A Democratic county official near Chicago is drawing national scrutiny after she allegedly hit a child with her car and fled ...

New Orleans’ archdiocese filed for bankruptcy protection in an attempt to limit their liability from such abuse claims.

Molestation survivors were removed from committee in settlement talks after lawyer was accused of improperly identifying ...

Forney was sentenced about a week after Bocek, and about two months after a jury found him guilty of second-degree assault of ...

The Indiana Court of Appeals rejected two separate bids Friday in a drug murder and child neglect case. Drug murder. The appeals court rejected a bid to overturn a murder convicti ...

Families who believe they've lost loved ones to medical malpractice are fighting to change Florida's 'Free Kill' law ...

The "serial sexual offender" who recanted an earlier admission was denied leniency after being found guilty of prolonged ...

Fast forward a few years and Jason Anthoney Richardson II, or Jase, was born Oct. 16, 2005, in Berkeley, Calif., early in his ...

Forney continued to deny attacking either the child or the woman, during his sentencing. He claimed his attorney failed to ... solution than prison. Judge Jackie Stam sentenced Forney to eight ...

The Foothill High School Hall of Fame will hold its 10th annual induction dinner on April 5 at Bakersfield Country Club. Those celebrated this year have lived lives of exceptional achievement shaping ...

An attorney working for the Illinois Department of Child and Family Services was fired after an investigation determined she ...