Florida investigators are working to determine whether a 3-year-old girl who drowned in an inflatable pool was held down by her 4-year-old brother, authorities said.
Child protective investigators in Florida had "prior involvement" with the family of the two children found dead in a canal this month, an official said Tuesday.
A Florida father was found with the dead body of his adopted daughter in his truck and another severely ill child.
The same day that law enforcement records painted a grim picture of brutal, systemic abuse of 10-year-old Florida twins, one of whom was found dead in a plastic bag in her adoptive father's truck, the state child welfare agency released a report indicating that investigators had concluded there were "no safety threats" in the family's home.
Florida's Department of Children and Families is under fire after a girl was found dead in a pickup truck.
The adoptive mother of a Florida girl found dead in a plastic bag in her husband's truck has been charged with first-degree murder, police said Saturday.
The tragic case of Jorge Barahona of Florida is yet another reminder of the shortcomings of the nation's child protective service systems.
They had blood relatives in Houston who wanted to adopt them.
There were blood relatives in Houston who wanted to adopt.
Police say a man admitted trying to kill himself and his adopted son. WSVN has more.
Julie Schenecker went into counseling; the girl and her brother are now dead
A Florida mother has been arrested for her alleged part in attempting to sell her 8-week-old son, police said Tuesday.
Florida's ban on adoptions by gay men and lesbians came to an official end Friday.
Florida won't be appealing a court ruling that found the state's ban on adoptions by gay men and lesbians unconstitutional.
The parents of an injured baby girl who was flown to Florida for treatment after Haiti's earthquake have been told what they already know: They are the biological parents of the little girl.
A weeks-old baby was found safe Wednesday after he was abducted, police said, by a 19-year-old woman posing as a worker with the Florida Department of Children and Families.
A baby allegedly abducted by a woman posing as a Florida child welfare worker has been found safe and sound.
Florida has issued a statewide Amber Alert for an 8-day-old baby, who authorities say was abducted by his parents.
The state judge who ordered Terri Schiavo's feeding tube removed last week rejected the latest effort by Florida officials to intervene in the brain-damaged woman's case.
A judge extended a stay keeping a brain-damaged Florida woman attached to a feeding tube by 48 hours Wednesday, just an hour before the order was set to expire.
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