More deaths have been reported in Syria as the government’s violent assault on anti-government protesters continues. Most of the deaths occurred in the central Syrian city of Homs where at least three people died on Sunday. It is the fifth consecutive day in what anti-government activists say is an ongoing military campaign against the city, [...]
Tag: Assault
November 6, 2011
October 15, 2011
Jessica Lynch’s Rescue Soldier Accused of Sex Assault
October 14, 2011 by legitgov ShareThis Jessica Lynch’s Rescue Soldier Accused of Sex Assault 14 Oct 2011 A male nurse who helped rescue soldier Jessica Lynch from Iraq in 2003 was arrested and charged with two counts of sexual battery against hospital patients in Florida. Shean Galvin, a former Air Force Reserves captain, was the [...]
June 24, 2011
Hackers Break into Arizona Police Computers
* Arizona DPS confirms “computer issues” * Group says it hacked computer to protest immigration law WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Computer hackers who previously broke into a U.S. Senate server and brought down the CIA web site struck an Arizona police web site on Thursday. Lulz Security, saying it opposed a tough anti-immigration law in Arizona, [...]
June 17, 2011
U.S. Catholic Bishops Defend Policy on Sex Abuse
By Elaine Porterfield SEATTLE (Reuters) – Leaders of the U.S. Roman Catholic Church unveiled proposed changes Wednesday to their policy governing cases of sex abuse, dismissing criticism they are only tweaking at the margins. The U.S. church has taken strong steps to address sex abuse by priests and will vote Thursday to enact revisions to [...]
June 15, 2011
Airport Workers Honored for Stopping Rape
DENVER — Police say the Frontier Airlines’ employees who came to the aid of a woman being assaulted at Denver International Airport are being honored for their actions. Denver police said Mark Adams and Kris Musil will be presented with the Bill Daniels Neighborhood Hero Awards for assisting a woman they was being raped at [...]
June 9, 2011
June 3, 2011
Art Exhibit Offers ‘Urban Therapy’ for NYers
NEW YORK — Noise never sleeps in the city. Streets are choked with vehicles that produce a near constant din of rumbling engines. Parks are often full of chattering crowds on sunny days. The clamor is enough to make even the hardiest New Yorkers brainsick, thirsting for a spot of tranquility in the swirl of [...]
May 28, 2011
May 27, 2011
Strauss-Kahn Finds Luxury Digs Pending Court
Disgraced former International Monetary Fund head Dominique Strauss-Kahn finally found a place to call home in New York City as he awaits a court hearing on sexual assault charges. He had met resistance from tenants at two other buildings. Dominique Strauss-Kahn leaves a New York City jail pending court action. (Getty Images Photo) Strauss-Kahn’s new [...]
May 26, 2011
Ex-IMF Chief Strauss-Kahn to Serve House Arrest in Luxury, 6,800-Square-Foot Townhouse
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the disgraced ex-chief of the International Monetary Fund accused of sexually assaulting a New York City hotel maid, is out on bail and living in luxury in a 6,800-square-foot Manhattan townhouse with its own private spa and movie theater. Strauss-Kahn, charged earlier this month in the alleged attack on the 32-year-old maid, posted [...]
May 26, 2011
Blood at Scene Becomes Pivotal for Strauss-Kahn Defense
Evidence that Dominique Strauss- Kahn’s encounter with a hotel maid may have involved force, including reports of blood at the scene, might damage any defense contention that she consented, former prosecutors said. Strauss-Kahn is accused in a seven-count indictment of forcibly trying to have intercourse with the woman at the Sofitel hotel in midtown Manhattan, [...]
May 25, 2011
IMF chief may use tried-but-tricky consent defense
NEW YORK – Former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn has shed little public light on his account of what happened between him and a hotel housekeeper who accused him of sexually attacking her. But in a potentially revealing hint, one of his lawyers has said he doesn’t expect the evidence will show a forcible [...]
May 24, 2011
Gun Fired at Hawaii Middle School, 1 Injured
PEARL CITY, Hawaii — A loaded handgun brought to a Hawaii middle school by a student was fired on campus before school started on Monday, narrowly missing one student and leaving another with minor injuries, police said. The .45-caliber Glock went off when the student carrying the handgun pointed it at another student, and the [...]