A two-year-old boy who spent a night alone in the Arizona wilderness was led to safety by a rancher’s dog and was recovering safely at home with his family on Thursday. The toddler, identified as Boden Allen, disappeared from his home in Seligman, Arizona, at around 5pm local time on Monday, about 100 miles south...Read More

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. A scathing federal report on the Uvalde mass shooting released Thursday highlighted the miscommunication and lack of action between the hundreds of officers who showed up to Robb Elementary School on May 24,...Read More

WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation tracked down and arrested more than 200 people accused of sex crimes involving children during a five-day operation, officials announced Wednesday. What You Need To Know The Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation teamed up to track down and arrest...Read More

March 16, 2025 – Turlock, CA – Turlock Police Department officials report that in collaboration with multiple law enforcement agencies, conducted an online chat operation from March 6-8, 2025, in the city of Turlock. This operation targeted individuals attempting to engage in illicit activities with underage children. The multi-agency effort resulted in the arrest of...Read More

An attentive mother led to the arrest of an alleged child predator after she noticed suspicious activity on her child’s social media account. Eric Prater, 50, of Red Bay, is charged with three counts of electronic solicitation of a child. Prater is accused of sending a Facebook friend request to a Tuscaloosa County girl under...Read More

Washington, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) School Safety Working Group’s Ten Essential Actions to Improve Safety identifies 10 things schools, school districts and law enforcement can do to mitigate and prevent violence on campus. The actions that are recommended are intended to enable swift and...Read More

Texas attorney general Ken Paxton on Thursday launched an investigation into Character.AI and 14 other technology platforms over child privacy and safety concerns. The investigation will assess whether Character.AI — and other platforms that are popular with young people, including Reddit, Instagram, and Discord — conform to Texas’ child privacy and safety laws. The investigation...Read More

As Valentine’s Day approaches, one family has transformed their grief into advocacy, honoring their daughter’s life with a call to action for school safety. On Feb. 14, Alabama joins 19 other states in participating in Make Our Schools Safe Day, a national day for advocacy and remembrance, marking the seventh anniversary of the tragic shooting...Read More

Sexual Exploitation Surge: 205 Arrested in FBI Operation Targeting Child Predators Rising Cases of Online Child Exploitation In a staggering revelation, the FBI has reported the arrest of 205 individuals accused of child sex crimes over a brief five-day period in April. This operation underscores an alarming rise in online child exploitation, particularly targeting children...Read More

New Jersey’s Attorney General Matthew Platkin is suing Discord over the chat company’s child safety features. The lawsuit claims that Discord has “misled parents about the efficacy of its safety controls and obscured the risks children faced when using the application.” The Office of the Attorney General and the state’s Division of Consumer Affairs concluded...Read More