The West Virginia couple, who is White, were accused of severely neglecting and mistreating their five adopted Black children John Raby/AP Photo A West Virginia couple accused of locking their ...

Sarah Burris is a long-time veteran of political campaigns, having worked as a fundraiser and media director across the United States. She transitioned into reporting while working for Rock the ...

An adoptive mom is going viral for revealing how children adopted at birth can still experience trauma. Lora Rose Buth, who works as an occupational therapist based in Kentucky, explained in a ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia couple accused of neglect and forced labor involving their adopted children was convicted by a jury on Wednesday after eight hours of deliberations.

The police report says that the children claimed they were punished by being doused with cold water in their beds, and "left to sleep in that condition overnight." The couple adopted the children ...

A Florida couple — including a woman who authored children's books — has pleaded guilty to abusing their adopted children inclduing spanking them until they bled and making them sleep on wet beds.

Start your Independent Premium subscription today. A West Virginia jury heard how the adopted children of Jeanne Whitefeather and Donald Lantz were forced to sleep on the cold concrete floor ...

Older children often lived in foster care or an orphanage (if adopted internationally) before being adopted. There is a strong possibility in these settings for a child to have experienced trauma ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WCHS) — Prosecutors are working to convince a jury that a Sissonville couple targeted and abused their adopted children because of their race, while defense attorneys paint a ...

In the course of the investigation, police wrote they uncovered evidence of abuse targeting not only the eight-year-old victim, but also the Wolfthal couple's two other adopted children ...