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April 30, 2021

Josh Duggar's parents, Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, speak out after son's arrest for child pornography

"19 Kids and Counting" stars Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar have spoken out following the arrest of their son, Josh, on child pornography charges.

April 30, 2021

Ghislaine Maxwell's brother calls lock-up a 'house of horrors'; judge seeks answers for alleged treatment

A federal judge on Thursday ordered the government to explain why guards at the New York lock-up are allegedly repeatedly flashing light into Ghislaine Maxwell's jail cell during the overnight hours, which lawyers have argued could have led to a bruise under one eye, as seen in a newly released photo.

April 29, 2021

Delphi murders: Indiana man charged with kidnapping 9-year-old girl eyed in unsolved case, investigators say

An Indiana man accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 9-year-old girl is being looked into for a possible connection to the unsolved murders of two teenagers in the city of Delphi in 2017, investigators said Wednesday.

April 28, 2021

Kristin Smart suspect accused of sexually assaulting women in years since student’s disappearance: report

Paul Flores, the California man charged earlier this month in connection to the 1996 disappearance of Kristin Smart, was accused of sexually assaulting several women in the years after the Cal Poly freshman vanished, according to a report.

April 28, 2021

Navy SEALs to shift from counterterrorism to global threats

Ten years after they found and killed Osama bin Laden, U.S. Navy SEALs are undergoing a major transition to improve leadership and expand their commando capabilities to better battle threats from global powers like China and Russia.

April 27, 2021

Ghislaine Maxwell denied bail again for fourth time

A New York City federal appeals court denied a fourth bail request from Ghislaine Maxwell on Tuesday as she continues to fight sex trafficking charges in connection with allegedly grooming young girls for sexual abuse by deceased multimillionaire Jeffrey Epstein.

April 27, 2021

Tara Reade bashes Pelosi for saying Congress 'stands with survivors' during Sexual Assault Awareness Month

Tara Reade, the former Senate staffer who alleged last year that Joe Biden sexually assaulted her in 1993, knocked House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., for her tweet claiming that Congress "stands with survivors" of sexual assault. 

April 23, 2021

Ghislaine Maxwell pleads not guilty to new sex trafficking charges 

Ghislaine Maxwell made a rare appearance in a New York City courthouse on Friday, when she pleaded not guilty to two new charges of sex trafficking a 14-year-old girl allegedly for Jeffrey Epstein to abuse at his house in Palm Beach, Florida, between 2001 and 2004.  

April 22, 2021

Indiana man gets 35 years for sextortion scheme targeting women, high school girls

An Indiana man will spend 35 years behind bars for a sextortion scheme in which he threatened to publicize nude photos of women and girls – some as young as 15 – unless they sent more sexually explicit photos and videos.

April 22, 2021

Murdered Fort Hood soldier Vanessa Guillen deserves same respect as George Floyd, Biden must act, family says

A year after 20-year-old U.S. Army Spc. Vanessa Guillen was reported missing from Fort Hood in Texas, her family appealed to President Biden to join in their fight to end sexual violence in the military.