child abuse

A Massachusetts family doctor was arrested for allegedly recording and possessing child sex abuse images, including on a hidden camera designed to look like a bracelet, prosecutors said Tuesday.

Police say they have identified the boy whose body was found in April in a Las Vegas-themed suitcase in rural Indiana, as well as two suspects in his death.

Clergy in 33 states are exempt from laws requiring professionals such as teachers, physicians and psychotherapists to report information about alleged child abuse to police or child welfare officials.

A 4-year-old girl died of injuries from child abuse Friday evening in Chatham on the South Side, officials said.

A South Carolina mother accused of killing her three-year-old foster child has been convicted of homicide by child abuse.

Critics say employing such algorithms gives a program powered by data mostly collected about poor people an outsized role in deciding families’ fates.