OGDEN — Children taken into custody by the state Division of Child and Family Services no longer have to stuff their belongings into a trash bag.

SHENANDOAH, Pa. -- A police chief charged with trying to cover up the fatal beating of a Mexican immigrant by white teenagers was named in a 2006 civil suit that made a startling claim: Borough police beat to death a Hispanic teenager, then hung him from the bars of his holding cell to make it appear a suicide.

SALT LAKE CITY -- Seven years after she was abducted at knifepoint, Elizabeth Smart finally has an apology -- and a guilty plea -- from one of her kidnappers.

LAYTON — The polygamy culture is never going be eradicated from the U.S., one presenter at a child abuse conference said Tuesday.