Child abuse

Political polarization over government use of facial recognition technology continues to mount, as Massachusetts became one of the first states to pass comprehensive regulations curbing law enforcement's use of the software.

Darrell Chadima also displayed signs saying "rape your lil girl?" and "rape your child" on his front yard.

Our rescue teams go undercover in red light districts in countries like India, Thailand and Nepal, searching for minor girls. They pretend to be clients; it's extremely dangerous work.

Ghislaine Maxwell and her secret husband offered to put up their entire joint fortune as bail to get her out of prison on Jeffrey Epstein trafficking charges.

Tavon Ford, 31, was taken into custody by the United States Marshals Fugitive Task Force without incident.

Newark officers found the 12-year-old boy after a teacher asked police to conduct a wellness check on him.

Billionaire financier Leon Black allowed Jeffrey Epstein to make millions from him because famous figures had not turned their backs on the pedophile, a report has found.

The private equity billionaire handed Jeffrey Epstein the money after his 2008 conviction, but a report found no links between the payments and the pedophile's crimes.

Mary DeRonda, Charles DeRonda and Jeremy Cook were taken into custody in Oklahoma following a month-long investigation, police said.

Ghislaine Maxwell wants charges, alleging she trafficked under-age girls for former lover Jeffrey Epstein, thrown out over a controversial plea deal Epstein signed in 2008.

John Hernandez, 41, and Natasha Dabbs, 37, were taken into custody after the boy said he had been forced to stand in a closet as punishment.

Large bruises and lacerations were found on the child's arms, legs and face, according to officials.

"Each of you is blameless, each of you did nothing wrong and has nothing to be ashamed of. Each of you deserved so much better."

The British socialite is again asking for bail just weeks after one accuser said she was 'behind bars, where she belongs.'

Jeffrey Epstein was nearly the target of an undercover sting by the former host of "To Catch a Predator," but Chris Hansen pulled out after reviewing security at his mansions.

Ghislaine Maxwell's arrest in July came after the FBI obtained permission to use a special surveillance device to expose her location, court documents show.

"She is stooping to these vicious personal attacks to distract from the fact that she's been campaigning with a former member of the Ku Klux Klan," Ossoff said.

"I want to assure everyone that Tony is doing very well in the loving home of a foster family here in Medina County," Hinckley, Ohio Police Chief David Centner said Thursday after the boy was found abandoned in a cemetery.

Kirstie Flood, 29, was arrested after an autopsy revealed the child "suffered severe injuries that resulted in her death," the Sandy Springs Police Department in Georgia said.

The bipartisan Stronger CAPTA was so widely praised that we expected Senate Leader Mitch McConnell to quickly bring the bill to the Senate floor. Instead, the Republicans are blocking it with a much weaker bill of their own.

Geoffrey Portway, 47, is behind bars after police found child pornography and a torture dungeon in the basement of his Massachusetts home.

Ghislaine Maxwell claims she is woken every 15 minutes with a flashlight and "excessively and invasively searched" in jail awaiting trial on Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking charges.

Nikki Manning, 30, was arrested and charged after deputies received reports of possible child abuse in Greenville, North Carolina, dating back to October.

Police in Texas said the baby's mother, Destiney Harbour, 21, had given birth at home in August and the infant had received no formal medical care since then.

She admitted failing to provide her daughter with adequate food, clothing, or heating, hitting her, and permitting her to smoke cannabis and drink alcohol.

Jeffrey Epstein died in his cell after his weeks in a gang-plagued jail were marked by extortion and fears he would be attacked, a new biography claims.

A video of care worker Rehan Baig abusing the birds - which were pets - was saved under the file name 'family vids'.

The baby suffered burns to her hands and is in stable condition at Yale New Haven Children's Hospital in Connecticut.

A New York prosecutor twice refused to open a new investigation into Jeffrey Epstein in 2016 — after lawyers for the victims claiming "there was a massive sex trafficking ring."

Daniel Schwarz, 44, and Ashley Schwarz, 34, were arrested and charged with capital murder in connection with the girl's death in Odessa, Texas.