In 2025, new data show, the volume of child pornography online was likely larger than at any other point in history. A record 312,030 reports of confirmed child pornography were investigated last year ...

An ex-girlfriend of Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice made a social media post Wednesday alleging domestic abuse. The Chiefs say they are aware of the situation and communicating with the ...

When we think about domestic and family violence, we often imagine overt harm. We generally think of raised voices, a threatening stance, and physical harm. Yet many damaging forms of abuse are ...

New legislation set to be introduced Thursday would ramp up oversight of residential treatment facilities that a Senate investigation accused of putting profits above the safety of foster youths and ...

Earlier this month, a Florida appellate court struck down a more than $200 million judgment against John’s Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg stemming from a now infamous case involving ...

Content Warning: This article discusses domestic violence. If you are in distress and need someone to talk to, please call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233 or text START to ...

A major new study has found that verbal abuse in childhood may be just as damaging to long-term mental well-being as physical abuse, if not more so. This groundbreaking research highlights the need to ...

There is a growing and uncomfortable issue that we as a society need to address. It’s something that impacts some of our most important customer service workers, from those working in retail outlets ...

Cruel words can leave a mark on a child –– and may have as much of an impact as physical abuse, new research has found. People who experienced physical abuse as a child were at a 50% increased risk ...

Experiencing childhood verbal abuse shows a similar impact to adult mental health as physical abuse, suggests a large intergenerational study, published in the open access journal BMJ Open. While ...

When FBI agents arrived outside William Spearman's home in the quiet suburb of Madison, Alabama, in November 2022, they were prepared for danger. Their search warrant was so important to the bureau ...

Chandler police recommended a Class 4 felony child abuse charge against Brady Kiser, husband of influencer Emilie Kiser, in the drowning death of their 3-year-old son. Trigg Kiser died days after ...