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Their views on the economy are relentlessly bleak, but America's so-called Walmart Moms -- the much-coveted working-class female voters whose support can swing an election -- do not blame President Barack Obama and have not given up on him.

An Alaska woman was convicted Tuesday of misdemeanor child abuse after squirting hot sauce into the mouth of her adopted Russian son as punishment in what prosecutors said was a ploy to get on a TV show.

A woman who is accused of killing her two small children before shooting and wounding herself at their home in west Harris County earlier this month has died at the hospital, officials said.

TODAY.com and Parenting.com surveyed more than 26,000 moms about their secrets and confessions – and discovered plenty that doesn’t get discussed at play dates. Even in our post-Oprah, confessional culture, there are some things moms just don’t say out loud.

A mother is raped by two masked men in north Armagh while her three small children are in the house.

Little girls with stay-at-home moms were twice as likely to develop emotional and behavioral problems, a British study finds.

A woman who was arrested after her 4-year-old son was struck and killed by a van as they were jaywalking across a busy street was spared a prison sentence Tuesday following an outcry over her prosecution....

Georgia mother, whose 4 -year-old son was killed by a hit-and-run-driver, could get more jail time today than the jaywalking and reckless conduct ...

Are working moms somehow lacking as parents compared to stay-at-home mothers? According to a new demographic analysis from the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), the answer is a reassuring no.

I’m sure some of you have a special mom in your life and have forgotten that Mother’s Day is on Sunday (only a few days away). I’m here to help. The following are some suggestions for last-minute Mother’s Day gifts ...