Young children are among the nation’s most vulnerable students and are at the center of investigations covering a range of ...

Especially in cases involving few witnesses, bringing a sexual abuse case forward can be overwhelming. Many times, survivors wonder whether they have adequate evidence to back up their claims.

TRENTON, N.J. -- A Catholic diocese wants to stop New Jersey from trying to empanel a grand jury to investigate allegations ...

Brian and Ashlee Brady face accusations they abandoned Ashlee's mother, misused her money and filed false Medicaid claims.

Attorneys and victims are concerned that new damage caps on child sex abuse claims in Maryland will make justice for ...

One hundred days into President Trump's second term, DOGE hasn't delivered on its promised savings, efficiency or ...

The New Jersey Attorney General's Office wants to produce a grand jury presentment, but the church has argued that state law doesn't allow such reports to target private institutions.

In response to a relentless rise in calls to New York state’s child abuse hotline, alongside stark racial disparities, social workers, doctors, teachers and others are mobilizing to change the law.

Linn County Attorney Nick Maybanks knew the sex abuse cases usually took longer to move through the system, but when he ...

More than 1,300 people have sued the state since 2020 alleging that they were physically or sexually abused in state custody ...

Eighty-five more people have filed lawsuits alleging they were sexually abused while in custody in Maryland's juvenile detention system, according to a law firm.