Expert shares ways to keep your kids safe online

(WFSB) — In a recent kidnapping case involving a Plainfield teen, Connecticut parents are looking for ways to keep their children safe. Police said 22-year-old Connor Tidd met a 13-year-old girl online using apps like Snapchat, Discord and even a lesser-known one called “Purp.” Eventually, the two met face to face. Tidd now faces kidnapping, … Read more

AG Ken Paxton Announces Dell Children’s Medical Center Study

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to date with the most important Texas news. Attorney General Ken Paxton rejoined the conservative fight to limit access to gender-affirming care for trans youth, announcing Friday that he was opening an investigation into “potentially illegal” practices at Dell Children’s Medical … Read more

Mothers from Alburgh are desperate for runaway children

ALBURGH, Vt. (WCAX) – It’s been more than three days since two Alburgh kids left and there’s still no sign of them. Liallah Warden, 12, and Dale O’Bryne, 14, appear to have run away together, according to police. It’s a parent’s worst nightmare. “It’s killing us, it really is,” said Serena Purcell, Dale’s mom. “I … Read more