Child Protective Services

A new podcast by NBC News investigative reporter Mike Hixenbaugh and Wondery, “Do No Harm,” takes a hard look at the child welfare system. Hixenbaugh joined LX News to discuss his investigation into a medical and legal system so intent on protecting children from abuse that it can sometimes harm families rather than helping.

The newborn located near an Arlington dumpster Saturday was approximately two hours old and zipped up inside a closed suitcase when he was found, police said Tuesday.

A 47-year-old plastic surgeon from Westchester County allegedly had a huge weapons cache in his car, one including assault rifles, body armor, a ballistic helmet, knives and more than 1,600 rounds of ammunition, among other weapons, when police stopped him as they investigated a report he had threatened his estranged wife and family.

A 12-year-old boy was allegedly chained up, abused and starved by his parents, who are circus promoters, before he died last week in Indiana, NBC News reported. The parents, 33-year-old Luis Posso and 26-year-old Dayan Median Flores, were charged with felony neglect Friday, a day after the boy, Eduardo, died in a hospital in Bloomington, according to a statement from...

Two moms have spent much of their free time in the last three years infiltrating private Facebook groups where parents of autistic children share dangerous methods that aim to “heal” the kids of the as-yet incurable condition, NBC News reported. Melissa Eaton and Amanda Seigler, who have autistic children themselves, take screenshots of posts describing parents, among other things, giving...

A 4-year-old Texas girl whose stepfather reported she was abducted over the weekend had been removed from the family home months earlier because of allegations of abuse but was later returned, a child protection agency said Tuesday. The history of alleged abuse in Maleah Davis’ home emerged as police raise questions about her stepfather’s account of the girl’s abduction, and...

A state lawmaker took a temporary leave of absence on Tuesday while disputing a misdemeanor charge of cruelty to his young daughter as “false and unthinkable.”

A Wise County judge has ruled four children found in deplorable conditions inside a shed in Newark will remain in the custody of Child Protective Services, for now.

A Wise County judge has ruled four children found in deplorable conditions inside a shed in Newark will remain in the custody of Child Protective Services, for now.

Thousands of accusations of sexual abuse and harassment of migrant children in government-funded shelters were made over the past four years, including scores directed against adult staff members, according to federal data released Tuesday. The cases include allegations of inappropriate touching, staff members allegedly watching minors while they bathed and showing pornographic videos to minors. Some of the allegations included...

A 3-year-old girl is in critical condition after Fort Worth police detectives discovered she was shot in the head Friday morning, police say.

The children of a missing Grand Prairie couple were reunited with family members Sunday night, a Child Protective Services spokesperson says. The body of their father, 28-year-old Alfonso Hernandez, was pulled from White Rock Lake in Dallas Sunday morning. The children’s mother, Weltzin Garcia, has not been located.

Four young children in Wise County who were found malnourished, filthy and living in a “state of neglect,” were expected to be transferred from a Fort Worth hospital to foster care Tuesday night. Still, child abuse experts say likely they face several years of treatment and therapy to overcome the apparent abuse.

Child Protective Services has taken the children of an estranged Grand Prairie couple from the family members, because of the criminal investigation into the couple’s disappearance.

Child Protective Services has taken the children of an estranged Grand Prairie couple from the family members, because of the criminal investigation into the couple’s disappearance.

Former Texas congressman Beto O’Rourke shared a stage with Oprah Winfrey to talk about the migrant family separation policy enacted by the Trump administration in 2018. During a closed portion of the interview, O’Rourke said he would announce his decision about a 2020 presidential run “before the end of the month,” suggesting he was leaning toward it.

A Plano man has been sentenced to 60 years in prison after impregnating an 11-year-old girl.

California state lawmaker Joaquin Arambula was arrested Monday on suspicion of misdemeanor child cruelty, Fresno police Chief Jerry Dyer said.

A Texas judge has ordered Child Protective Services to pay a family more than $127,000 for wrongfully removing their children and allegedly lying to the court about the removal.

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement said Jordan Belliveau, a 2-year-old boy who has been missing for three days, was found dead.