The state law, in Washington, applies to all religions but has outraged Catholics in particular. The Justice Department is ...

In our latest installment of “somehow this is actually happening,” Trump’s DOJ announced this week—with no apparent sense of ...

Nearly one out of five women and one out of seven men aged 20 and older globally faced sexual violence as a child, according to a study published in The Lancet today.

A new report from Human Rights First and Refugees International reveals systemic and grave human rights abuses by the Trump ...

Sex trafficking of minors is already a state felony. Some Democrats rejected part of a bill making it a felony to buy sex ...

Over the past month, state lawmakers have considered a slate of bills that would change the way Maine’s child protection ...

Just three days after Gov. Bob Ferguson signed into law a bill requiring religious leaders in Washington state to report ...

Just three days after Gov. Bob Ferguson signed into law a bill requiring religious leaders in Washington state to report ...

Morella said awareness about the nonphysical forms of control can be helpful in understanding domestic violence more ...

Court paperwork outlines new details in an animal abuse case out of Gila Bend after seven puppies, eleven adult dogs and three dead dogs were found inside a home. John Jackson was arrested by ...

A recent slapping incident at a local school sparked anger and controversy among parents. But is this type of punishment ...

Warning: This story discusses suicide. Virginia Giuffre, who accused disgraced US financier Jeffrey Epstein and Britain's Prince Andrew of sexual abuse, has taken her own life at her home in Australia ...