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An 11-month-old child died after she was left inside her father’s car Friday in temperatures that reached 90 degrees, police officials said. The car was parked in the driveway of a home in Springfield, Virginia. Records show the home is a licensed day care facility. Police said the father dropped off an older child at the day care and left…

Police say an Oklahoma man whose two children died when he left them inside his hot truck for hours has been arrested on second-degree murder warrants.

Major automakers say they’ve reached a voluntary agreement to equip American cars with systems to prevent children from dying in hot cars. But some child advocacy groups aren’t satisfied with the system. News4’s Jackie Bensen spoke to a local man who lost his son after accidentally leaving him in a hot car in 2008.

Retired Mets All-Star pitcher Dwight “Doc” Gooden has pleaded guilty to third-degree drug possession in connection with a cocaine bust in New Jersey in June, the Monmouth County prosecutor’s office said Wednesday.

Retired Mets All-Star pitcher Dwight “Doc” Gooden faces drug charges after he was caught with suspected cocaine in New Jersey last month, according to a felony complaint obtained by News 4 Friday. The 54-year-old four-time All-Star, who also had a pitching stint for the Yankees, among other Major League Baseball teams, allegedly had two small green plastic bags containing a...

Police said a 37-year-old woman left seven young children inside a hot car parked at a shopping mall in Charles County Thursday.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and former “Sex and the City” star Cynthia Nixon swapped insults and clashed over policy Wednesday in their only scheduled debate before the Sept. 13 Democratic primary.

D.C. police rescued a Yorkie puppy on Monday after a woman left the dog in her car and the car was towed.

A North Texas police officer took on the Texas heat to show others just how dangerous it can be.

On a hot summer day, temperatures inside a car parked in the sun can reach 160 degrees in an hour, according to a new study.

A Prince George’s County police officer had a feeling something was wrong. Then he found a baby in a hot car. News4’s Erika Gonzalez has the story.

The man’s name has not been released, but police said he was a family member of the little girl. He has been charged with reckless endangerment and a related unattended child charge.

A 26-year-old Virginia woman is facing felony charges after she left her three young children in a hot minivan unattended, police say. News4’s David Culver reports on her case and speaks with a woman whose child died in a hot car.

Police: Virginia Mother Left Kids in Hot Van While She Went to Work

An infant left for about two hours in a hot car has died — the second such death in the past two days in the city, the Phoenix Fire Department said. Firefighters were called shortly before 3 p.m. Saturday to investigate a report of a 1-year-old boy in a car in the parking lot of the Free Church of God...

Police near Atlanta have charged a mother with felony murder after they say she left her 1-year-old daughter in a hot car while she spent six hours getting her hair done at a salon. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported 25-year-old Dijanelle Fowler also faces charges of child cruelty and concealing the death of Skylar Fowler on June 15. DeKalb County police...

A North Texas woman has been arrested in connection with the deaths of her two children from extreme heat exposure after they were found locked inside a car last month, deputies say.

Nine years ago, Miles Harrison accidentally left his young son in a hot car, which led to the child’s death. He spoke with News4 on Wednesday about how new legislation could prevent future tragedies.

Heatstroke is one of the leading causes of death among children. And no matter how impossible it may seem, even the best of parents can forget a child in the backseat of their car. Here is the truth behind the myths about leaving kids in cars, and some ways to prevent yourself from making a fatal mistake.