A Panama City Beach toddler is in critical condition after having a nail removed from her fractured skull and her parents are in jail on drug and child abuse charges. ...more

October 2, 2009

A Louisiana woman is accused of trading two young children in her care for a pet cockatoo and $175 cash from a couple who had been trying for years to have their own child, authorities said Thursday. ...more

February 26, 2009

When about 60 customers on Amanda Turner's Spring Hill mail route complained that their mail had been tampered with and items stolen, the Postal Inspection Service did a test. ...more

February 18, 2009

Three New Jersey siblings whose names have Nazi connotations have been placed in state custody, police said. ...more

January 14, 2009

As Bob Barker tells his life story, his mother paces behind him, dabbing her eyes. ...more

December 16, 2008

It's a sad and appalling fact that children were routinely beaten and abused while in custody at Florida's old training schools for juvenile offenders. ...more

December 15, 2008

Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson's 7-year-old nephew was found dead in the back of an SUV on Monday, ending a frantic search that began after the shooting deaths of her mother and brother three days earlier. ...more

October 28, 2008

Hillsborough Kids Inc., the agency that oversees 3,057 children in state custody, is testing a program that ensures caseworkers visit children every 30 days as required by law. ...more

October 21, 2008

Hillsborough Kids Inc., the agency that oversees 3,057 children in state custody, is testing a new computer program that ensures caseworkers visit children every 30 days as required by law. ...more

October 14, 2008

Police responding to a report of gunshots fired at an apartment complex Monday night found three young children alone with a partially loaded assault rifle. ...more

September 23, 2008