DANIA BEACH, Fla. — After three years of repeated phone calls to authorities, reporting animal abuse and cruelty, a Dania Beach resident discovered her biggest fear: the dog she felt was neglected and ...

Pennsylvania law requires school employees to report suspected child abuse, but criminal charges for failing to do so are rare. Since 2010, only 14 Pennsylvania educators have lost their certification ...

Editor’s note: This article contains references to sexual assault and harassment. In the spring of 2024, a cancer patient at St. Peter’s Health in Helena, the longtime local hospital, made a ...

Carling, 23, also claimed Jehovah's Witnesses were ordered to shun family and friends considered to have committed a "serious sin in the eyes of the religion". He called for the group to be stripped ...

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The U.S. Catholic bishops' latest annual report on child and youth protection shows abuse allegations continue to decline — but authors warned of the dangers of complacency among dioceses and the ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The manager of a Baton Rouge group home is facing charges after officials say she knowingly did not report physical abuse of a client with disabilities. According to Attorney ...

Sexual abuse is a serious public health issue, with one in three women and one in six men reporting some form of sexual violence in their lifetime. In addition, sexual abuse is the most under-reported ...

The California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act (“CANRA”), Penal Code Sections 11164 et seq., designates certain positions at Santa Clara University to be Mandated Reporters of known or suspected ...