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About 90 elementary school students in Montana have started a series of rabies shots after a parent let them touch a dead bat that was later confirmed to be diseased.

Federal agents swept through a chicken processing plant Tuesday, detaining more than 300 suspected illegal immigrants, sending panicked workers running and screaming through the hallways.

Authorities have arrested a 20-year-old man charged with the execution-style murders of two central Florida teenagers in 2006.

Children under 4 should not be given over-the-counter cough and cold remedies, drug companies said Tuesday in a concession to pediatricians who doubt the drugs work in kids and worry about their safety.

So you think junior is a little too lead-footed when he drives the family car? Starting next year, Ford Motor Co.

JACKSON, Miss.- Lawyers for a reputed Klansman argued Monday that prosecutors are citing an irrelevant civil case in their efforts to reverse his acquittal in the abductions of two black teenagers slain in ...

Barbara Turrentine Clark pleaded guilty today to two counts of first-degree murder for killing two elderly women who employed her as a housekeeper, striking a plea deal that averted a possible death sentence.

Young children should not keep exotic pets and should stay away from petting zoos, according to a new report.

The Department of Health and Human Services says two 12 years olds were left at hospitals in Lincoln and Omaha.

Text size + - Fear ... Brad and Angelina at the Changeling premiere / AP Film made Angelina fear for her kids "I was clinging to my kids", she says Also reveals new tattoos for twins ANGELINA Jolie has made her ...

In this Feb. 3, 2001 file photo, a hedgehog curls up in the hands of its owner at a hedgehog club exhibit in Anchorage, Alaska.

TV Online Jump seen in staph-linked flu deaths in kids By LINDSEY TANNER AP Medical Writer CHICAGO - More children have died from flu because they also had staph infections, according to a new government report ...

Dear Carolyn: My son is married and has two kids, 3 and 8. They live several states away.

If you are a parent or teacher, please educate children regarding the dangers of touching or picking up strange objects.

A journalist recently asked me to name the No. 1 problem facing today's family. To her surprise, I said, 'A confusion of roles.' In today's parenting universe, married women with children think of themselves ...

If there's one bright side to this country's growing economic crisis, it may be that it's forcing parents to sit down and have the talk with their kids.

A veteran of 15 years in child welfare, Penny Esser has never weathered a tougher climate for the work to which she's so devoted - recruiting foster parents.

A number of Minneapolis small-business owners who were targeted by vandals were pleasantly surprised to see the teens return to clean up their mess.

When doctors urge overweight kids to pick up more activities, reading probably isn't what they have in mind.

Frank Carter was once a globe-trotting professional dancer; his world is smaller now. He battles multiple health problems, walks with a cane and rarely leaves his compact Manhattan apartment.

As an 86-year-old gay man, with no family nearby and many acquaintances long since dead, he'd seem a likely prospect for isolation.

Instead, he has kindled a deep, five-year friendship with Gigi Stoll, a fashion model-turned-photographer half his age. Stoll helps Carter with medical arrangements, writes to him when she travels overseas, and sat with him for six hours during his most recent hospitalization.