child abuse

Wisconsin Family Charged With Abusing Teen
By Julianne Michel...
February 17, 2012 - 4:57pm
Stepbrother of Wisconsin girl charged with sexual abuse; father and stepmother also face charges

A nightmare which began in December of 2006 may finally be over for one Wisconsin teen, who is being held in protective custody and receiving medical care after being taken from her home by Child Protective Services. 

On Thursday, Dane County prosecutors charged a Wisconsin family for the abuse and maltreatment of the girl.  Her stepbrother faces charges of first-degree sexual assault without great bodily harm, second-degree assault of a child, and child abuse-- all of which are felonies.  

Westboro Church weighs in on Fine scandal
By Chris Baker
December 1, 2011 - 12:17pm
The Westboro Baptist Church announced plans to protest Friday night's basketball game.

On Tuesday, Nov. 29, the Bernie Fine scandal became a bit more, well, scandalous. After a week marred by additional accusers, secret tape recordings, federal search warrants and at least one alleged love triangle, it seemed things could get no more bizarre. Then, on Tuesday, the Westboro Baptist Church announced in a press release on its website, that it would be picketing the Syracuse vs.

Future Pope Benedict XVI failed to defrock abusive priest
By Iris Park
March 25, 2010 - 11:47am
Plus, President Obama's first big speech after the passage of health care reform and a new tax on tanning.

The future Pope Benedict XVI and other top Vatican officials failed to defrock an American priest who molested deaf boys.

The Reverend Lawrence Murphy sexually abused more than 200 boys from the 1950s through the 1970s at the St. John's School for the Deaf in Wisconsin.

Father Murphy was never disciplined, and died in 1998.

Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, the future Pope, granted Murphy leniency.

51 dead in Turkey after earthquake
By Alessondra Parra
March 8, 2010 - 4:06pm
Plus, Federal jobs bill would send $3 billion in aid to NY, and Orange basketball drops to No. 3.

An earthquake in southeastern Turkey collapsed homes killing 51 people and injuring 71.  The quake registered a 6.0 magnitude at the Turkish earthquake monitoring center.  Aftershocks registered magnitudes of up to 5.5, hours after the quake.  The quake struck in Elazig providence, and hit the village of Okular hit worse, according to Ozcan Yalcin, press secretary for the province's governor.

Syracuse woman charged for beating daughter
By CWL
October 29, 2009 - 3:54pm
Daughter tells school she was beaten with belt, Philadelphia fan faces possible jail time, and Kansas dominates early basketball polls

The Post-Standard reporting that a Syracuse woman faces misdemeanor charges after her daughter told school officials she was beaten with a belt.

The 8-year-old daughter says she became afraid of her own mother and asked to move in with her grandmother instead. Lynette Warren, 38, was charged with assault, criminal possession of a weapon and endangering the welfare.

Police reports indicate the girl was beaten with the belt two times after she forgot to clean up her...