A judge ordered a Long Island man held without bail Saturday after prosecutors said he confessed to killing a 4-year-old boy in his care by punching him twice in the stomach when the tot wouldn't take a nap.
Two New Jersey women will be arraigned on murder charges in the case of an 8-year-old girl found dead of severe malnutrition and an untreated fracture in her Irvington home.
Angelica Huertas had been charged with endangering the welfare of a child after her 11-month-old son died in the bathtub, but the district attorney decided not to prosecute her.