3 arrested in India after Spanish tourist gang-raped during trip with husband, police looking for more suspects

Three men were arrested on Saturday after the gang rape of a Spanish tourist on a motorbike trip through India’s remote east with her husband, local media reports said. The attack took place on Friday night in the Dumka district of the eastern state of Jharkhand, where the couple had stopped to camp the night … Read more

Housing measures, gender-identity names bills considered by legislature this week

Colorado lawmakers are getting into the meat of the legislative session as we near the March midpoint of the 120-day session, and committees are in full swing. Bills are passing their first chambers, too, and crossing the hall. The first of this year’s land-use bills — a measure to ban occupancy limits — has already … Read more

Rape and sexual violence in Sudan’s ongoing conflict may amount to war crimes, a new UN report says

GENEVA — The U.N. human rights office said in a new report Friday that scores of people, including children, have been subjected to rape and other forms of sexual violence in the ongoinng conflict in Sudan, assaults that may amount to war crimes. Sudan plunged into chaos in mid-April when clashes erupted in the capital, … Read more

Nearly 65K rape victims likely got pregnant amid U.S. abortion bans: analysis – National

Thousands of rape victims across the United States likely got pregnant in the span of less than two years, research suggests, as several states have moved to impose total abortion bans following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling. An analysis published in the JAMA Internal Medicine journal on Wednesday … Read more

Trump abruptly leaves courtroom during closing arguments

By Larry Neumeister and Jake Offenhartz | Associated Press NEW YORK — A jury began deliberations Friday in the defamation trial against former President Donald Trump, deciding whether he owes writer E. Jean Carroll additional millions after a jury last year concluded that he sexually abused her in 1996. The jury began its work after … Read more

Philippine pastor who styles himself as ‘son of god’ accused of rape at senate hearing

A Philippine pastor linked to former president Rodrigo Duterte has been accused of repeatedly raping women and telling them to “sacrifice” their bodies to the “appointed son of god”, in the latest revelations from a senate probe into sex-trafficking allegations facing the sect leader. Apollo Quiboloy, who is Duterte’s spiritual adviser, heads the Kingdom of … Read more

Austrian rapist Josef Fritzl smirks after winning bid to move to lower-security prison wing

Austrian monster Josef Fritzl — who kept his daughter locked up in a cellar for 24 years and fathered seven children with her — was seen smirking after he won his bid to be moved from a psychiatric unit into a traditional prison wing. The decision on Thursday paves the way for Fritzl, 88, to … Read more

Ousted Florida GOP official cleared of rape allegations

By Terry Spencer | Associated Press Police cleared the ousted chair of the Florida Republican Party of rape allegations on Friday, but said they have asked prosecutors to charge him with illegally video recording the sexual encounter he had with a female acquaintance. The Sarasota Police Department said in a statement that a review of … Read more

Danny Masterson mugshot released as actor sent to California prison – National

By Staff The Associated Press Posted December 27, 2023 6:40 pm Updated December 27, 2023 7:19 pm Descrease article font size Increase article font size “That ’70s Show” actor Danny Masterson has been sent to a California state prison to serve his sentence for two rape convictions. Authorities said Wednesday that the 47-year-old Masterson has … Read more

Chinese court rejects singer Kris Wu’s appeal against rape conviction

A court in Beijing has rejected the appeal of rapper and singer Kris Wu Yifan against his rape conviction. Beijing No 3 Intermediate People’s Court announced on Friday that it upheld the original verdict for the charges against the 33-year-old Chinese-Canadian hip-hop star. “The original ruling found the facts to be clear, the evidence to … Read more