The number of U.S. children victimized by abuse and neglect increased by nearly 3 percent in the latest annual reporting period, according to new federal data.
Department of Children and Families Commissioner Allison Blake says over the past 10 years her department has had the opportunity to build a solid and much stronger foundation for Jersey’s child welfare system.
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) -- A young mother accused of killing her 5-year-old son by poisoning him with salt goes on trial this week in the New York suburbs.
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A federal judge declared a mistrial Friday in the child abuse case of an Army officer and his wife, a day after a prosecutor mentioned the death of one of their children while questioning a witness.
ATGLEN, Pa. (AP) -- The mother of a man accused of striking his girlfriend's 3-year-old with a frying pan, hanging him upside down and hitting him, and whipping him with a metal rod said Friday that her son is a good kid and she doesn't believe he beat the boy to death.