child welfare

By JESSICA GRESKO - Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is being warned about the potentially dire consequences of a case next week…

By ANDREW DeMILLO - Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The nation's first trial on a ban on gender-confirming care for children ended Thursday,…

By TOM DAVIES and ARLEIGH RODGERS - Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana's Republican attorney general on Wednesday asked the state medical…

PHOENIX (AP) — Drownings, child neglect and firearms contributed to an increase in child deaths in Arizona during 2021, marking the highest rate of child deaths in the last…

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indianapolis doctor who provided abortion drugs to a 10-year-old rape victim from Ohio defended her actions before a judge Monday in an episode that…

By MORGAN LEE - Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The U.S. government took steps Thursday to ensure that pregnant migrant youths who are in its…

By ALEX SANZ - Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Jane Fonda says the work of the Georgia-based nonprofit organization she founded to prevent teenage…

By MARK SHERMAN - Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court appeared likely Wednesday to leave in place most of a federal law that gives…

By FELICIA FONSECA and MARK SHERMAN - Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear arguments Wednesday on the most…

By COLLEEN SLEVIN - Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A Colorado woman convicted of plotting to kidnap her son from foster care after associating with…