The New York Police Department has classified the death of a 1-year-old girl as a homicide after the medical examiner found that she suffered from "fatal child abuse syndrome."
Legislation to make it easier for molestation victims to seek criminal charges or file lawsuits against their abusers has once again passed the New York state Assembly.
The Democrat-controlled state Assembly has passed legislation that would mandate New York private schools to require employees and volunteers to report allegations of staff members abusing students.
Investigators say a San Antonio-area couple punished their three young children by forcing one to brush her teeth with cat feces, using a shock collar as punishment and beating them with a thorny switch.
Authorities in Florida say a woman is accused of child abuse after choking a teenager who refused to sit down during a fireworks display at Disney's Magic Kingdom.
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York is requiring that each public and charter school post the phone number for the state's child-abuse hotline in a prominent location where students can see it.