Biden: Abused women fear being raped by the system
Vice President Joe Biden says many women who are raped or physically abused don't report it because they don't want, in his words, "to get raped again ...
Defense rests case in Jodi Arias murder trial
Defense attorneys in Jodi Arias' murder trial rested their case Tuesday after about 2 1/2 months of testimony aimed at portraying the defendant as a ...
Prosecutor paints Jodi Arias as manipulative liar
The prosecutor in Jodi Arias' murder trial worked Tuesday to portray the defendant as a manipulative liar as he questioned a defense witness' ...
3 women a day killed by a partner in South Africa
Reeva Steenkamp, the model and law graduate shot and killed by Oscar Pistorius, was statistically just one of three women killed on Valentine's Day ...
Law gives tribes new authority over non-Indians
American Indian tribes have tried everything from banishment to charging criminal acts as civil offenses to deal with non-Indians who commit crimes ...
Obama signs expanded Violence Against Women Act
President Barack Obama signed expanded protections for domestic violence victims into law Thursday, renewing a measure credited with curbing attacks ...
Congress passes bill renewing anti-violence law
House Republicans raised the white flag Thursday on extending domestic violence protections to gays, lesbians and transsexuals after months of ...
House to take up Senate's anti-violence act
Congress appeared on a course to renew the expired Violence Against Women Act after House Republican leaders on Tuesday agreed to take up a version ...
House to take up own version of anti-violence act
The House and Senate appeared headed for another partisan battle as the House prepared to take up its version of the once-noncontroversial Violence ...
Republicans offer deal on American Indian courts
Several House Republicans on Wednesday proposed legislation on Native American courts that could lay the groundwork for a compromise on the stalled ...
Women's security raised by American Indian leader
The president of the National Congress of American Indians urged the House on Thursday to pass the Violence Against Women Act so Native Americans and ...
Senate approves anti-violence against women act
By a robust bipartisan majority, the Senate voted Tuesday to renew the Violence Against Women Act with new assurances that gays and lesbians, ...
Senate poised to renew Violence Against Women Act
Senators tussled Thursday over whether Indian authorities should be able to prosecute non-Indians in domestic abuse cases, an issue that has delayed ...
Senate tries again to move anti-violence bill
Senate Democrats, bolstered by Republican support, on Monday launched a new attempt to broaden a law protecting women from domestic abuse by expanding ...
Outrage grows in India over gang-rape on bus
The hours-long gang-rape and near-fatal beating of a 23-year-old student on a bus in New Delhi triggered outrage and anger across the country ...
Senate takes step toward banning stalking software
A loophole that permits software companies to sell cyberstalking apps that operate secretly on cellphones could soon be closed by Congress.
UN: Despite law, Afghan women still suffer abuse
Afghan women are frequent victims of abuse, despite some success by authorities in prosecuting rape cases, forced marriages and domestic violence ...
Chiefs owner Hunt: 'So many people are hurting'
Chiefs chairman Clark Hunt offered his condolences Sunday to the families affected by the murder-suicide involving one of his players, calling it "an ...
KC fans observe moment for violence victims
Before the Kansas City Chiefs kicked off their game Sunday, fans at Arrowhead Stadium observed a moment of silence for the victims of domestic ...
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