Tag: Child welfare
Union asks Argentina to fire coach for sexual harassment
BUENOS AIRES — The international footballer's union has told FIFA that a coach working for the Argentine federation should be fired after being accused...
Families, advocates mark day of awareness for Native victims
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — From the nation’s capitol to Indigenous communities across the American Southwest, top government officials, family members and advocates are gathering Wednesday...
US awards huge shelter contracts amid child migrant increase
Confronted with a stream of unaccompanied children crossing the border from Mexico, the U.S. government has awarded shelter-construction and management contracts to private companies...
E Indiana woman gets 55 years in slaying of child’s father
PORTLAND, Ind. — A judge sentenced an eastern Indiana woman to 55 years in prison Tuesday after a jury convicted her of murder in...
Records: Ma’Khia Bryant’s sister sought help before shooting
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The younger sister of 16-year-old Ma'Khia Bryant called 911 a few weeks before Bryant's fatal shooting by a Columbus police officer,...
Key piece of Biden’s $1.8T families plan expires after 2025
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden couldn’t get everything he wanted into his own $1.8 trillion families plan.
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UN says 125 Europe-bound children rescued off Libyan coast
CAIRO — A total of 125 Europe-bound children were rescued at sea this week by Libyan authorities off the Mediterranean coast, the United Nations...
Attorney calls for investigation into Ma’Khia Bryant death
COLUMBUS, Ohio — There should be a federal investigation into the fatal shooting of Ma’Khia Bryant by a Columbus police officer, along with a...
Eight women allege sexual abuse at Virginia summer camp
RICHMOND, Va. — The Association for Research and Enlightenment describes itself as a 90-year-old organization for people to explore meditation, holistic health and the...
Student’s Snapchat profanity leads to high court speech case
WASHINGTON — Fourteen-year-old Brandi Levy was having that kind of day where she just wanted to scream. So she did, in a profanity-laced posting...
