Social workers involved in horrific child torture case fired

Social workers involved in horrific child torture case fired - latimes.com:

Two social workers and two supervisors in the county's troubled Department of Children and Family Services have been fired over the death of an 8-year-old Palmdale boy after the agency received several complaints of abuse, officials said.

Wednesday hearing set in S.C. adoption dispute

Wednesday hearing set in S.C. adoption dispute | The Greenville News | greenvilleonline.com:

COLUMBIA — A South Carolina judge is set to consider this week how to transfer a girl of Cherokee heritage from her biological father in Oklahoma to the couple seeking to adopt her.

Sex-trafficking sting highlights vulnerability of foster children

Sex-trafficking sting highlights vulnerability of foster children - latimes.com:

The FBI says 105 exploited teens are rescued in a national sex-trafficking sting. Officials say foster children are especially vulnerable.

Child Protection Lessons: Is parent alienation a child protection problem?

Child Protection Lessons: Is parent alienation a child protection problem?:

A look at the lessons that arise from child protection errors and other issues including those that arise from deaths of children involved in systems in the western world.

Boy, 3, latest to die under DCF's watch

Boy, 3, latest to die under DCF's watch | www.wftv.com:

MIAMI — 

A toddler who drowned in a dirty swimming pool two weeks after he'd been found wandering near his home is the latest child to die of abuse or neglect after a state worker deemed them safe.

Boy, 14, accused of threatening to kill staff at youth home

Boy, 14, accused of threatening to kill staff at youth home — Mid-Maine — Bangor Daily News — BDN Maine:

PLYMOUTH, Maine — A 14-year-old boy was arrested on multiple charges on Sunday after allegedly assaulting and threatening to kill staff members and a resident at a home for troubled youth.

Conduct hearing delayed for county Family Court judge

Conduct hearing delayed for county Family Court judge - Las Vegas MyNews3 - KSNV:

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A disciplinary hearing is being postponed until at least mid-September for a Nevada judge accused of breaching ethics by presiding over cases involving a prosecutor with whom he had a romantic relationship.