Tag: Child welfare
Michigan attorney general ends campus probe tied to Nassar
<p>LANSING, Mich. — The investigation of Michigan State University's handling of disgraced sports doctor <a href="https://apnews.com/hub/larry-nassar"> Larry Nassar</a> is over because the university has...
German cardinal sees own mistakes over past abuse cases
BERLIN — The Roman Catholic archbishop of the German city of Cologne said Tuesday that he made mistakes in past cases involving sexual abuse...
Agency: 1/4 of civilian casualties in Yemen are children
<p>CAIRO — Children constituted a quarter of civilian casualties over the last three years in Yemen's grinding war between Iran-backed Houthi rebels and the...
German cardinal sees own mistakes over past abuse cases
<p>BERLIN — The Roman Catholic archbishop of the German city of Cologne said Tuesday that he made mistakes in past cases involving sexual abuse...
Agency: 1/4 of civilian casualties in Yemen are children
CAIRO — Children constituted a quarter of civilian casualties over the last three years in Yemen's grinding war between Iran-backed Houthi rebels and the...
Experts criticize UN over blacklist on harming kids in war
UNITED NATIONS — A panel of child rights experts sharply criticized the U.N. secretary-general’s decisions on a global blacklist of parties responsible for harming...
Sex abuse inquiry: English soccer failed to protect youths
LONDON — English soccer did not do enough to protect children from pedophile coaches in an “institutional failure” by the game's governing body, an...
Biden to name Sperling to oversee COVID-19 relief package
<p>Gene Sperling, a veteran of the Clinton and Obama administrations, will lead the oversight for distributing funds from <a href="https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-pennsylvania-coronavirus-pandemic-jill-biden-new-mexico-20daf5a372454ce90589606d0f53d620">President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion...
Sex abuse allegations pile up against Israeli rescue chief
<p>JERUSALEM — For decades, Yehuda Meshi-Zahav was one of Israel's most recognizable faces, widely respected for founding an ultra-Orthodox rescue service that cared for...
Chicago parish fiercely backs priest after sex abuse claims
CHICAGO — When her teenage son was murdered outside a church in 2006, Pam Bosley contacted ministers around Chicago, hoping someone would help make...