Mar 6 - By Roxana Hegeman, Associated Press Writer
A Kansas judge on Friday blocked the release of child welfare records of an 11-year-old boy whose disappearance went unreported for nearly a decade.
Mar 5 - By Associated Press
Police say a 12-year-old Michigan boy was shot and killed when a gun being cleaned by his father went off.
Mar 2 - By Michael Graczyk, Associated Press Writer
A 13-year-old boy who became disoriented during a map-reading exercise in a national forest was found safe Monday after spending the night alone in near-freezing temperatures.
Feb 28 - By Caryn Rousseau, Associated Press Writer
Chicago police said Tuesday that the 14-year-old who posed as an officer drove a patrol car and aided in an arrest, and that seven officers face disciplinary reviews for the "lax" behavior that allowed the teen's escapade to happen.
Feb 26 - By Michael Rubinkam, Associated Press Writer
For more than two decades, only Joseph Geiger knew how David Reed had died — a fatal punch to the 13-year-old he suspected of stealing his marijuana plants.
Feb 24 - By Associated Press
Authorities say two men have been charged in the kidnapping of a 6-year-old Las Vegas boy last year.

Feb 18 - By Winda Benedetti, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
Scott Langteau has this message for kids: Spend less time playing video games.
Feb 6 - By Sophia Tareen, Associated Press Writer
The head of the city's police department said Friday that more investigation was needed to determine how a 14-year-old boy impersonated an officer last month and who was responsible.
Feb 2 - By Associated Press
A convicted sex offender pleaded guilty Monday to raping a 6-year-old boy at a Massachusetts public library last year while he was on probation.
Jan 31 - By Associated Press
Sheriff's officials say an 11-year-old Florida boy died from a gunshot wound to the forehead after he and friends were playing with a loaded gun that went off.
Jan 27 - By Associated Press
The Massachusetts police chief who is charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of a boy at a gun show has resigned.

Jan 26 - By Denise Lavoie, AP Legal Affairs Writer
For months, Ernesto Gonzalez Jr. sat in jail, refusing to say anything about the weekend last summer when his 5-year-old son, Giovanni, disappeared.
Jan 25 - By Don Babwin, Associated Press Writer
An angry Chicago Police superintendent vowed Thursday to find out how a 14-year-old boy allegedly impersonated a police officer and even went on patrol for several hours last weekend.

Jan 20 - By David N. Goodman, Associated Press Writer
An 8-year-old boy lived for more than a week with the body of his dead mother before telling a concerned shopkeeper his mom was "in a better place," police said. Gaynell Tipado, 41, apparently died Jan. 9 in their apartment in the Detroit suburb of Romulus, and the boy survived in part by eating dried rice, butter and flour, authorities said.
Jan 14 - By Associated Press
In a Jan. 11 story about a state senator seeking an investigation into the state's role in the case of a boy missing for more than a decade, The Associated Press misidentified the general counsel for the Kansas Department of Education. Her name is Dea Lieber, not Ed Libber.
Jan 9 - By Zinie Chen Sampson, Associated Press Writer
An eastern Virginia couple arrested after their 6-year-old son crashed the family car while trying to drive himself to school appeared in court Friday on child-endangerment charges.
Jan 6 - By Associated Press
A 6-year-old Virginia boy who missed his bus tried to drive to school in his family's sedan — and crashed. His parents were charged with child endangerment. State police said the boy suffered only minor injuries and authorities drove him to school after he was evaluated at a local hospital for a bump on his head. He arrived shortly after lunch, Sgt. Tom Cunningham said.

Jan 5 - By Associated Press
A state senator wants to know if the Kansas social services department had any contact with an 11-year-old boy who went missing a decade ago but whose disappearance wasn't reported until this month.

Dec 23 - By Greg Risling, Associated Press Writer
A call to police to investigate a gaunt, seedy-looking man with a boy was the beginning of a deadly end to four years on the run for Manuel Benitez, a former child actor who authorities say used a dumbbell to beat his girlfriend to death in 2004.
Dec 22 - By Associated Press
A police chief in western Massachusetts pleaded not guilty Monday to involuntary manslaughter in the death of an 8-year-old boy who accidentally shot himself with an Uzi at a gun show.
Dec 17 - By Associated Press
Soulja Boy Tell 'Em is telling parents he's sorry for his vulgar words.
Dec 15 - By Denise Lavoie, AP Legal Affairs Writer
Gun control advocates hope that manslaughter indictments in the death of an 8-year-old who accidentally shot himself in the head with an Uzi at a gun show will deter other gun shows from allowing children to fire weapons.
Dec 4 - By Associated Press
Prosecutors dropped all charges Thursday against a woman accused of burning her son in an oven, saying that continuing with the case would harm the boy.

Dec 4 - By Associated Press
A Massachusetts town has appointed an acting police chief while its current chief faces an involuntary manslaughter charge in the accidental shooting death of an 8-year-old boy.

Nov 22 - By Binaj Gurubacharya, Associated Press Writer
A Nepalese teenager revered by many as a reincarnation of Buddha has returned to the jungle to meditate after emerging for less than two weeks, officials said Saturday.