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 ...

Prosecutors in Diddy's sex-trafficking case asked for expert testimony regarding the rapper's "diminished" mental capacity be ...

LaDell Bistline had the girls and women. Torrance Bistline had the money,” federal prosecutor Dimitra Sampson said during the ...

Hundreds of New Yorkers who have been summoned for jury duty will appear in federal court in Manhattan this week to complete ...

By JENNIFER PELTZ and HALLIE GOLDEN Virginia Giuffre, who accused Britain’s Prince Andrew and other influential men of ...

She accused Jeffrey Epstein and his co-conspirator, Ghislaine Maxwell, of recruiting her to join their predatory ring. She ...

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 ...

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