Man Is Arrested in Death of Brooklyn Boy, 2.

A 2-year-old Brooklyn boy died on Friday night after his bruised, listless body was discovered in his mother's apartment, and the death was later ruled a homicide, the authorities said. Reginald Williams, 31, a companion of the boy's mother, was arrested Saturday night and charged with second-degree murder. The mother, Teresa Foster, 27, was also arrested, on charges of assault, endangering the welfare of a child and criminal possession of a weapon. Her charges stemmed from an assault with a belt earlier in the month, the police said. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]