The Justice Department is poised to indict long-serving Representative Henry Cuellar, a Democrat from Texas, on Friday, ...
A proposal to reform Maine’s beleaguered child welfare system by creating a new department in state government received strong support in the Maine Senate Wednesday from lawmakers frustrated ...
Apr. 23—A proposal to create a standalone department to oversee child welfare in Maine died in the Legislature after the House of Representatives failed to hold a vote — even though the bill had ...
Parents are supposed to have 10 to 14 days to respond to accusations, but instead are sometimes waiting weeks or months while their children are placed elsewhere.
The United States government and victims of former USA Gymnastics physician Larry Nassar are close to finalizing a deal that will resolve claims by abuse victims that the FBI failed to properly ...
Washington — The Justice Department and more than 100 victims of former USA Gymnastics physician Larry Nassar reached a civil settlement over allegations that FBI agents failed to properly ...
Scrutiny cast on internet service providers, lax enforcement and a disturbing culture compounded by poverty NGO says the ...
Thousands of Massachusetts parents face scrutiny from the state’s child protection system and, with it, the all-consuming fear of losing custody of a child. For many of these families, poverty ...
U.S. gymnasts, from left, Aly Raisman, Simone Biles, McKayla Maroney and Maggie Nichols testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee in September 2021. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) The ...
L.D. 779, introduced by Sen. Jeff Timberlake, R-Turner, would have established a Department of Child and Family Services separate from DHHS to oversee child welfare, children's behavioral health ...