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49 min ago | Contra Costa Times

Former Richmond high school football coach arrested on suspicion of child abuse

A former Kennedy High School varsity football coach was being held Friday at County Jail after he was arrested on almost two dozen counts of child abuse.

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Related Topix: Law, Contra Costa County, CA

3 hrs ago | SFGate

Bill overhauling sex ed curriculum dies in Senate

AB230 was taken off a roster of bills to be voted upon Friday. The bill faced a midnight deadline to survive.

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7 hrs ago | KTVN Reno

Domestic Violence Bill Clears Nevada Legislature

Domestic violence victims in Nevada will have a new tool to help them escape abusive relationships.

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8 hrs ago | WTAE-TV Pittsburgh

Florida gay teen rejects plea deal

Eighteen-year-old Kaitlyn Hunt, charged with a crime for having sex with a 14-year-old girl, rejected a deal Friday that would have required her to plead guilty to child abuse, according to Hunt's attorney.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, Criminal Defense Law, Law, Indian River County, FL

8 hrs ago | WTSP-TV Saint Petersburg

Man arrested for 2012 death of 2-year-old

A man has been charged for the death of a 2-year-old boy, almost exactly one year after the crime allegedly occurred.

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Related Topix: Tampa, FL, Law, Escambia County, FL, Hillsborough County, FL

10 hrs ago | WOI-TV West Des Moines

Gov. OKs new approach to child abuse reports

Gov. Terry Branstad has signed eight bills into law, including one that creates a less-adversarial approach to investigating reports of child abuse.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Terry Branstad, Law, Iowa Government, Iowa

11 hrs ago | SFGate

Child abuse investigator fired after boy's death

Florida child welfare officials have fired a child abuse investigator they say forged documents about substance abuse treatment for a mother six months before that she left her 11-month old baby in a sweltering car where he died.

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Related Topix: Law, Florida, Florida Government

14 hrs ago | Examiner.com

Girlfriend accused of killing man's son, 2, by slamming his head against faucet

In a fit of rage, a woman allegedly slammed a 2-year-old Columbia boy's head into a bathtub faucet while bathing him and then put him to sleep, police said Thursday.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Columbia, SC, Law

18 hrs ago | KATU-TV Portland

Cop accused of rape has history of run-ins with law, but kept job

Beaverton police Officer Chris Warren appears before a judge in a Clark County courtroom Thursday morning accused of raping a 5-year-old child.

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Related Topix: Vancouver, WA, Law

Thu May 23, 2013

Los Angeles Times

Palmdale couple arrested in child abuse case

The mother of an 8-year-old boy found not breathing in a Palmdale apartment was questioned by authorities Thursday.

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KRMG-AM Tulsa

Neb. lawmakers advance human trafficking bill

The bill that advanced on Thursday focuses heavily on minors of both sexes who are coerced and sometimes forced into the sex trade.

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TBD.com

Clifton Edward Bernard charged with child abuse, attempted murder

A 2-year-old child is in critical condition Thursday after a 26-year-old man admitted to abusing him, police say.

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Mirror.co.uk

Worcestershire nursery child abuse probe: Five men arrested over toddler's sex assault claims

Police said the allegation was being taken "extremely seriously" but A reassured parents there was no evidence of a child sex ring Det Supt Kevin Purcell said the allegation was being taken "extremely seriously" but A reassured parents there was no evidence of a child sex ring.

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WTSP-TV Saint Petersburg

Man arrested for child abuse in Hernando County

On Wednesday, May 22, a deputy with the Hernando County Sheriff's Office was called to Brooksville Elementary School at the request of the guidance counselor.

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WKBT

Wisconsin committee to consider GPS restraining orders

The Legislature's finance committee is set to consider provisions in Gov. Scott Walker's budget that would allow judges to order GPS monitoring as part of a restraining order.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, GPS, Wisconsin Government, Wisconsin, Scott Walker, US Governors, Law

Examiner.com

Jodi Arias was she battered before or after the murder

A number of battered women eventually kill their batterers, and that number is increasing.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Criminal Defense Law, Law, Life, Self Defense

KOLD-TV Tucson

Tucson mother on trial for child abuse

They believe it may be a case of Munchausen by Proxy where Montano harmed her child in order to get sympathy and attention from others.

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Related Topix: Law, University of Arizona

Wed May 22, 2013

RecordNET

Students hear dangers of unreported abuse

"Why are you wearing that?" a student will ask his or her significant other. "Why didn't you call me? Why didn't you answer my text?" Those warning signs should not be ignored, because sometimes they escalate into bigger problems, said Suzanne Schultz of the family crimes unit at the San Joaquin County District Attorney's Office.

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Related Topix: San Joaquin County, CA, Law, Education Etc., Family, Teenagers

RecordNET

Get-together turns violent; 3 of 4 people arrested

The evening began with two couples consuming alcoholic beverages in a hot tub. By noon the next day, three of the four people were under arrest and two were booked on suspicion of attempted murder, authorities said.

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Related Topix: Manteca, CA, Law

EKathimerini

Crisis increases domestic violence, dampens sex drive among Greek men

The repercussions of the countryA's economic crisis appear to have had a negative impact on male sexuality with a 47 percent increase in A'violent behaviorA' by men toward their sexual partners over the past year and a 34 percent drop in the frequency of sex, according to a new study.

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