FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — The leader of small polygamous group near the Arizona-Utah border had taken at least 20 wives, most of them minors, and punished followers who did…
Read more FBI: Polygamous leader had 20 wives, many of them minorsFLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — The leader of small polygamous group near the Arizona-Utah border had taken at least 20 wives, most of them minors, and punished followers who did…
Read more FBI: Polygamous leader had 20 wives, many of them minorsUNITED NATIONS — The first attempt to survey the extent of violence and harassment at work around the globe has found that workplace abuse is widespread, and particularly…
Read more Global survey: workplace violence, harassment is widespreadHOUSTON — Deshaun Watson signed autographs for Texans and Browns fans and posed for selfies before his first game in 700 days in a familiar place. Once the…
Read more Deshaun Watson returns from ban with some support, many boosDeshaun Watson has a better chance of leading the Cleveland Browns to their first Super Bowl title than rebuilding his public image. The disgraced quarterback wouldn’t address his…
Read more Watson has better shot winning with Browns than fixing imageLOS ANGELES — An attorney for Harvey Weinstein at his Los Angeles rape and sexual assault trial told jurors Thursday that prosecutors’ case relies entirely on asking them…
Read more ‘Regret is not rape,’ Weinstein lawyer says in closingLOS ANGELES — Harvey Weinstein was a “predator” with unmistakable patterns who used his Hollywood power to lure women into meetings, sexually assault them and escape the consequences,…
Read more Prosecutor: Weinstein a ‘degenerate rapist’ and ‘predator’SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The U.S. Virgin Islands announced Wednesday that it reached a settlement of more than $105 million in a sex trafficking case against the…
Read more US Virgin Islands reach $105M settlement with Epstein estateOAKLAND, Calif. — The former warden of an abuse-plagued federal women’s prison known as the “rape club” went on trial Monday, accused of molesting inmates and forcing them…
Read more Ex-prison warden faces trial over inmate abuse allegationsNEW YORK — A writer who accused former President Donald Trump of rape filed an upgraded lawsuit against him Thursday in New York, minutes after a new state…
Read more Writer who accused Trump of 1990s rape files new lawsuitALBANY, N.Y. — Sexual assault victims in New York will get a one-time opportunity to sue over their abuse starting Thursday, under a new law expected to bring…
Read more Wave of sex abuse lawsuits seen as NY opens door for victimsLOS ANGELES — Prosecutors in Los Angeles rested their case Thursday in the trial of Harvey Weinstein, who they allege raped two women and sexually assaulted two others.…
Read more Prosecution rests case at Harvey Weinstein sex assault trialSAN FRANCISCO — Carol Leigh, a San Francisco activist who is credited with coining the term “sex work” and who sought for decades to improve conditions for prostitutes…
Read more Activist Carol Leigh, who coined term `sex work’, dies at 71KINGS POINT, N.Y. — The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy’s next superintendent will be the first woman appointed to the position in the institution’s nearly 80-year history, the U.S.…
Read more US Merchant Marine Academy gets 1st female superintendentSEATTLE — A young woman made two harrowing attempts to escape her vicious pimp — including jumping out a third-story window — before being rescued by a ride-share…
Read more Cops: Woman makes harrowing escape from vicious Seattle pimpNEW YORK — A jury ordered Academy Award-winning filmmaker Paul Haggis Thursday to pay at least $7.5 million to a woman who accused him of rape in one…
Read more Jury orders Filmmaker Paul Haggis to pay $7.5M in rape suitLOS ANGELES — The New York trial of Harvey Weinstein and its California sequel had a rare crossover Monday as the only accuser of the former movie magnate…
Read more Weinstein accuser takes stand in LA after New York testimonyLOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County prosecutors will look into past cases involving a former police captain who allegedly tipped off CBS executive Les Moonves that a woman…
Read more DA to review cases involving LA cop accused of CBS tip offLOS ANGELES — An attorney for Harvey Weinstein suggested Thursday that the shifts in a massage therapist’s account of a 2010 sexual assault by the former movie mogul…
Read more Weinstein attorney, accuser clash over her memory of assaultNEW YORK — Disputing allegations in a rape lawsuit, Oscar-winning filmmaker Paul Haggis testified Thursday that his accuser sometimes seemed “conflicted” during their initial kisses but then started…
Read more Filmmaker Haggis says he never forced himself on publicist
