Tag: Violent crime
Judge deciding whether to dismiss youth sex abuse case
<p>CONCORD, N.H. — The lawyer for the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit alleging decades of abuse at New Hampshire’s youth detention center accused the...
Pope taps Chilean sex abuse whistleblower for Vatican panel
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Wednesday named a Chilean man who helped uncover a clerical sex abuse scandal to a Vatican commission that...
Deputy US Marshal shoots, kills man while attempting arrest
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Police in North Carolina say a deputy U.S. marshal shot and killed a fugitive during an attempted arrest on outstanding warrants,...
Pope taps Chilean sex abuse whistleblower for Vatican panel
<p>VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Wednesday named a Chilean man who helped uncover a clerical sex abuse scandal to a Vatican commission that...
Ex-Texas trooper accused of sexually assaulting 2 women
HOUSTON — A former Texas trooper faces federal charges after being accused of sexually assaulting two women in the Houston area while he was...
Deputy US Marshal shoots, kills man while attempting arrest
<p>CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Police in North Carolina say a deputy U.S. marshal shot and killed a fugitive during an attempted arrest on outstanding warrants,...
Aid group reports killings by Ethiopian troops in Tigray
KAMPALA, Uganda — The humanitarian group Doctors Without Borders said Wednesday that its staff saw Ethiopian government troops shooting and killing four men whom...
Ex-Texas trooper accused of sexually assaulting 2 women
<p>HOUSTON — A former Texas trooper faces federal charges after being accused of sexually assaulting two women in the Houston area while he was...
Michigan school accused of failing to respond to assaults
DETROIT — Eastern Michigan University “turned a blind eye” to the sexual assault of students by other students, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday...
Aid group reports killings by Ethiopian troops in Tigray
<p>KAMPALA, Uganda — The humanitarian group Doctors Without Borders said Wednesday that its staff saw Ethiopian government troops shooting and killing four men whom...