A reporter learns how to listen for the gaps while reporting on Tennessee youth convicted of felony murder — for killings they didn’t commit.
Children & Families
An Arkansas coroner surrendered six years of child death reports under subpoena after ignoring a reporter’s records requests; a prosecutor’s FOIA probe remains open.
Ohio lawmakers are drafting a bipartisan bill for school radon testing, remediation funds and a $2,000 mitigation tax credit after a Dispatch probe exposed state failures.
Tras 20 años en una prisión de California por un crimen que dice no haber cometido, Úrsula Gómez fue entregada a ICE y deportada a México, país que dejó de niña. Hoy lucha por rehacer su vida.
After 20 years in a California prison, Ursula Gomez was handed to ICE and deported to Mexico, a country she left at 5. Now she’s rebuilding and fighting her case.
A motion presented at Tuesday’s Board of Supervisors meeting calls for steps to improve L.A. County’s system for issuing restraining orders for victims of domestic violence and stalking.
A Times investigation found that former partners or close relatives were charged in the deaths of at least 63 women who were killed in 2024 and 2025 in L.A. County.
Thousands of children might be exposed to lead levels high enough to cause IQ loss without their parents knowing. Health experts call the testing rates “alarmingly low.”
Ophelia is among the roughly 150 Iowa children and teenagers diagnosed with cancer in an average year, upending families while doctors still struggle to explain the causes.
The agency says temporary arrangements spare children from foster care. But families are swept into a labyrinth they struggle to escape.