child abuse

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 say a 325-pound (150-kilogram) woman is charged with killing a 9-year-old girl by sitting on the child as punishment.

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.

ATLANTA (AP) — A hospitalized 21-month-old Georgia boy has died days after authorities say his father beat him and his 3-year-old sister.

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.

MIDDLETOWN, Ohio (AP) — Police in Ohio say one of two young brothers found badly beaten at a motel has died.

A pair of Binghamton brothers is accused of falsely reporting child abuse. New York State Police say 39-year- old Charles Clauson is accused of making six false reports to the state child abuse hotline between June and September against his ex-girlfriend ...

A Binghamton woman will be sentenced in January after admitting in federal court that she sexually abused a seven month old baby boy and took two cell phone videos of sexual acts with the baby. 34-year-old Latasha Mitchell was turned in to authorities after she left her phone at a witness’ home in Lisle and video was turned over to a Broome County Probation Officer ...

Thursday, May 26th, 2015 Today we will talk to Mark Caswell about the Utica Comets and the now tied series. We will also talk to someone about police body cameras and privacy issues that have been raised over them. We will also chat with Pat McAnn from Piggy Pat's about a new product they're working on...

A cable network is cancelling a popular television show because one of its stars admitting to molesting young girls when he was a teenager.