Key questions as Trump approaches $454M deadline
By Michael R. Sisak | Associated Press NEW YORK — Donald Trump is hurtling toward a critical deadline in his most costly legal battle to date. If the former president …
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Nickelodeon alums talk former bond with Drake Bell’s abuser
Brian Peck wasn’t just a dialogue coach to child actors on Nickelodeon’s “All That” in the late 90s and 2000s. Show stars Giovonnie Samuels and Bryan Hearne, who both joined …
Racial justice should include survivors of sexual violence
Black Voters Matter, the Georgia-based voting rights and community empowerment group, had an unlikely partner at a get-out-the-vote event held Tuesday in Atlanta: Me Too International, the global movement to …
Emery Unified officials failed to protect student from sexual abuse, lawsuit says
EMERYVILLE — A high school student has filed a lawsuit against the Emery Unified School District alleging that officials knew a security guard accused of sexually assaulting her had a …
Federal funding drying up for program that reviews sex assault cases – National
A unique Canadian program meant to ensure sexual-assault cases aren’t closed inappropriately by police is set to run out of federal funding at the end of the month, its national …
American teen accused of sexually assaulting pregnant horses in Thailand, causing one to miscarry
An American teenager has been accused of sexually assaulting pregnant horses at a stable owned by a Thai couple in Phuket, causing one of the animals to miscarry. Chatroj Lek-arwut …
High school hockey team iced from post-season as RCMP probes hazing allegations
A rural Manitoba high school hockey team has withdrawn from A/AA provincial playoffs and its players made ineligible for their league’s post-season awards and upcoming all-star game amid an RCMP investigation into …
At least 71 women have been killed this year in Turkey
By Ayse Wieting and Suzan Fraser | Associated Press ISTANBUL — Muhterem Evcil was stabbed to death by her estranged husband at her workplace in Istanbul, where he had repeatedly …
Fired UC Santa Cruz tenured professor settles civil sexual assault lawsuit
SANTA CRUZ — A former UC Santa Cruz tenured History of Consciousness professor fired in 2019 for violations of the university’s sexual assault and faculty codes of conduct settled a …
Canada’s Soerensen says he deserves to be at figure skating worlds amid sexual assault allegation
Ice dancer Nikolaj Soerensen believes he and partner Laurence Fournier Beaudry deserve to compete for Canada at the figure skating world championships this month amid sexual assault allegations surrounding the …