THURSDAY, Aug. 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Teachers play a critical role in the early detection and reporting of child abuse, according to a new study that found school closures during the height of the pandemic may have meant that up to 8,000 reports of endangered children were missed.
New Orleans rapper Mystikal was arrested over the weekend on several charges including first-degree rape and simple robbery, according to the …
Pope Francis has apologized for the Catholic Church's cooperation with Canada's "catastrophic" policy of Indigenous residential schools. The pontiff says the forced assimilation of Native peoples into Christian society destroyed their cultures, severed their families and marginalized generations in ways still being felt today. Francis spoke Monday near the site of the former Ermineskin Indian Residential School, on lands of four Cree nations south of Edmonton, Alberta. He said, "I humbly beg forgiveness for the evil committed by so many Christians against the Indigenous peoples." The long-awaited apology opens Francis' weeklong "penitential pilgrimage" to Canada, which is meant to help the church on its path of reconciliation with Indigenous peoples and help victims heal.
Ricky Martin's nephew has dropped incest and abuse claims against the singer.
In an interview for Rolling Stone, the Again singer shared that she always wanted to be a “normal kid” despite being the daughter of country s…
The FBI has opened an investigating into sex abuse in the Roman Catholic Church in New Orleans, looking at whether priests took children across state lines to molest them.
The large ceremonial courtroom on the 25th Floor of the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse has been in high demand during the pandemic.
“What I think a lot of you know is we do have a domestic violence resentencing law in Illinois, but that it is not working,” attorney Alexis Mansfield told a group at Logan Correctional Center.
The Federal Penitentiary in Thomson is under investigation for alleged abuses of prisoners - and one of the men incarcerated there spoke out this week.
CNN reports that in a recent interview, Bradley Cooper was candid about his past drug and alcohol abuse and revealed who helped him along the …
Senator says prisons chief is responsible for a culture of 'torture and death.'
Senator says prisons chief is responsible for a culture of 'torture and death.'
Following several high profile police shootings, America is once again wrestling with how to change and reform policing, how to make policing …
Speaking to Fox News, a spokesperson for Heard spoke out about Depp's attorneys holding TV discussions following the pair's defamation trial. …
A timeline provided by DCFS showed that a DCFS investigator failed to contact Amaria Osby’s parents for two months after receiving a hotline call that the girl was being neglected.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker designates dolostone as the state rock during an appearance at The Morton Arboretum. The initiative came from Pleasantdale …
A man has died after plunging from the 16th floor of the Trump Tower building Wednesday on the Near North Side.
Three Illinois Congressional representatives are calling for an immediate investigation into the deaths of seven Thomson federal prison inmates that have occurred since March 2020, and accusations of "serious abuses" by its staff.
Senators referred to a Marshall Project and NPR report describing correctional officers intentionally pairing inmates who are known to attack each other; abusive shackling that leaves scars known as the "Thomson tattoo"; and more.
Lawmakers are calling for a federal investigation by the Department of Justice into USP Thomson following the deaths of seven inmates in two years and ongoing allegations of abuse, including the continued overuse of solitary confinement by correctional officers.
Jury sides with Depp on lawsuit, Heard on counterclaim
And they likely won't go down anytime soon. Veuer’s Tony Spitz has the details.
When a sexual abuse scandal hits the church, words from its ministers can be indicative of how bad things really are. The reputation of the church is on the line, but so is the welfare of the people it serves.
Tuesday's primary runoff election in Texas will test how much weight the Bush family name still carries in America's biggest red state in the …
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