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.
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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.
Woman released from prison time for boyfriend's abuse of children
An Oklahoma woman is free Saturday night after 15 years behind bars for child abuse — abuse that was inflicted on her kids by her boyfriend. Mark Strassmann reports.
A rare look at Pope Francis
"Pope Francis: A Man of His Word" shows the pontiff in a revealing interview, speaking without notes. 60 Minutes meets the man who made the film, Sunday at 8 p.m. ET/PT
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.
Gateway Church founding pastor indicted on child sex abuse-related charges
Robert Morris resigned from Gateway Church last year following allegations that he sexual relations with a 12-year-old girl approximately four decades ago.
Grim details emerge after man says he was held captive for 20 years
The man, now 32, told authorities his confinement began when he was about 11 years old. He said he was locked in a room nearly all day and night and given limited food and water.
Man accused of shooting 1-year-old daughter in front of her mother
Prosecutors say Adam Joseph Montoya carried out the crime with an AR-style rifle in front of the girl's mother.
Florida man executed for 1997 killing of couple whose toddler witnessed attack
A Florida man convicted of killing a husband and wife at a remote farm in front of the couple's toddler has received a lethal injection in the state's first execution of the year.
Tennessee's attempt to execute Christa Pike using lethal injection fails
Co-pilot stabs pilot, tries to crash passenger jet en route to Israel, Netanyahu says
Hegseth says he's cutting generals and admirals by 20%, ousting "woke"
Details emerge in case of former Cornell student alleging rape by frat members
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