TORONTO, Canada (AFP) – The teenage star of director David Schwimmer’s new film “Trust” about online predators urged parents to talk to their kids about staying safe online.

“Doing this film really opened my eyes… made me more aware and more cautious,” said actor Liana Liberato, 15, on Saturday, who as the character Annie meets a boy online who turns out to be much, much older and takes advantage of her in the film, which premiered at the Toronto film festival.

LAYTON, Utah — A woman was arrested after her two children were found dead with neck and throat injuries that appear to be consistent with strangulation, police said Thursday.

“It would appear there was some sort of struggle that would have involved the hands, not a firearm or a knife,” Layton Police Lt. Quinn Moyes said.

James Warhola, 8, and Jean Warhola, 7, were found dead Wednesday night by police inside the shared bedroom of their Layton home. Their mother, Sun Cha Warhola, 44, was being held on suspicion of two counts of aggravated murder in the Davis County Jail.

WASHINGTON — The children most at risk of attempted abduction by strangers are girls ages 10 to 14, many on their way to or from school, and they escape harm mostly through their own fast thinking or fierce resistance, according to a national analysis.

HARRISBURG, Pa., Sept 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — In the hustle and bustle of starting school again, it may be easy for teachers and other school employees to overlook even the most obvious signs of child abuse. However, it is the first few days back at school that might be the most revealing when it comes to recognizing potential signs of abuse for a child who has spent the past few months in an abusive or neglectful home.

“For employees in school settings, returning to school involves responsibilities beyond getting the classroom and school ready for the children—including being a ‘mandated reporter’ of suspected child abuse,” says Jeanne M. Groeneveld, director of training for the Pennsylvania Family Support Alliance (PFSA).

Four Perth men have been charged during a four-day police operation after allegedly sharing pictures of sexually abused children over the internet.

Child Online Exploitation Squad police searched 13 premises throughout the metropolitan and mid-west Gascoyne areas between August 30 and September 2 during Operation Bornholm.

The operation was established to target peer-to-peer computer network users.

I often think back to when I was a child. I remember how excited I became as the Christmas season grew near, and how exciting, through a child’s eyes, the magic of the holiday season was.

I can still hear my mother calling my name, when my personal letter from Santa Claus arrived. As I ran down the stairs, I was so excited that Santa Claus, had took the time to personally write me a letter.

A northeast Salem man found guilty of manslaughter and criminal mistreatment of his infant son will serve 171/2 years in prison for the crime.

Robert D. Morris, 25, was sentenced Thursday by Marion County Circuit Judge Albin Norblad.

Morris had been in Marion County jail since his arrest Oct. 28, 2008, for charges in connection with abusing his 6-month-old son, Gabriel, who died Oct. 31, 2008, at Doernbecher Children’s Hospital.

LEWISTON – A Lewiston firefighter was arrested Thursday and charged with raping a young girl over a period of years in the 1990s.

Donald Lagrange, 54, of 22 Baril St., was charged by Auburn police with three counts of gross sexual assault. He was taken to the Androscoggin County Jail but was released on bail Thursday night.

Four teenage boys have been charged after a mobile phone camera was allegedly used to film the sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl in Western Australia.

Police say the assault took place at a house on Friday, August 27.

A 16-year-old boy has been charged with two counts of sexual penetration of a child aged between 13 and 16 years.

David Schwimmer made his name as a hapless romantic in the hit TV comedy series “Friends”, but takes on a much darker topic in his second stint behind the camera with the movie “Trust.”

A heart-rending drama about how online predators groom child victims and the impact it has on a family, “Trust” was inspired by Schwimmer’s work with rape victims.

“Trust”, which is being shown at the Toronto International Film Festival, stars Clive Owen and Catherine Keener as parents who live out a nightmare when their teenage daughter is sexually assaulted by a man who gained her trust in an online chat relationship.

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SURPRISE, AZ – A woman was arrested Thursday night for allegedly beating her son with an electrical cord in Surprise.

Officers responded to the area of Bell Road and Estrella Freeway around 10:45 p.m. after receiving a report of child abuse.

Layton, UT – Kenneth Warhola arrived home from work Wednesday evening to an eerily quiet house. He set off to find his wife and two children and soon realized the three were barricaded in his son’s bedroom. He called out to his wife and demanded she open the door. She told him to give her 10 minutes before entering the room. When Kenneth finally forced his way into the room, he found the children, 7-year-old Jean and 8-year-old James, lying on the bed, covered by a blanket. Sun Cha Warhola asked her husband not to look at the children, but he felt his son’s face and found it cold to the touch. Both had been strangled to death.

LONG BEACH ? –A Long Beach teenager was sentenced Friday to more than 200 years in state prison for the gang-related murder of a 16 year-old-boy. Jason Trejo, 16, was sentenced to a term of 212 years to life in prison.