Police visited the child's Iowa home, where they found the mother allegedly being held against her will Toria Sheffield joined the PEOPLE editorial staff in 2024. Her work as a writer/editor has ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Senior cabinet ministers are set to inform Sir Keir Starmer that the most effective method of reducing child poverty is to lift the two-child cap, amidst increasing pressure from both ministers and ...

A metro Atlanta father is heading to prison after pleading guilty to fracturing his child’s skull. Mohamed Bogoreh entered a non-negotiated plea to charges of child cruelty and aggravated battery.

The state of Texas is set to execute a man by lethal injection on Thursday for the 2008 death of his fiancée's baby. Blaine Keith Milam, 35, has been sentenced to death for killing 13-month-old Amora ...

As a growing number of states establish universal pre-kindergarten programs for 4-year-olds, New Mexico is taking it one step further and offering universal child care—the first in the nation to do so ...

Les Masterson is a deputy editor and insurance analyst at Forbes Advisor. He has been a journalist, reporter, editor and content creator for more than 25 years. He has covered insurance for a decade, ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

When a child struggles with constipation, it can be a source of frustration and discomfort for the whole family. But a leading pediatric expert offers a clear guide to understanding and treating this ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Friday marked the fourth day of trial for Brandon Isabelle, a Memphis man accused of murdering his child's mother and then throwing their two-day-old daughter in the Mississippi River ...

One of the alleged victims includes Errol Musk's then 4-year-old stepdaughter, with whom he later fathered at least one child when she was an adult, per a New York Times report published Tuesday, Sept ...

In a three-part series originally launched in 2023, NY1's Annika Pergament took a deep dive into New York’s Administration for Children’s Services (ACS), the agency tasked with protecting the safety ...