Newspaper: U.S. Knew About Abandoned Kids
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U.S. State Department officials learned that seven American children had been abandoned at a Nigerian orphanage but waited more than a week to check on the youths, who were suffering from malnutrition, malaria and typhoid, a newspaper reported Saturday.
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Six human rights groups urged the U.S. government on Thursday to name and explain the whereabouts of 39 people they said were believed to have been held in U.S. custody and "disappeared."
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HOUSTON Aug. 19, 2004  Seven Texas children found abandoned at a Nigerian orphanage have leveled new accusations against the adoptive mother who left them there, claiming that she struck them with switches and a cane and had repeatedly threatened to ...
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Days before a 4-year-old girl died from a blow to the head in a filthy motel room shared with five siblings and her parents, the state child welfare agency was told about her living conditions but declined to investigate, according to documents released Wednesday.
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Documents relating to the disappearance of a girl nearly 50 years ago could be released under openness rules.
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U.S. marshals serving a routine eviction notice in Southeast Washington yesterday were met at the door by a calm woman who offered no clue about what would be found inside the house: the decomposing bodies of four girls, believed to be her children.
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People are being asked to report their concerns about children they think are at risk.
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The mother of two children missing since 2004 says police have found their remains in woods east of Kansas City, a newspaper reported Sunday.
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NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. - Two young siblings playing in the woods near their home found a small, inactive military practice bomb. The device was found Saturday and after the children dragged it to their house, authorities identified it as an inactive military round, WCSC-TV reported.
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WASHINGTON -- The youngest victims of the Asian tsunami waves may be homeless, traumatized, and possibly orphaned, but they are not yet candidates for adoption in the United States, the State Department said yesterday.
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The parents of missing toddler Madeleine McCann sought Tuesday to refocus public attention on finding their daughter with a statement from their new press spokesman.
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Death notices sent to relatives of missing people
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The article &quot;Report Faults Child Mental Health Care&quot; [Metro in Brief, Sept. 28] misrepresents the focus and findings of a Government Accountability Office study, &quot;DC Child and Family Services Agency: More
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By Deborah Hirsch, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Feb. 11--A group of boys sizes up the scene in the hallway at Northwestern High: a body splayed on the ground, a crumpled blanket, white powder and a bullet shell.   Thankfully, none of this is real.
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Important details in little-seen government reports.
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NEW YORK  - Among abused and neglected  children who are genetically prone to develop depression, the  risk of doing so may be reduced if they have someone to talk  to, share good news with and get advice from, new study  findings show.
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A Dutch newspaper receives an anonymous letter purporting to contain information on missing Madeleine McCann's whereabouts.