Luz Garcia and her husband have been fostering children since 2018. But nothing could have prepared her for the moment her son, 9-year-old Xeius, met his newborn foster baby brother, Benny— a bond ...

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Gov. Patrick Morrisey announced a plan to bring home the hundreds of West Virginia foster children in out-of-state placement ...

A pair of sick foster parents allegedly beat their 3-year-old “special needs” foster daughter to death after meting out months of abuse because the girl would cry and take too long to chew her food, ...

The 57-year-old retired nurse said she has been trying to get custody of her grandson for much of his short life, ...