

To curb false reports, Texas will no longer permit anonymous reports of child abuse to CPS, but emergency anonymous tips may be reported to 911.

Attorney general releases investigation into abuse between 1950 and 2019 and hails survivors ‘who have long suffered in silence’.

A Walterboro woman is charged with homicide by child abuse and several counts of child neglect after her 6-year-old daughter drowned in the Edisto River late last month.

A 60-year-old man was sentenced to probation after being indicted by a grand jury on charges relating to alleged sexual abuse of two children.