Duchess Meghan confronted dad over child abuse claims last year
Video has emerged of Thomas Markle receiving a letter from his daughter Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, in which she reportedly told him she "knew he had abused young girls."
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Meghan "deeply distressed" as dad faces child abuse material probe
Thomas Markle, the estranged father of Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, is facing a probe in the Philippines over alleged possession of child sexual abuse materials.
Dingell on Ohio, Michigan elections
Ohio Republican gubernatorial nominee Vivek Ramaswamy is facing backlash for a controversial attack ad featuring his opponent Amy Acton's estranged mother. CBS News' Fin Gómez explains more, plus Rep. Debbie Dingell, a Michigan Democrat, shares her thoughts on the ad and her state's politics.
California couple arrested on abuse charges
A California couple at the center of a surrogacy scandal has been arrested on child abuse charges. CBS News legal reporter Katrina Kaufman reports.
Arrest of California couple in surrogacy scandal
A California couple has been arrested on child abuse charges after 21 children, many born through surrogacy, were removed from their property. CBS News legal reporter Katrina Kaufman has more.
Couple in surrogacy scandal arrested
A Chinese-born couple was arrested in California on Tuesday, more than a year after 21 children were discovered inside their castle-like mansion near Los Angeles. They are accused of what the L.A. County district attorney calls "horrific punishment and beatings and child abuse." The kids were almost all born via the largely unregulated world of surrogacy and are now in protective custody. Jonathan Vigliotti reports.
Man who lived in squalor with 16 grandkids found mentally incompetent for trial
Investigators said the children, who weren't enrolled in school, remained mostly confined to a small room in the house under deplorable conditions.
Rape and murder of toddler in Nepal sparks calls for the death penalty
Protesters and politicians enraged by the rape and murder of a 3-year-old girl in Nepal are demanding the country institute the death penalty.
Michigan parents charged with murder after boy found to be 250+ pounds
Two Flint Township, Michigan, parents, are facing several charges, including second-degree murder, in the death of their 7-year-old son, who was 255 pounds and abused and neglected, according to the Genesee County prosecutor.
Inside NYPD's gender based violence unit
The nation's largest police department, the NYPD, has launched a new unit designed to revolutionize how it approaches survivors of gender-based violence. CBS News got an exclusive first look inside the policy and training facility. CBS News' Anna Schecter reports.
Timothy Busfield ordered released from jail pending trial in child sex abuse
A judge has ordered that actor Timothy Busfield be released from jail during a detention hearing on child sex abuse charges.
Busfield released before child sex abuse trial
A New Mexico judge ordered the release of actor Timothy Busfield during a pretrial detention hearing on Tuesday. Busfield is accused of inappropriately touching two child actors, which he denies. CBS News correspondent Carter Evans has the latest.
Timothy Busfield detention hearing underway
Actor Timothy Busfield is back in a New Mexico courtroom for a detention hearing. He's accused of inappropriately touching two child actors, which he denies. CBS News correspondent Carter Evans has the latest.
Couple probed for child abuse had more surrogate babies
This past July, police in California raided the home of Guojun Xuan and Silvia Zhang over allegations of possible child abuse. The couple's 21 children, mostly surrogate-born, were taken into state custody as an investigation began. In the months since their arrest and release, the couple has had at least five more surrogate-born babies. The couple is now fighting for custody of all of their children and is suing some of their surrogates in the process. CBS News legal reporter Katrina Kaufman has more.
Actor Timothy Busfield faces child sex abuse charge in New Mexico
Timothy Busfield is known for appearances in "The West Wing," "Field of Dreams" and "Thirtysomething."
Former gymnastics coach arrested
The FBI arrested former gymnastics coach Sean Gardner last week, accusing him of possessing child pornography. According to court documents, at least two young gymnasts previously reported Gardners, who coached at a prominent academy in Iowa, for sexual and physical abuse. CBS News' Lana Zak reports.
DOJ shuts down dark web child abuse sites that had 120,000 members
Operation Grayskull helped shutter four heavily trafficked dark web sites where violent child sexual abuse materials were traded and housed.
Nanny on the run in alleged surrogacy scam
Police say 21 children, most born via surrogates, were pulled from a couple's 10,000 square feet California home. Now, the couple faces felony child endangerment charges and a nanny is on the run. CBS News reporter Andres Gutierrez reports from outside the home.
Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson scheduled to be executed on Oct. 16
Prosecutors alleged that Roberson killed the child by violently shaking her — a diagnosis commonly referred to at the time as shaken baby syndrome.
Officials urge health tests for 1,200 kids as care worker charged with rape
A 26-year-old child care worker in Australia was charged with dozens of counts of rape and child abuse, sparking an effort to find other potential victims.
French surgeon gets maximum prison sentence for abuse of hundreds of kids
Joel Le Scouarnec, 74, called an "atomic bomb of pedophilia" in court, has been sentenced to prison for abusing hundreds of patients, most of them children.
Network leaders, "War" and "Trippy," charged over alleged child exploitation
Group leaders of 764, Leonidas Varagiannis, also known as "War," and Prasan Nepal, also known as "Trippy," could spend the rest of their lives in prison if found guilty.
German police say online child sex abuse platform busted in huge operation
Police in Europe say "one of the largest pedophile platforms in the world" is now offline after a joint operation dismantled the "KidFlix" network.
Utah adds protections for children of influencers after Ruby Franke case
Utah is moving to protect the children of online content creators following the child abuse conviction of family vlogger Ruby Franke.
New Hampshire agrees to pay $10 million in youth center abuse case
The settlement was awarded in the case of a man who alleged that he was gang-raped in a stairwell at the state's youth detention center in the 1990s.
Hegseth's group reprimanded for noise at Tomb of Unknown Soldier
Nvidia's stock dives as board weighs move to oust Jensen Huang
Baby found buried alive, father charged with attempted murder
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