Jun 02 Watch 7:05 Defamation trial for Johnny Depp and Amber Heard raises concerns about domestic violence A Virginia jury Wednesday ordered Amber Heard to pay her ex-husband Johnny Depp $15 million in damages in a defamation case. Depp was also ordered to pay Heard $2 million in damages. Depp sued his ex-wife for defamation in 2019… Continue watching
Mar 21 Ex-wife accuses top Missouri GOP Senate candidate of physical abuse By Brian Slodysko, Jim Salter, Summer Ballentine, Associated Press Sheena Greitens also alleges in the affidavit that Greitens showed "unstable and coercive behavior" in the months leading up to his 2018 resignation as Missouri's governor following a sex scandal. Continue reading
Feb 17 Senate launches group to examine reports of corruption and abuse in federal prisons By Michael Balsamo, Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press The U.S. Senate is launching a bipartisan working group of lawmakers to scrutinize conditions within the Bureau of Prisons following reporting by The Associated Press that uncovered widespread corruption and abuse in federal prisons. Continue reading
Aug 19 Boy Scouts get conditional approval of $850 million bankruptcy deal By Randall Chase, Associated Press A Delaware judge has ruled that the Boy Scouts of American can enter into a pivotal $850 million agreement that the organization hopes to use as a springboard to emerging from bankruptcy later this year, but rejected two key provisions… Continue reading
Feb 01 Actress Evan Rachel Wood accuses Marilyn Manson of abuse By Andrew Dalton, Associated Press Wood is a star of HBO's "Westworld" and wrote Monday on Instagram that the rocker "horrifically abused me for years" and "left me brainwashed into submission."… Continue reading
May 05 Saints emails, lawsuits could be buried in church bankruptcy By Jim Mustian, Michael Rezendes, Associated Press A bankruptcy filing by New Orleans’ Roman Catholic archdiocese freezes sexual abuse lawsuits and could help bury the details of alleged cover-ups of predator priests and thousands of internal emails. Continue reading
Feb 10 Polygamists may not face jail time under new Utah bill By Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press Its sponsor says the 85-year-old law has failed to root out the practice and instead made people afraid of going to police when abuse happens. Continue reading
Dec 26 Watch 15:54 Amid more revelations of Catholic Church abuse and cover-up, survivors galvanize This year saw more appalling revelations about the Catholic Church and the behavior of many priests, exposing just how long some dioceses knew of and concealed sexual abuse. Judy Woodruff has the story, followed by a frank conversation with two… Continue watching
Oct 24 How should doctors and nurses screen patients for intimate partner violence in the #MeToo era? By Laura Santhanam The best estimates likely under-represent the true scope and scale of intimate partner violence because victims often are afraid to disclose what has happened to them. Continue reading
Oct 10 A poet explains why ‘boys will be boys’ is the ‘stupidest’ thing you could say By Lora Strum A young boy pushes a girl off a swing because he likes her. “Boys will be boys,” a teacher explains. Years later, a boy drinks a bit too much and hits his girlfriend. The same words echo in the girl’s… Continue reading