Tag: Sexual assault
Lawsuit alleges vision specialist sexually abused 2 students
The parents of two legally blind girls have filed a federal lawsuit against two suburban Detroit school districts and a vision specialist whom they...
Man exonerated in headphone slaying due to fired detective
A young man serving life without parole was exonerated Friday in the death of a special-needs athlete in a case stained by a Philadelphia...
Candidate punched, interrupted by sex toy on drone at event
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M — A New Mexico sheriff who is running for mayor of Albuquerque was punched at a campaign event by a man who...
Military leaders wary of changes in sexual assault policy
WASHINGTON — Military service leaders are privately expressing reservations about removing sexual assault cases from the chain of command, The Associated Press has learned,...
Ronaldo wants US court to dismiss Vegas rape hush-money case
LAS VEGAS — More than a decade after soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo paid $375,000 to hush a Nevada woman’s claim that he raped her...
EXPLAINER: The Vatican’s criminal code, sex abuse explained
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican on Tuesday released a long-awaited update to the criminal section of its Code of Canon Law, the internal legal...
‘Our season’: Eritrean troops kill, rape, loot in Tigray
MEKELE, Ethiopia — Women who make it to the clinic for sex abuse survivors in the northern Ethiopian region of Tigray usually struggle to...
No sex offender treatment, no parole for Bill Cosby, 83
PHILADELPHIA — Actor Bill Cosby won't be paroled this year after refusing to participate in sex offender programs during his nearly three years in...
Signs point to shift in combating sexual assault in military
WASHINGTON — Momentum in Congress for taking sexual assault prosecution powers away from military commanders, combined with a more flexible view by some military...
Guatemala issues 10 warrants for 1984 killings, abductions
GUATEMALA CITY — A judge in Guatemala issued arrest warrants Thursday for 10 people accused of abductions, torture, rape and killings in 1984.
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