Socialite Gigi Jordan was arrested for allegedly killing her 8-year-old son in a failed murder-suicide at the Peninsula Hotel. She's been in police custody since February 2010, and yesterday her lawyers, the high-profile team of Alan Dershowitz and Ron Kuby, failed in getting her out on super-expensive bail when they pointed out that alleged sexual assault suspect Dominique Strauss-Kahn got bail. In other words, alleged sexual assault is not the same as alleged filicide. more ›

In the wake of the deaths of three children on Saturday, apparently killed by their mother, the Nassau County Children's Protection Services supervisor was suspended today. more ›