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Trenton Bureau The Murphy administration has included extra funding to support child abuse investigations for the first time amid a spike in reports of online exploitation during the COVID-19 pandemic. The additional $600,000 for the state's Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force was included in Gov. Phil Murphy's budget after the Trenton bureau of the USA TODAY Network Atlantic Group reported a 75% increase in abuse tips last year. The initial budget documents his administration released did not show state support for the task force, but a more detailed breakdown of his proposed spend...

Family Ties We’re still living with the punitive politics of family values. A broader, universal vision can break its vise grip. A "Save the Children" rally outside the Capitol building on August 22, 2020 in St Paul, Minnesota (Stephen Maturen/Getty Images) Given Donald Trump’s multiple marriages, penchant for infidelity, and alleged sexual misconduct, many commentators saw his presidency as a departure from the Republican Party’s investment in family-values politics. As longtime GOP consultant Stuart Stevens told last August, “How does ...

February 14, 2021 MARTINSVILLE, Va. – Kaleb Christopher Merritt, 21, was captured by police in Henderson, North Carolina, and is being held in the abduction of a 12-year-old girl from Henry County, Va. The arrest was made Saturday after a manhunt that began Friday when the two left the girl’s home in Southside Virginia. Merritt was taken into custody by North Carolina authorities without incident. 12-year-old Allie Broadaway was found with him, unharmed. Henry County authorities had considered her a runaway. The girl was reported missing from her home in Bassett, Virginia on Friday aftern...

A Texas man has been taken into custody after the disappearance of a 12-year-old Virginia girl, authorities said.

MARTINSVILLE, Va. (AP) — A Texas man has been taken into custody after the...