US to pay $116M over rampant sexual abuse at Bay Area women's prison NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. government will pay nearly $116 million to resolve lawsuits brought by more than 100 women who say they were abused or mistreated at a now-shuttered federal prison in ... 12/17/2024 - 2:50 pm | View Link
US Olympic and Paralympic officials put coach on leave after AP reports sexual abuse allegations The U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee has placed an employee on administrative leave after The Associated Press reported that one of its coaches was accused of sexually abusing a young biathlete, ca ... 12/12/2024 - 1:54 pm | View Link
US Biathlon officials ignored sexual harassment and abuse of female racers for decades, athletes say Sexual abuse and harassment by coaches and others who held positions of power over women on the U.S. Biathlon team were ignored or excused over decades by officials more concerned with winning medals ... 12/11/2024 - 9:40 am | View Link
Accused Pedophile Priest Faces Charges in New Mexico ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (CN) - A former Catholic priest has been extradited from Morocco to the United States to face federal child sex abuse charges in New Mexico, according to a U.S. Attorney’s ... seven ... 12/10/2024 - 11:00 am | View Link
Former New Orleans priest pleads guilty to rape and kidnapping in sexual abuse case ahead of trial The records are said to chronicle years of such claims, interviews with accused clergy and a pattern ... Hecker is among those who have filed abuse claims against the archdiocese in its long ... 12/3/2024 - 11:45 pm | View Link
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On Dec. 22, 1984, New York City resident Bernhard Goetz shot and wounded four young Black men on a Manhattan subway, alleging they were about to rob him. (Goetz was acquitted of attempted murder and assault charges but convicted on a weapons possession charge, ultimately serving eight months of a one-year sentence.)
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In 1894, French army officer Alfred Dreyfus was convicted of treason in a court-martial that triggered worldwide charges of antisemitism.