Tag Archives: Children

House backs criminal charges for educators, librarians who disseminate ‘harmful materials’ to children

Rep. Gayann DeMordaunt sponsored HB 666, citing “increasingly frequent exposure of our children to obscene pornographic materials.” A bill that could open employees at schools, museums and libraries to a maximum $1,000 fine and a year in jail for “disseminating material harmful to minors” easily passed the Idaho House Monday. House Bill 666 would remove… Read More »

Search for Abducted Children Leads to Traffic Stop, Gunshots and 4 Dead

For four days, Maryland police had been searching for a former Baltimore County police officer and a female accomplice who they said had kidnapped the officer’s young daughters and gone on to commit several other crimes, including carjacking and robbery. On Thursday afternoon, Pennsylvania state troopers attempted to stop a gray Ford Edge near the… Read More »

Exclusive: Ukraine probes deportation of children to Russia as possible genocide

More than 20 cases on forced deportation – Kyiv’s top prosecutor International law defines forced child transfers as genocide Russia says it is providing humanitarian aid to people fleeing Russia says quarter million children have arrived from Ukraine THE HAGUE, June 3 (Reuters) – Prosecutors investigating war crimes cases in Ukraine are examining allegations of… Read More »

Family Court Lawyers Flee Low-Paying Jobs. Parents and Children Suffer.

New York’s panel attorneys have not received a raise since 2004, when their hourly rates were set at $75 for felonies and family court matters, and $60 for misdemeanors. Even if those sums had simply risen with inflation, they would be about $114 and $93 per hour. Panel attorneys in South Dakota, where the cost… Read More »