Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist is a evocative portrait of poverty, justice, and survival in a fractured society. It remains as ...

A 14-year-old boy has died following a crash involving a car towing a trailer and a pedestrian. Hampshire Police were called ...

Stormont has been urged to remove a “cruel clause” that “writes out” thousands of women, girls and their children in a mother and baby homes Bill. Campaigners, including survivors of the homes run by ...

Mother-of-four Mary Higgs went undercover to expose the awful conditions in the early 1900s.

This is the story of Mary Higgs, who went undercover to expose the awful conditions in workhouses and common lodging houses in the early 1900s.

A Wendell mother and father face felony child abuse charges after their 13-year-old daughter was hospitalized.

Despite global gains on combating child labor, sub-Saharan Africa still has the highest number of underage workers, highlighting deeper challenges with the continent's fast-growing economies.

Tom Felton is set to reprise his iconic role of Draco Malfoy in the "Harry Potter" Broadway show for a limited engagement beginning this November.

An illegal immigrant in Massachusetts is accused of raping a child, according to police who say the victim was "tied, bound or gagged." ...

A Berlin firefighter was arrested on child pornography charges following an investigation by Sterling police and the Massachusetts State Police Cyber Crime Unit.

Here's the annual cost of raising a young child in each state (and Washington, DC) and how each state ranks compared to the rest of the country, with 51 being the cheapest and 1 being the most ...