In the West, pregnancy outside of marriage is acceptable, and abortion on demand is considered a woman’s right. But in the West African nation of Senegal, it is taboo to be pregnant while unmarried, and abortion is not legal.
An illegal immigrant, who had already been deported out of the U.S. twice, admitted to kidnapping and raping a woman while he traveled from Missouri to New Jersey.
Monday on his Fox Sports Radio show “Outkick the Coverage,” Clay Travis bashed the NFL after four players with domestic violence were drafted in the 2017 NFL Draft. In this year’s draft, the Cincinnati Bengals selected running back Joe Mixon
LONDON (AP) — An abusive British husband whose original sentence for assaulting his wife sparked outrage among domestic violence groups was jailed for 18 months on Friday after new information came to light from a county cricket team.
Canadian researchers, who released a study showing “one child or youth” is shot every day in Ontario, suggest more public health education and gun control are key ways of curbing the frequency of the incidents.
A North Carolina jewelry store is apologizing for its controversial billboard that some people have said promotes domestic violence, WLOS reported.
Two people have been killed and a police officer hospitalised after a man went on a knife-wielding rampage in Wolverhampton on Wednesday.
A citizen “legally carrying” a handgun demanded a suspect stop attacking a woman in a convenience store then shot the suspect twice when he refused the demands.
A jealous husband in northern Afghanistan is on the run from authorities after he allegedly tied up his 21-year-old Afghan wife and severed both her ears, marking the latest in a series of similar high-profile domestic violence attacks in the war-ravaged country.
The term “honour killing” should be banned as it plays into political correctness and hinders the police from investigating domestic violence, a Conservative MP has said.
A West Texas man is out of jail on a $50,000 bond after he allegedly attempted to set his wife on fire.
TMZ has released video of the incident which led to charges of domestic violence for former 49er and Chicago Bear Ray McDonald.
The City of San Jose’s homicide total officially reached a 25-year high on Christmas Eve, after a woman was stabbed to death at a home in downtown San Jose in what authorities are calling a domestic dispute.
The Conservative MP Philip Davies has faced down a torrent of abuse from colleagues, taking a principled stance against a discriminatory bill which recognises only female victims of domestic violence. On Friday the House of Commons met to ratify the
In an odd twist, the Catholic Archbishop of Kampala, Uganda, has admonished women to refrain from beating their husbands, saying they “should love and respect them” rather than take out their frustrations physically upon them.
Ofsted was wrong to penalise an Islamic faith school over its gender segregation policies because they affected girls and boys equally, a high court judge has ruled.
During Wednesday’s “Garbage Time” on Fox Sports 1, host Katie Nolan slammed the NFL over how it handles domestic violence, particularly with the most recent case involving former New York Giants kicker Josh Brown. Instead of the usual “domestic incident,
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell unveiled a new talking point in response to public scrutiny over the league’s handling of Josh Brown’s domestic violence case. The theory goes something like this: the public doesn’t possess the knowledge to understand our brilliance.
On Monday night a Tulsa police sniper shot and killed a man who allegedly broke into his estranged wife’s home and was holding her two-year-old daughter hostage.
An Iraqi man has been arrested on suspicion of killing his wife, to which he later admitted, after she refused to cook for him.
The Associated Press published more details about alleged Cascade Mall shooter Arcan Cetin on Wednesday, including the assertion that “cannabis use” was the cause of his prior brushes with the law.
A neighbor told the Associated Press that Cascade Mall shooter Arcan Cetin was so “creepy, rude, and obnoxious” that she kept a Taser near her front door, just in case he came calling.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has rallied behind his domestic violence spokeswoman, Sarah Champion, after she admitted spending a night in a police cell for beating her husband with a framed painting.
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana – A Louisiana Democrat State Representative will not be serving jail time after he pleaded “no contest” to allegedly punching his mistress in the face at a New Orleans hotel last year.
TEL AVIV – In response to a Saudi Arabian Muslim cleric’s now infamous sermon claiming that Islamic law permits men to beat their wives, a columnist for the country’s daily Okaz slammed the idea, saying that state law supersedes Sharia law and female victims of domestic violence must not be afraid to speak out.
A Huntington Beach police officer survived a gun battle after his badge “deflected” a bullet that may have otherwise struck his heart.
A central Texas man was arrested and charged with 1st degree murder after police said they found his wife’s severed head in a freezer in their home.
A football player from Texas A&M University was arrested on Friday on charges of domestic violence causing injury and interfering with an emergency request for assistance. The Aggie middle linebacker allegedly assaulted his longtime girlfriend in her apartment.
Amber Heard has filed to dismiss her domestic violence restraining order against Johnny Depp as the two Hollywood stars have reportedly settled their messy and highly publicized divorce.
Many people in the Silicon Valley online marketing ethosphere have called Gurbaksh Chanal a tech genius, but instead of continuing to jet around the planet as a the CEO of Gravity4, Chanal may be engaged full-time in a 12 month stint in prison.
On June 27, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) upheld a federal law prohibiting gun possession for those convicted of domestic violence.
A Texas woman was killed by a Fulshear, Texas, police officer after she shot two of her daughters in the street in front of her home.
In the midst of a nasty divorce battle in which actress Amber Heard has accused Johnny Depp of repeated verbal and physical abuse, TMZ reported Tuesday that Amber Heard was arrested for domestic violence in 2009 against her then-girlfriend, Tasya van Ree.
Attorneys for Amber Heard filed a defamation lawsuit on Friday against comedian Doug Stanhope that included yet more details of alleged abuse against her husband Johnny Depp.
The Amber Heard-Johnny Depp divorce drama was ratcheted up another notch Wednesday after text messages purported to be sent from Heard’s phone appear to reveal that the Pirates of the Caribbean star’s alleged physical abuse of his wife dates back to at least 2014.
An attorney for Amber Heard says the actress will give a full statement to the Los Angeles Police Department about the repeated physical abuse she allegedly suffered at the hands of husband Johnny Depp, and said she initially did not speak with law enforcement in order to protect both her privacy and Depp’s career.
Comedian Doug Stanhope, a friend of embattled star Johnny Depp, claims in an explosive new column that the actor’s wife is blackmailing him with accusations of domestic violence and physical abuse.
Fallout over the abuse allegations against Johnny Depp made by his wife, actress Amber Heard, has spread to Depp’s music career as social media users posting the hashtag #ImWithAmber have called for a boycott of the actor’s concert Monday in Sweden at Stockholm’s Gröna Lund theme park.
A representative for Johnny Depp claims that Amber Heard fabricated allegations of domestic violence in order to win a significant financial settlement in their upcoming divorce.
Police arriving at Amber Heard and Johnny Depp’s apartment Saturday night found no evidence of injuries consistent with the domestic violence the actress has accused her husband of, according to a report.
