Source: Yuliya Taba / Getty NOBLESVILLE, Ind. — It is a nightmare no parent wants to face. Last week, a local 15-year-old boy walked up to his mother in tears, begging her for $300 to stop an anonymous online predator from destroying his reputation. The teenager had become the latest victim of “sextortion”—a rapidly growing...Read More
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) – A Child Safety Day aimed at helping families keep children safe and healthy is planned for 10 am to 1 pm, Saturday, May 30, at the National Maritime Museum in Downtown Mobile. The event is presented by USA Health Children’s & Women’s Hospital and will offer education and resources focused on...Read More
WASHINGTON (WRDW/WAGT) – New data shows a law from U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff is forcing big tech companies to report child predators, according to the senator’s staff. Two years ago this month, Ossoff’s bipartisan REPORT Act became law. It requires big tech companies to report crimes involving enticement of children to the National Center for...Read More
France is facing a child abuse scandal as ‘monitors’ at dozens of state nursery and primary schools are investigated for violence, sexual assault and rape. Paris police are examining more than 100 allegations of mistreatment, physical violence and rape of children as young as three by school monitors during lunch breaks, nap times and after-school...Read More
HARRISBURG — Attorney General Dave Sunday announced charges against a Montgomery County man regarding the installation of hidden cameras in a southwestern Pennsylvania home to produce child sexual abuse material. Adam Benjamin Arena, 46, was charged this week with more than 100 felonies — including production and possession of child abuse material — and dozen...Read More
Energizer® Ultimate Child Shield™ is the world’s only coin lithium battery that prevents esophageal burning if swallowed. ST. LOUIS, May 6, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Energizer Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: ENR), one of the world’s largest manufacturers and distributors of batteries, today announced the launch of its new Energizer® Ultimate Child Shield™ coin lithium batteries, (sizes 2032, 2025 and...Read More
Phoebe Bridgers has been busy behind the scenes. The formerly omnipresent indie singer-songwriter and boygenius member more or less dropped off the face of the Earth for two years after her huge night at the 2024 Grammys. But she’s been back in a big way this spring, playing a series of tightly locked down surprise...Read More
POLK COUNTY, Fla. — Polk County deputies recently arrested more than a dozen men in a child predator sting, including a Florida man known in the community as Santa Claus. Leer en español “There’s this fella called Santa Claus — and we arrested Santa Claus,” authorities said. The arrest is raising alarm, with officials calling...Read More
Serious questions have been raised about whether a young girl allegedly murdered by her mother was failed by Queensland’s child safety system. Four-year-old Cleo Rose Catterall was found unresponsive inside a home in Lowood, west of Brisbane, late on Monday night. Her mother, nurse Jessie Renee Phillips, 31, has been charged with murder. Know the...Read More
A24 has released the teaser trailer for “Primetime,” a new drama-thriller that sees Robert Pattinson suit up as the iconic “To Catch a Predator” host, Chris Hansen. “Ren Faire” filmmaker Lance Oppenheim directs with a script from Ajon Singh. Other cast members include Merritt Wever, Skyler Gisondo and Phoebe Bridgers. The logline for “Primetime” reads,...Read More
