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The 23-year-old woman arrested earlier this week after her newborn baby was found abandoned allegedly tossed the baby out her bathroom window then proceeded to throw her clothes in the laundry hamper, shower and sleep, prosecutors say. Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced Tuesday that Sabita Dookram, of Richmond Hill, was arraigned and charged with attempted murder and other crimes…

A newborn baby was found abandoned outside a house in Queens and rushed to a nearby hospital in critical condition, police said Sunday.

A woman acknowledged she fatally stabbed her 7-year-old son and pleaded guilty by reason of mental disease or defect at a New York superior court. The unusual plea entered by Hanane Mouhib in Rochester on Wednesday means that prosecutors agreed a defense of insanity would prevail if the case went to trial, the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle reported. Mouhib, 38, stabbed…

An Atlanta-area mother who attempted to shoot and fight off kidnappers was reunited with her child Saturday after the baby was found unharmed, authorities said.

Working from home presents its own set of unique challenges, but one health expert found that out on live television as her young daughter sought a place to showcase her unicorn picture.

A woman and her son, both of Florida, have been indicted in connection with two murders that remained unsolved for 25 years in New Jersey, prosecutors announced Thursday. Last month, Dolores Morgan, 66, and her 47-year-old son, Ted Connors, were each charged with two separate counts of first-degree murder in connection to the deaths of Ana Mejia and Nicholas Conner. On...

A woman accused of killing her toddler son and telling police he had been kidnapped before his remains were found buried in the yard of her New Jersey home is seeking to have prosecutors barred from using her statements to police in court. Twenty-five-year-old Nakira Griner of Bridgeton is charged in the death of 23-month-old Daniel Griner Jr. Authorities say…

A teenage boy who allegedly attacked and killed his mother last summer as his younger brother watched will be tried as an adult, prosecutors said. Edgar Diaz, 18, is charged with murder, child endangerment and weapons offenses in the death of Margarita Diaz, 44, of Manchester. She was found in an office complex parking lot in Toms River on Aug….

More than a week after a 33-year-old Texas mother and her infant daughter vanished, authorities said Friday they found the woman dead more than 100 miles away but the baby safe, and have charged a suspect with kidnapping and tampering with a corpse. Heidi Broussard and her 1-month-old daughter, Margo Carey, were last seen Dec. 12 in their hometown of…

The mother is facing charges after she left her two young boys in the unlocked car parked in the fire lane as she shopped at a Walmart for almost an hour in Levittown. NBC New York’s Greg Cergol reports.

An emergency call a 911 dispatcher in Texas recently answered turned out to be from the dispatcher’s daughter who was reporting that their house was burning.

Police in Connecticut have arrested a 21-year-old man they say beat his mother with a baseball bat.

A New Jersey mother who passed out while intoxicated and suffocated her toddler son is now headed to prison.

A mother-son duo was arrested Wednesday morning on fraud charges for allegedly selling on apricot elixir over the internet that they touted as a cure for cancer, a law enforcement source tells News 4.

Loved ones are mourning a 2-year-old girl who police say was burned, punched and suffocated by her mother’s boyfriend in Trenton, New Jersey.

Miley Cyrus is making a music comeback and picking sides in a feud between two of the biggest female rappers. The pop star performed at BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend show in England on Saturday and debuted three new songs, reportedly titled “Cattitude,” “Dream” and “Mother’s Daughter.” In the first one, she raps the lyrics, “I love you Nicki, but...

Evelyn “Brandy” Foster, who managed her daughter Jodie’s career from her child-prodigy years through two Academy Awards, has died, her family said Thursday.

The man and his girlfriend accused of killing a Staten Island teacher last month appeared in court Friday, where they were indicted for murder.

A babysitter allegedly stabbed a mother after the two got into a dispute, the NYPD said.

A babysitter allegedly stabbed a mother after the two got into a dispute, police say.