A couple accused of beating their toddler to death, tucking her body in a plastic box and dumping it in Galveston Bay have been indicted on charges of capital murder. Complete Story...
An attorney for the stepfather accused of killing the toddler known as "Baby Grace" said Thursday that his client didn't kill the girl, and blamed her mother for mischaracterizing what happened.
A child advocate had planned to ask a judge to remove a 3-year-old girl from her mother's care the same day that authorities say the mother and her live-in boyfriend beat the toddler to death, newly released documents show.
Internet service providers would be given specific responsibilities to report child pornography on their sites and face tough penalties for not doing so under a bill passed Wednesday by the House.
A prosecutor said Indiana's child welfare system failed a 3-year-old girl beaten to death weeks after she was returned to her birth mother, and that foster parents and case workers would be interviewed to find out why.
A man believed to be the father of "Baby Grace," a 2-year-old girl whose body washed ashore in Texas, said in an interview broadcast Thursday that the girl's mother loved her, and he didn't believe she was capable of harming the little girl.
Authorities are trying to determine if the 2-year-old dubbed "Baby Grace" after her body was found in Galveston Bay was repeatedly abused by her mother and stepfather, an investigator said Tuesday.
Authorities said Monday they were "fairly confident" that a child whose body was found on the shore of Galveston Bay last month was the 2-year-old daughter of a woman arrested during the weekend with her male companion.
A toddler who crawled out a third-floor window during his family's Thanksgiving festivities and fell onto a store roof not only survived — he didn't even break a bone.
Texas laws allow the killing of a fetus to be prosecuted as murder, regardless of the fetus' stage of development, but they do not apply to abortions, the state's highest criminal court has ruled.
An 8-year-old girl was separated from her pregnant mother and left behind for four days at a detention center established to keep immigrant families together while their cases are processed.
Residents held a memorial service for "Baby Grace," a young girl whose remains were discovered inside a storage box that washed ashore on Galveston Bay.
Six years after the Taliban's ouster, medical care in Afghanistan has improved such that nearly 90,000 children who would have died before age 5 in 2001 will survive this year, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Sunday.
The top two lawmakers on the Senate Education Committee said Friday they are putting off consideration of a new No Child Left Behind law until next year.
Here's one way to get a presidential candidate to change his mind: If you're a 5-year-old, shed a few tears.
Authorities were investigating the identity and cause of death of a young girl whose remains washed ashore inside a storage box on West Galveston Bay.
Parents are getting more involved in raising their children, but there are still significant disparities, depending on family income and education levels, the government reported Wednesday.
He could barely reach the pedal, but one 7-year-old boy managed to take the family car out for a spin in his Lehigh Acres neighborhood.
A woman has been arrested and charged with murdering a 2-year-old boy whose body was found in a suitcase dumped in a pond in suburban Sydney.
A man who admitted he beat his girlfriend's 2-year-old son offered an excuse that angered a judge: He said he's not a morning person.
A group of children playing in an Australian park Wednesday opened a suitcase they found floating in a pond and discovered the body of a youngster inside, police said.
When asked about her engagement party this summer, little Sunam glanced blankly at her family, then fiddled with her gold-sequined engagement outfit — a speechless response not out of shyness, but because she does not yet talk much. Sunam is 3.
A wrecker towed a vehicle with a 3-year-old boy sleeping inside to a private storage lot on Wednesday. The child was not hurt. The boy's aunt had left her Toyota Rav4 to go into a business. She called police when she realized the car was gone.
New York's highest court on Thursday overturned part of a lower court's $15 million judgment against a disbarred New York City lawyer who served 15 years in prison for killing his 6-year-old adopted daughter.
An 11-year-old boy led police on a chase that reached speeds of more than 100 mph, leading to charges for him and his parents, who are accused of letting him drive for months, state police said.