
Ohio AG could target football coach, host of party
The head football coach at Steubenville High School and the owners of a house where an infamous 12-minute video was filmed could be investigated as ...

Monitoring your kids on Facebook? That's so 2009.
After Friendster came MySpace. By the time Facebook dominated social media, parents had joined the party, too. But the online scene has changed - ...

2 Ohio football players convicted of raping girl
Two members of Steubenville's celebrated high school football team were found guilty Sunday of raping a drunken 16-year-old girl, and Ohio's attorney ...

Suspect in NY slaying, child rape, beaten in jail
A man accused of killing a Syracuse woman and raping her 10-year-old daughter during a carjacking was beaten and suffered a broken nose on his first ...

US clergy victims make demands of new pope
Most Roman Catholics are rejoicing at the election of Pope Francis, but alleged victims of clergy abuse in the U.S. are demanding swift and bold ...

Ohio girl's text: Players took advantage of me
Text messages introduced Thursday in the rape trial of two high school football players provided differing accounts of what happened between them and ...
Wis. jurors deliberate in case of starved girl
A Wisconsin man hid his teenage daughter away in his basement for years as he slowly starved her, prosecutors told jurors Thursday, even as defense ...

LA archdiocese settles 4 sex abuse cases for $10M
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles will pay nearly $10 million to settle four cases alleging abuse by a now-defrocked priest who told ...
Lawyer seeks dismissal in Ohio HS player rape case
On the eve of their trial, the attorney for one of two Ohio high school football players charged with raping a girl after an alcohol-fueled party said ...

O'Malley, the 'cappuccino priest,' a hit in Rome
The archbishop of Boston, dressed more often in the humble brown robe of his religious order than a cardinal's regalia, has emerged as an unlikely ...

Bodies exhumed in killings tied to Mandela ex-wife
Forensic scientists on Tuesday exhumed two bodies believed to belong to young activists last seen 24 years ago at the home of Winnie ...
Court limits border searches of electronic devices
A federal appeals court ruled Friday that Border Patrol agents must have reasonable suspicion of criminal activity before conducting comprehensive ...
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 ...
Kidnap charge for pregnant fugitive caught in Pa.
A pregnant woman who eluded capture for months in a gun theft case assaulted a jail guard at a hospital, jumped out a third-story window and kidnapped ...
Egypt: Christian arrested on molesting charge
An official says a Coptic Christian has been arrested on charges of molesting a neighbor child, adding to sectarian tensions in Egypt's south.

Austrian cardinal: a conservative open to reform
Austrian Cardinal Christoph Schoenborn is a soft-spoken conservative who is ready to listen to those espousing reform. That profile that could appeal ...

US Speedskating eyeing sexual abuse allegations
U.S. Speedskating began an investigation Friday into the report of a female skater accusing former Olympian and organization president Andy Gabel of ...

Witness: NYC officer eyed colleague for kidnap
The cannibalism conspiracy case against a police officer took another odd turn on Thursday when an FBI agent testified that a New York Police ...
Panel: change sentencing in child porn cases
The U.S. Sentencing Commission says the advent of the Internet has led to broad sentencing disparities in child pornography cases, and that the ...
Brazilian priest investigated for alleged abuse
A Roman Catholic priest is being investigated for allegations of sexual abuse of three young girls in his parish in southeastern Brazil, police said ...

NJ's 'tanning mom' won't face endangerment charge
A grand jury in New Jersey has decided to let a woman who became an overnight sensation as "the tanning mom" bronze away in peace. Prosecutors in ...
Police: Mass. boy's rap videos inappropriate
A lawyer for the family of a 9-year-old Massachusetts rapper who appears in sexually suggestive videos is criticizing authorities' decision to ...
Iceland's plan to ban Internet porn sparks uproar
In the age of instant information, globe-spanning viral videos and the World Wide Web, can a thoroughly wired country become a porn-free zone? ...
DNA confirms skull that of NC disabled girl
A skull found a year ago by hunters in the woods is that of a disabled girl who was killed and dismembered by her stepmother, North Carolina police ...