6 years on call: Kalamazoo woman, 81, recognized for work with sex assault victims Cathy Balik volunteered five nights a week from midnight to 8 a.m. for six years. She was recently honored by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. 12/21/2024 - 5:40 am | View Link
Croatians hold vigil honoring victims of knife attack at elementary school Croatians held a candlelit vigil Friday in honour of the victims of a knife attack at elementary school which left one dead and several injured. 12/20/2024 - 8:18 pm | View Link
Victims and Witnesses: Understanding Your Rights and the Federal Court ... Crime victims and witnesses might experience feelings of confusion, frustration, fear, and anger. If you are a victim or a witness, the Victim-Witness Program of the United States Attorney's office can help you understand the rights given to you by law. 12/19/2024 - 11:38 pm | View Website
Victim Definition & Meaning The meaning of VICTIM is one that is acted on and usually adversely affected by a force or agent. How to use victim in a sentence. 12/19/2024 - 7:56 pm | View Website
Victims of Crime Victims of crime may be any gender, age, race, or ethnicity. Victimization may happen to an individual, family, group, or community; and a crime itself may be to a person or property. 12/19/2024 - 1:29 pm | View Website
Victims of Crime The Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) is leading the way by centering survivor voices as part of the national discourse on criminal justice policy and practice. Including these voices enables OVC and OJP to implement impact programming and ensure OVC’s programs reflect the true needs of survivors. 12/19/2024 - 5:08 am | View Website
Home | Office for Victims of Crime Find contact information to apply for victim compensation or check on the status of your compensation claim. If you or your loved one is a victim of crime, help is available. Our site has resources to help you, including toll free hotlines and information about services in your state/territory. 12/19/2024 - 2:24 am | View Website
NEW YORK — The man accused of lighting a woman on fire on a New York City subway and fanning the flames as she burned to death made his first appearance in court this week, while authorities were yet to publicly identify the victim.
Sebastian Zapeta, 33, was arraigned on murder and arson charges on Tuesday afternoon in a Brooklyn court, where he was remanded back to custody.
Jumping Jesus Christ on a Pogo, after the incoming Vice President sent out a Merry Christmas to all post on his Truth Social platform, he unleashed another one to the "Radical Left Lunatics." Hey, that's us! We are radical for wanting a viable healthcare plan in this country and not wanting our children buried in crippling student debt for a lifetime.
By Emily Weinstein, The New York Times
Happy holidays, everyone! I have a gift for you: five recipes with as little cleanup as possible.
I’ve picked one-pot dinners that are nice but also casual — cozy, even — for the lazy days between Christmas and New Year’s Day, when you want to be anywhere but in the kitchen doing the dishes.
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By JOSEF FEDERMAN and WAFAA SHURAFA, Associated Press
JERUSALEM (AP) — A new round of Israeli airstrikes in Yemen on Thursday targeted the Houthi rebel-held capital of Sanaa and multiple ports, while the World Health Organization’s director-general said the bombardment occurred nearby as he prepared to board a flight in Sanaa, with a crew member injured.
“The air traffic control tower, the departure lounge — just a few meters from where we were — and the runway were damaged,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on the social media platform X.
He added that he and U.
The parents of a one-month-old baby boy who was found in a car seat in the median of Pecos Street in Adams County on Christmas morning, clad in just a diaper, have been arrested.
The Adams County Sheriff’s Office arrested Jarvis Sims, 42, and Christina Thurman, 33, on Wednesday on suspicion of felony child abuse.
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO and HALELUYA HADERO, AP Business Writers
Sales rose this year during the holiday shopping season even as Americans wrestled with elevated prices for many groceries and other necessities, according to new data.
Holiday sales from the beginning of November through Christmas Eve climbed 3.8%, outpacing the 3.1% increase from a year earlier, according to Mastercard SpendingPulse, which tracks all kinds of payments including cash and debit cards.