Tag: Sexual assault
Facebook message leads to warrant in years-old rape claim
PHILADELPHIA — Authorities in Pennsylvania on Tuesday filed an arrest warrant in a 2013 campus attack at Gettysburg College, nearly eight years after the...
Blazers introduce Billups, ‘stand by’ hire amid criticism
PORTLAND, Ore. — The Portland Trail Blazers went into damage-control mode while introducing Chauncey Billups as their new coach Tuesday, amid questions about how...
Blackhawks hire outside firm to investigate allegations
CHICAGO — The Chicago Blackhawks have hired a former federal prosecutor to conduct an independent review of allegations that a former player was sexually...
Former Indiana teacher faces 18 sex crime charges
ELKHART, Ind. — A former northern Indiana teacher has been charged with more than a dozen sex crimes after he groped and made sexual...
French woman stands trial for murder of decades-long abuser
CHALON-SUR-SAONE, France — A mother of four children is on trial in France for killing her husband after decades of sexual, physical and psychological...
In pandemic, drug overdose deaths soar among Black Americans
ST. LOUIS — She screamed and cried, banged on the dashboard, begging her husband to drive faster, faster, faster toward her brother lying face-down...
Ex-Blackhawk sues team, alleging sexual assault by assistant
CHICAGO — An unidentified former Chicago Blackhawks player says in a lawsuit against the team that a then-assistant coach sexually assaulted him in 2010...
Dismissal of Virginia lieutenant governor’s lawsuit upheld
RICHMOND, Va. — A federal appeals court on Wednesday upheld a ruling dismissing a defamation lawsuit filed by Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax after...
Cyberbullying trial tests French tools to fight online abuse
PARIS — A landmark cyberbullying trial in Paris, involving thousands of threats against a teenager who savaged Islam in online posts, is blazing a...
Senator: Military justice changes must go beyond sex cases
WASHINGTON — Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is on the brink of success in her yearslong campaign to get sexual assault cases removed from the military...