NEW YORK -- A disturbing issue that affects many girls in our area is being forced into marriage when they are underage. It might surprise you that thousands of girls under the age of 18 are getting ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. At age 16, Courtney Stodden's marriage to a 51-year-old actor sent shockwaves across the country. Now, at age 31, Stodden says she ...

It remains unclear what steps the NT Government took - if any - to protect a 13-year-old girl who was promised off and raped ...

A new report by UNICEF warns that the number of child brides in Africa could more than double to 310 million in the next 35 years. Though the rates of child marriage are on the decline in most parts ...

Jyoti Thorat (left), a sugarcane worker who was married as a child bride, prays with her husband, Ravindra, in their home at Kathoda village in Beed district of India ...

Courtney Stodden was just 16 years old when she became a tabloid fixture after marrying a much, much older man in 2011. In the 15 years since she first made headlines, Stodden has run the 21st-century ...

WASHINGTON — Thousands of requests by men to bring in child and adolescent brides to live in the United States were approved over the past decade, according to government data obtained by the ...

At age 16, Courtney Stodden's marriage to a 51-year-old actor sent shockwaves across the country. Now, at age 31, Stodden says she was a child bride. Doug Hutchinson was best known for his roles on ...