abuse and neglect of children

By ACACIA CORONADO and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON - Associated Press UVALDE, Texas (AP) — One girl runs and hides when she sees thin people with long hair…

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and MARGARET STAFFORD - Associated Press A school district in southwestern Missouri decided to bring back spanking as a form of…

By FARES AKRAM and TIA GOLDENBERG - Associated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli airstrikes flattened homes in Gaza on Saturday and Palestinian…

By JIM VERTUNO - Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones testified Wednesday that he now understands it was irresponsible…

By JIM VERTUNO - Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The parents of a 6-year-old killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting described…

When Pope Francis apologizes to Indigenous groups on Canadian soil this week, he will make another effort toward healing harms inflicted at church-run residential schools —…

By TOM DAVIES and JULIE CARR SMYTH - Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The lawyer for an Indiana doctor at the center of a political firestorm after…

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio man has been charged with raping a 10-year-old girl whose case drew national attention following a doctor’s comments that the child had to…

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH - Associated Press MISSION, Kan. (AP) — What Karla Arango says started as a dorm-room sexual assault got even worse as word…

By PETER SMITH and HOLLY MEYER - Associated Press A withering report on sexual abuse and cover-up in the Southern Baptist Convention, the largest…