In the 1980s — before social media and the Amber Alert — United States dairy companies began printing missing children’s photos on the sides of milk cartons as a way to get word out to the public.

When The Milk Carton Kids broke out in the Americana and folk music scene in 2011, they did it in a stripped-down way — two guys with guitars and harmonies. That pattern lasted pretty consistently ...

The man convicted in the 1979 killing of 6-year-old Etan Patz was awarded a new trial Monday as a federal appeals court overturned the guilty verdict in one of the nation’s most notorious missing ...