Scattered clothes, alcoholic beverage containers, drug paraphernalia and children’s toys covered the floor and furniture in the darkened living room as child protective services workers walked inside.

The years of abuse suffered by little Thomas Valva — the autistic boy whose ex-NYPD cop dad and stepmom were convicted of murder in his freezing death — were kept under wraps thanks to the secretive ...

AUSTIN, Texas – For the first time ever, the State of Texas will have an advisory committee overseeing Child Protective Services (CPS) investigations and training thanks to a new state law that passed ...