Youth

Arkansas lawmakers have made the state the first to ban gender confirming treatments and surgery for transgender youth, enacting the prohibition over the governor’s objections

Gov. Charlie Baker said the state is doing a “deep dive” into the numbers, but early data indicates the national trend of people in their 20s and 30s getting infected with the coronavirus is being seen here as well.

Students from across Vermont headed to the State House in Montpelier Friday, aiming to send lawmakers an urgent message on climate change. “It is an existential threat,” warned Finn Olson, a senior at U-32 High School in Montpelier. “The effects of which we have just begun to feel.” The Vermont Youth Lobby is made up of kids from more than…

An independent report on Rhode Island’s child welfare agency has found serious shortcomings. The Providence Journal reports that the Public Consulting Group Inc. report found that the Department of Children, Youth and Families failed to meet the target outcomes in 12 of 20 performance areas. The report covers the second half of 2018.

A report into the death of a 9-year-old Rhode Island girl in foster care says ineptitude and inaction by the state’s child welfare system was partially to blame.

A New Hampshire man is accused of chaining a woman to a bed and locking her and an 8-year-old boy in a room while he was at work. Michael Grant, 33, of Keene, was indicted regarding an incident last month at a residence in Swanzey, according to court documents.

A New Hampshire man is facing charges after being accused of chaining his girlfriend to a bed and locking a child in a bedroom at a home in Swanzey.

Republican Gov. Chris Sununu says he’ll sign two bills aimed at helping New Hampshire children, putting aside his initial concerns about one of them.

The New Hampshire Supreme Court has rejected the appeal of a woman sentenced to 45 years to life in the beating death of her 3-year-old daughter. Katlyn Marin was convicted in the 2014 death of Brielle Gage and sentenced on a second-degree murder charge.

The death of a 9 year-old girl with cerebral palsy who was under the care of a single mother with seven other special needs foster children is prompting reforms at Rhode Island’s Department of Children, Youth and Families. The Providence Journal reports DCYF Director Trista Piccola announced on Friday a series of policy and personnel changes in response to the...

A Fairfield man has been charged with murder after his ex-wife’s body was found in a home following a domestic dispute on Sunday night.

A Warwick, Rhode Island woman who has been reportedly accused of neglecting a 9-year-old girl with special needs was arrested Sunday after the child died. Michele Rothgeb, 55, was arrested at her Oakland Beach Avenue home and faces one charge of cruelty or neglect of a child, according to WJAR. Court documents obtained by WJAR state that the suspect has...

A Rhode Island woman is reportedly accused of prostitution and child abuse. WJAR reports Tina Tucker, 36, of Johnston, was faced a judge on first-degree child abuse and procurement of sexual conduct for a fee charges on Tuesday.

Rhode Island child welfare officials are investigating the death of an 18-day-old boy in foster care. A spokeswoman for the state Department of Children, Youth, and Families confirmed the death to the Providence Journal.

A Massachusetts woman is facing child neglect charges after she allegedly left a 3-month-old in a car parked outside Twin River Casino in Lincoln, Rhode Island.

A Rhode Island woman is facing charges after police say she purposely dropped her child, breaking the child’s arm, to “teach her a lesson.”

A 13-year-old Massachusetts boy was expected to be arraigned in juvenile court on Tuesday after police say he shot a 12-year-old following a possible dispute on Facebook.

A 13-year-old Massachusetts boy will appear in juvenile court Tuesday after he allegedly shot a 12-year-old boy with a rifle after an argument Monday.

Police and a New Hampshire prep school that was the focus of sexual-assault allegations have reached an agreement that says suspected acts of sexual abuse involving children will be reported to police and to a state agency.

A man was arrested for gun and child abuse charges during a traffic stop in Richmond, Rhode Island on Friday, according to police.