Sunbeams through the windows illuminate floating dust motes—and, imperceptibly, microdroplets of mucus carrying the measles virus, expelled from an infected but asymptomatic child who is hopping and ...

TWO teenagers were kept “like animals” in cages for months at a time and punished with beatings for being hungry in a Texas ...

A woman has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for starving and keeping her two adopted children caged up "like animals" in ...

Old comments made by Texas foster mother Susan Rae Helton have been uncovered in the wake of her sentencing to jail ...

Preston Crown Court heard that Peter Sayle 'violently shook' his son to death, and chose to 'spin a web of lies' instead of showing remorse for his son's killing ...

Recently, something wonderful happened. My 22-year-old daughter surprised me with a gift that she had thought long and hard about. A pewter, heart-shaped locket, with a picture of my mum and myself on ...

The journalist Anand Giridharadas examines the power and influence that Jeffrey Epstein brokered, and which the latest batch of Epstein files puts on display.

David Nephi Johnson, 54, was accused of waterboarding his 16-year-old daughter after she didn't properly clean her room.

Gisele Pelicot became a cultural figurehead when she waived her right to anonymity in a rape trial that shocked the world - but now she is starting a new chapter ...

In a remote part of West Africa, centuries-old superstitions continue to condemn women accused of witchcraft to exile. A landmark bill offers hope — but can justice overcome belief?

Less than half of Norfolk paedophiles were jailed in the last two years - and outraged victims have come forward to lay the ...

The father is also a Republican county GOP chair, but has been stood down from his post while investigations take place.