And Gov. Gavin Newsom is again intervening at the eleventh hour, issuing a statement moments before publication of this ...

A bill intended to target those who purchase teenagers of a certain age for sex is being challenged by Democratic California ...

Here’s how the Lee Enterprises Public Service team did a first-of-its-kind analysis of states’ efforts to protect women who ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Buffalo man was sentenced following a sex trafficking by coercion conviction after he used cocaine ...

Even Gov. Gavin Newsom is siding with Republicans and Asm. Maggy Krell (D-Sacramento) in pressing for felony status for ...

A Lee Enterprises investigation found most states fail to protect vulnerable women and few law enforcement agencies punish ...

Jonathan Ruiz pleads guilty to running a multi-state sex trafficking operation, with accomplice Jamixa Alvarez also pleading ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom is getting involved and speaking out after Democratic California lawmakers in the Assembly blocked a proposal that would make it an automatic felony to purchase a 16 or 17-year-old ...

LD 1695 would require local police departments to adopt standardized protocols when handling sex and human trafficking ...

Assembly Bills 63 and 379 seek to change earlier legislation that eliminated loitering laws used by police to stop ...

A Sacramento Superior Court judge on Friday sentenced a man who violently attacked his girlfriend several times and seriously injured her to force her into sex work, prosecutors said.

Judge Denies Diddy’s Request to Exclude Sex Trafficking Evidence From Federal Trial Judge Denies Request to Exclude Sex ...