DENVER (AP) — Prosecutors have charged seven people after the mummified body of the leader of a spiritual group called Love Has Won was found decorated with Christmas lights and glitter in what appeared to be a shrine in a southern Colorado home...

GOWER, Mo. (AP) — A Gower man has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of his 5-month-old son.

Dillon Livingston also is charged with child abuse or neglect of a child in the February death...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A Mesquite man has been arrested in connection with the death girlfriend’s 5-month-old daughter last month, according to Doña Ana County Sheriff’s officials.

They said 23-year-old Israel Ramirez is facing one count of intentional child abuse resulting in the death of a child under 12 and one count of intentional child abuse resulting in great bodily harm of a child under 12...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island woman facing a child cruelty and neglect charge in connection with the death of her infant son in 2017 has left the country, as the child's father did, according to authorities...

PHOENIX (AP) — A woman is facing a child abuse charge after her baby allegedly overdosed on fentanyl and was found to have a skull fracture, according to Phoenix police...

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s Supreme Court ruled Monday that some criminal defendants — including those convicted of child abuse charges — are entitled to release pending appeal if certain legal requirements are met...

MOUNT CARMEL, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee man has been charged in the death of a 5-month-old infant, authorities said...

CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (AP) — A jury deliberated for less than an hour on Thursday before convicting a West Virginia woman charged in the death of her 5-year-old grandson...

SUNBURY, Pa. (AP) — A central Pennsylvania jury has convicted a woman of lying to investigators in the 2019 beating death of a 3-year-old girl in which her son faces charges...

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina judge set bond Friday for the husband of the winner of a Food Network cooking competition show, who along with his wife, is accused in the death of their 3-year-old foster daughter...

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri House leaders on Tuesday said they told law enforcement officials that they're concerned a resigning lawmaker accused of sexually and physically abusing his children years ago may pose a risk to other kids...

FAIRMONT, W.Va. (AP) — Two Child Protective Service workers in northern West Virginia have been fired and charged with misdemeanors involving the abuse of a 4-year-old boy who later died, authorities said...

CODY, Wyo. (AP) — A Wyoming couple has been charged with first-degree murder for the death of a 2-year-old girl...

BOSTON (AP) — A former Boston police officer and union chief, charged with molesting multiple children, first faced child abuse allegations in the mid-1990s, according to a published report...

BANGOR, Maine (AP) — A pair of senators wants to provide federal support to a national hotline that handles calls about child abuse...

ORION TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A 37-year-old suburban Detroit mother could face child abuse charges after her 4-month-old son was found cold, wet and lying face-down in a wooded area near a creek...

PHOENIX (AP) — A Maricopa County grand jury has indicted a Phoenix-area couple on first-degree murder charges for the death of their adopted daughter...

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Two people initially charged with concealing the death of a 6-month-old girl have now been charged with murder, although the child’s remains haven’t been located, according to the North Carolina police department...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Recognizing the link between animal abuse and child abuse, the Florida Senate unanimously passed a bill Thursday that would increase penalties for bestiality and create a new law banning pornography depicting people having sex with animals...

FAIRMONT, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia woman and her boyfriend have been charged in the death of her 4-year-old son, police said...

BETHEL TOWNSHIP, Ohio (AP) — A driver who led police on a high-speed chase before he crashed into another vehicle, killing himself and the other driver, was wanted for felonious assault and child abuse/endangering charges, authorities said...

SOUTH SIOUX CITY, Neb. (AP) — Police have arrested a former South Sioux City High School assistant football coach on charges he sexually assaulted a student...

GAITHERSBURG, Md. (AP) — A Maryland woman has been accused by police of trying to kill her 3-year-old daughter, and officers responding to a call are being credited with saving the child's life, authorities said Monday...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida woman was wearing a boxing glove as she attacked a student on a middle school campus, police said...

BECKLEY, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia man has been accused of using a hammer to fatally beat a 7-year-old boy, police said...

MESA, Ariz. (AP) — A behavioral health technician at a preschool has been arrested for allegedly abusing a 4-year-old autistic boy, Mesa police said Wednesday...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Multiple felony charges have been filed against a man and woman who are accused of zip-tying a 13-year-old boy to a Springfield porch swing last year on a day when temperatures barely inched above freezing...

CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. (AP) — A long-delayed trial is set to begin for a Virginia man accused of sexually abusing and making child pornography of his girlfriend’s 2-year-old son...

BREMERTON, Wash. (AP) — A Tacoma children's hospital doctor criticized for lacking a key accreditation yet relied upon by law enforcement to charge two fathers in Kitsap County Superior Court with killing their children no longer works at the hospital...

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A Bismarck man is facing felony charges after being accused of injuring his 4-month-old daughter...

PAPILLION, Neb. (AP) — A Sarpy County woman was convicted Wednesday of child sexual abuse involving two boys ages 12 and 13 during sleepovers with friends of her 11-year-old daughter...

FAIRMONT, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia man has been charged with murder and abuse in the death of a 4-year-old boy, officials said...

MIAMI (AP) — Five South Florida inmates beat up an accused child killer as he slept because “of the nature of his pending charges," authorities said in a police report...

NEW YORK (AP) — A 10-year-old boy was fatally abused by his mother's companion in Harlem, police said Monday...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (AP) — Authorities in Virginia say that a man has been charged with murder and child abuse in the death of a boy who died more than a year ago...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The grandmother of a child who died at an Omaha hospital last October has been arrested in the boy's death, police said...

DETROIT (AP) — The Michigan Supreme Court on Friday overturned a child abuse conviction more than 15 years later, saying a man's rights were violated when his attorney failed to request tax dollars to hire an expert witness...

MCMINNVILLE, Ore. (AP) — A McMinnville man who sexually abused a child was sentenced to 12.5 years in prison...

CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (AP) — A jury has convicted a West Virginia man in the death of his 5-year-old nephew...

PLATTSMOUTH, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska man has pleaded no contest to charges for shooting his teenage son in the abdomen and buttocks during an argument in the family’s home last summer...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — What killed a 2-year-old boy found dead in a dumpster at a Cheyenne apartment complex remains uncertain despite an autopsy, police said...

DENVER (AP) — Colorado’s Senate tentatively endorsed a bill on Monday to eliminate a six-year statute of limitations for victims of child sexual assault to pursue civil action against perpetrators — an effort lawmakers have struggled with for years...

ELKO, Nev. (AP) — A man has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in the death of a baby in Elko, according to authorities...

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A trial date has been set for the parents and grandmother of a 6-year-old Flagstaff boy who died after being locked in a closet and denied food...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A court in Athens has ordered the former director of Greece’s National Theater remanded in custody after he appeared before a public prosecutor for several hours to respond to child abuse allegations...

UNION, Mo. (AP) — An eastern Missouri school bus driver has been accused of using homemade restraints on a nonverbal child several times while driving him between home and school...