Fifteen-year-old Alyssa Bustamante aged considerably Wednesday when a Missouri judge ruled that she should be tried as an adult for allegedly strangling a 9-year-old neighbor a week after digging a grave for the girl.

A body found by two children playing in the Pelzer area of Greenville County has been identified as a missing teenager from Williamston.

WHILE Recently released data from the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) show an upward swing in Jamaica's poverty line and a reduction in the number of people going hungry, a strong link is being made between missing children and poverty levels.

Many homeless children in the Democratic Republic of Congo are living on the streets after being accused of witchcraft. Some say that more girls than boys are targeted in Bukavu. A shelter in the city provides a home for children labeled as witches.

Tonight's Dispatches special shows intrepid Brit Gary Foxcroft returning to the Nigerian region where he uncovered widespread cruelty to children accused of witchcraft by rogue church pastors.

According to the United Nations, the cultural practice of polygamy has been universally proven, worldwide; to drive women and children into poverty, limit the educational, and career opportunities of females, restrict their choice of life partner, travel,

As you may know with the economy the way it is today truck lease operators are feeling the financial lows that are being felt all over the United States. Semi Truck lease rates are as high as they have ever been and truck load rates are at their lowest

'Women in Tajikistan are beaten, abused, and raped in the family but the authorities tend to reflect the societal attitude of blaming the woman for domestic violence. They see their primary role as mediator, to preserve the family rather than protect the

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Third grader Sam Bish is a spunky and smart 8-year-old from Reynoldsburg who is fighting an adult disease.

Tips for traveling with a truck driver in a big rig from packing - meals - truck stops - what to use if you gotta go right now.