Dear Abby: Is curiosity about friend’s felony charges a good enough excuse to reach out to her?

Dear Abby: I recently found out that the state removed all of my good friend’s children and placed them into protective custody. I got this information from a local news website I was browsing one day. She is being charged with multiple felony counts of child neglect. I knew she didn’t have custody of her kids prior to finding the article, but she never mentioned to me what was really going on. This woman has been like a sister to me for years.