It was about 2 in the morning when Claudilio Cruz, a member of a road crew spreading asphalt on U.S. 1 in the affluent Miami suburb of Pinecrest, heard frantic honking.

A scathing audit finds Maryland's Social Services Administration failed to protect some children in its care from sex offenders and did not provide basic medical and dental care to thousands of ...

A four-year audit of the Social Services Administration in Maryland found some children in state care may have been placed in homes with registered sex offenders and there were not enough checks to ...

WAS HANDED DOWN BY THE JUDGE TODAY, DAVID BEN. GOOD EVENING. THE ABUSE HAPPENED AT THIS DAYCARE CENTER IN NATICK NEARLY A YEAR AGO. THIS WORKER WAS ABOUT TO GO ON TRIAL WHEN SHE DECIDED TO PLEAD ...

FRAMINGHAM, MASS. (WHDH) - Sandra Downer pleaded guilty to abusing two children in her care at the Lad and Lassie Nursery and Preschool in Natick Thursday. A surveillance camera inside the preschool ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — After Nationwide Children’s Hospital’s decision to cease providing gender-affirming care for transgender patients, local legal and advocacy groups say they will continue ...

New Mexico is the first state in America to guarantee free child care to every parent, starting Nov. 1. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham made the announcement on Sept. 8. The state already had free child ...

Back-to-school season often comes with new routines and expectations. The carefree days of summer can feel far away, and children are suddenly asked to adjust quickly to classroom rules, schedules, ...

Families will be eligible for free child care in November. New Mexico has become the first state in the country to guarantee universal child care to families residing in the state. New Mexico families ...

In its most recent payment period, the state failed to reimburse many providers across Michigan who accept the child care subsidy. Providers say they were left stranded, unable to get timely help and ...

BOSTON, Sept 9 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Tuesday quashed a subpoena the U.S. Department of Justice had issued to Boston Children's Hospital as part of a wide-ranging investigation into doctors ...

Nationwide Children's Hospital will stop prescribing gender-affirming medications for youth starting Sept. 26. The hospital says the decision was made in response to the "rapidly changing regulatory ...