Children

‘Evil Lives Here’ docuseries details parents dealing with aftermath of their kids’ murder convictions

The season finale of Investigation Discovery’s documentary series Evil Lives Here: My Child the Killer, left me staring at the screen, wondering how a parent, who doesn’t come off as absent, could miss so many signs. I also felt genuine sympathy and confusion for the impossible position that mother now tries to survive. Not navigate, just survive.

Jun 11, 2026 11:26 AM CDT

Florida AG brings ‘first-in-the-nation state-led lawsuit’ against OpenAI and its CEO

The Florida attorney general’s office is suing OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman, alleging that the company marketed its artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT to children while concealing serious risks related to its use.

Jun 2, 2026 9:59 AM CDT

Court orders hospital to resume gender-affirming care for transgender kids

The Colorado Supreme Court ruled Monday that the Children’s Hospital Colorado must resume offering gender-affirming care to transgender kids, after the hospital received pressure from the federal government to suspend services.

May 19, 2026 11:17 AM CDT

Prominent New Orleans attorney disbarred; forged signatures on divorce documents cited

A prominent New Orleans attorney is no longer allowed to practice law in Louisiana and will not be eligible for reinstatement after disciplinary proceedings tied to his conduct in a divorce and child custody case.

Apr 15, 2026 10:29 AM CDT

Children’s futures at stake in Supreme Court birthright citizen case

These children are among those who would be denied United States citizenship if the Supreme Court allows President Donald Trump’s 2025 executive order limiting birthright citizenship to take effect.

Mar 26, 2026 10:24 AM CDT

Former attorney found guilty of 24 counts involving sexual abuse of minors

A former California attorney was recently convicted of sexually abusing three minor girls over several years and possessing sexually explicit images of two of his victims.

Mar 11, 2026 12:24 PM CDT

Supreme Court bans California gender privacy rule in public schools

California public schools can now inform parents if students identify as transgender or nongender conforming without getting the child’s approval, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday in response to an emergency appeal from a conservative legal group.

Mar 3, 2026 11:19 AM CST

California bar investigating law firm over alleged fake sex abuse claims

The State Bar of California is investigating the Downtown Los Angeles Law Group over allegations that the law firm told its clients to “fabricate stories of abuse.”

Jan 30, 2026 10:39 AM CST

Supreme Court considers challenges to laws banning transgender participation in sports

Becky Pepper-Jackson was assigned male at birth but began transitioning to a female gender identity in third grade. Her West Virginia school district has been sympathetic, providing a gender support plan that among other things respects her chosen name and pronouns.

Jan 8, 2026 10:54 AM CST

Attorney and former city council member charged with witness intimidation

A Wheeling, West Virginia, attorney and a former city council member, who were involved in the Marion County, West Virginia, murder prosecution of alleged Pagan Motorcycle Club leader Ryan Lane, were arrested by the West Virginia State Police on Tuesday on new charges of improperly influencing potential witnesses.

Dec 17, 2025 11:24 AM CST

Justice Gorsuch writes children’s book about ‘Heroes of 1776’

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch is co-authoring a children’s book about heroes of the American Revolution and stories behind the Declaration of Independence.

Dec 4, 2025 12:37 PM CST

Supreme Court tells state to reconsider screening child victim from defendant

In 2021, a Mississippi jury found Jeffrey Clyde Pitts guilty of sexually abusing his 4-year-old daughter. When the girl testified against her father in court, a screen was placed between her and Pitts to protect her from trauma.

Nov 25, 2025 10:30 AM CST

New Jersey’s top court is first to reject evidence of shaken baby syndrome as unreliable

Testimony that merely shaking a baby can produce internal bleeding near the brain and in the retina is too unreliable for admission in criminal cases of child abuse, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled in a 6-1 decision last week.

Nov 25, 2025 9:23 AM CST

Lawyer goes to bat for son over Little League suspension for celebrating home run

When a 12-year-old baseball player hit a home run in the sixth inning of a game, he did something to celebrate: He flipped his bat in the air. An umpire ejected him from the game for tossing his bat. Under Little League rules, an ejection also required him to be suspended for one additional game. The boy’s father, a lawyer, decided to take the league to court.

Oct 16, 2025 9:11 AM CDT

Supreme Court sharply questions law banning conversion therapy

The Supreme Court sounded deeply skeptical Tuesday about a Colorado law banning conversion therapy for gay and transgender minors, suggesting the justices may scuttle the statute and similar restrictions in nearly 30 states.

Oct 7, 2025 1:28 PM CDT