abandoned baby

An abandoned baby was discovered alive in a dumpster near an apartment building in Greenville, North Carolina, on Sunday morning.

A Florida teen rescued a 21-month-old baby in Fort Lauderdale who was strapped into a car seat and left on the pavement in the summer heat, WESH reported this week.

The mother of a newborn who was discovered abandoned and wrapped in a plastic bag nearly four years ago in Georgia has been arrested, PEOPLE reported.

A New Mexico woman was sentenced to 16 years in prison Monday after abandoning her newborn son in a dumpster in the city of Hobbs in January of last year.

A newborn was found in a trash can at a gas station in Fullerton, California, on Thursday afternoon, and taken to a hospital.

An Alaska woman said she found an abandoned baby along with a note stating the parents did not have enough money to feed the infant, WSYX reported Monday.

A four-month-old boy has been rescued and is safely in the care of Michigan Child Protective Services after being abandoned in the woods next to a creek on Wednesday morning.

A dead newborn was found in a trash can inside the restroom of an Applebee’s restaurant in Irving, Texas, on Friday afternoon.

A resident found an abandoned newborn with a heartbreaking note attached to his clothing on the doorstep of an apartment in Orlando, Florida, on Saturday. 

HOUSTON, Texas — A resident of a northwest Houston apartment complex made a startling discovery after hearing a baby crying. He and another man found a newborn baby covered in ants, abandoned under a bush.

The mother of the toddler who was burned to death in an oven by a young sibling, has been charged with four counts of endangering a child. Nineteen-month-old J’Zyrah Thompson died after she was burned to death in an oven when the mother and her boyfriend left Thompson’s four children under the age of five unattended. A three-year-old sibling allegedly turned on the oven after the toddler climbed into the oven. Thompson’s live-in boyfriend has also been charged.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Retired U.S. Army Gen. Colin Powell, who served as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Secretary of State, complained that the GOP has become too conservative, adding that the only reason he remains a Republican is to annoy the party.

A long-haired tabby cat in Russia is being hailed as a hero this month for saving the life of an abandoned infant by keeping the tyke warm during the harsh winter night.