Police in Ayer, Massachusetts are searching for a suspicious man after a child was offered money to get into a vehicle on Monday. Authorities said the disturbing encounter happened in the area of 55 Littleton Rd. around 3:30 p.m.

State officials are investigating after a first-grade student wandered away from his Massachusetts elementary school and into a waste treatment plant during school hours. The Department of Children and Families said the brief disappearance happened on Oct. 21 after the boy left the Bradford Elementary School’s playground through a section of fence that was downed by a tree.

Top Republican leaders in Texas this week weighed in on two parents’ battle over their 7-year-old child’s gender identity after the case was shared widely on social media and conservative news sites. Former spouses Anne Georgulas and Jeffrey Younger, who live in the Dallas area, have been embroiled in a legal dispute over their divorce and the care of their...

Police in Manchester, New Hampshire are investigating what authorities called the suspicious “untimely death of a child” at a hotel. Authorities responded to an Econo Lodge on the city’s West Side at about 6 p.m. Monday after they received a call of an emergency involving a child. The child, who was only identified as a 1-year-old girl, was taken to...

A child was struck by a vehicle in Lowell, Massachusetts while riding his bicycle Saturday afternoon.

A child was struck by a vehicle in Lowell, Massachusetts while riding his bike.

A 1-year-old girl is recovering after she was run over by a Boston police cruiser in the city’s Roxbury neighborhood on Monday. The incident happened at about 7 p.m. in the area of 618 Shawmut Ave. Surveillance footage showed the cruiser pulling out from a curb and striking the child to the ground.

A toddler is recovering after being struck Monday evening by a Boston Police cruiser.

A child was struck by a Boston police cruiser around 7 p.m. Monday. The accident happened in the 600 block of Shawmut Avenue.

A 1-year-old girl was struck by a police cruiser in Roxbury on Monday.

A Maine couple charged with beating a 10-year-old girl to death appeared in court, where attorneys for one of the suspects claimed she was a domestic violence victim herself.

Beyonce’s highly anticipated film “Homecoming,” documenting her 2018 Coachella performance, began streaming on Netflix Wednesday. But the singer didn’t let the release go by without throwing in a major surprise: a new live album to go with it.

A 5-year-old boy who was thrown from a third-floor balcony at the Mall of America near Minneapolis remains hospitalized with serious injuries, authorities said Saturday. Bloomington police Chief Jeffrey Potts said during a news conference that the boy fell nearly 40 feet after a man who apparently didn’t know the boy or his family threw him off the balcony Friday....

A 5-year-old boy plummeted three floors Friday after being pushed or thrown from a balcony at the Mall of America, according to witnesses, and a 24-year-old man with a history of causing disturbances at the mall was in custody. Bloomington Police Chief Jeffrey Potts said police don’t think there is any relationship between the man and the family of the...

Gov. Charlie Baker has vetoed a bill that would abolish a Massachusetts rule denying additional welfare benefits to children born into families already receiving public assistance. Under the current rule, welfare recipients do not receive any additional cash benefits if another child is born.

Maine could prevent any child under the age of 16 from marrying under a Democrat’s bill. Democratic Sen. David Miramant’s bill is set for a Tuesday public hearing.

A Lyft driver spotted a 2-year-old child wandering outside in below freezing temperatures in Worcester, Massachusetts before rescuing her.

A man arrested in connection with the death of his 11-year-old great niece from Haverhill, Massachusetts, was ordered held without bail Tuesday during his appearance in Lawrence District Court. Massachusetts State Police took Miguel Rivera, 58, into custody Friday night. The Lawrence native has been charged with permitting substantial bodily injury to a child and misleading a police investigation. Rivera...

A man arrested in connection with the death of his 11-year-old great niece from Haverhill, Massachusetts, was ordered held without bail Tuesday during his appearance in Lawrence District Court.