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A suburban Des Moines couple is under arrest after their adopted teenage children reported being locked in the basement and fed under a locked door as punishment. The 45-year-old father and 44-year-old mother are charged with false imprisonment and neglect or abandonment of a dependent person.

Prosecutors won't file charges against Nadya Suleman after a caregiver last month reported allegations of child neglect at the Octomom's home. Orange County District Attorney Chief of Staff Susan Kang Schroeder says there's not enough evidence to move forward with the case.

I don't know the circumstances of parents Summer Dawn Angelly and Jasen Anchondo, but I suspect we'll find out that drugs and alcohol are behind this horror: Summer Dawn Angelly, 23, and Jasen Anchondo, 28, who moved from California to Tempe about two months ago, were arrested by Tempe police Aug. 12, ending a weeklong ...

Arizona police arrested the parents of an 8-year-old Liberian girl who was allegedly sexually assaulted by four boys in July.

Federal authorities are on the lookout for a mother and her 13-year-old son who have been refusing the chemotherapy that doctors ...

A British toddler has died after climbing onto the rollercoaster tracks at a London fairground and being struck by the ride.

A 10-year-old girl suffered burns on 70 percent of her body after a 16-minute session at an unmanned tanning salon.