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A group of Democrat senators have written a letter probing the resignation of White House Staff Secretary Rob Porter amid allegations of domestic abuse.

An elderly Pennsylvania woman was set upon, beaten, and had her head shaved by her daughter and granddaughter because she had the volume of the Pittsburgh Steelers game up too high, police say.

A woman who waited over 60 days to receive a concealed carry permit while being stalked is urging Indiana lawmakers to realize protective orders are not enough, women need handguns.

A man in Puerto Rico was sentenced to seven years in prison for allegedly biting off the head of his girlfriend’s Chihuahua and punching his girlfriend.

More than 300 police officers have been accused of abusing their position to sexually exploit people, a report has found.

The sports media has a unique, and never before heard of theory about why the NFL handled the domestic violence case involving white New York Giants kicker Josh Brown differently than the way they handled the domestic violence cases of black players like Ray Rice and Greg Hardy.

A man in South Dakota has been arrested for severely beating a woman during a domestic argument and using a pair of scissors to snip off her nipples, court records state.

TEL AVIV – A Jewish woman from Kurdistan has fled to Israel after her Muslim husband threatened to sell her to the Islamic State.

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana – A Louisiana Democrat State Representative will not be serving jail time after he pleaded “no contest” to allegedly punching his mistress in the face at a New Orleans hotel last year.

In the early morning hours of June 1, a wife shot her husband after he allegedly assaulted her in front of their 12-year-old daughter.

The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) — Pakistan’s 20-member constitutional body — recently proposed a bill recommending that men bestow a “light beating” onto their defiant wives.

An Indian model was found dead hanging from a ceiling fan this week. Her suicide note accuses her husband of consistent abuse, calling her marriage the “biggest mistake of her life.”

A conference of religious groups and political parties convened by an Islamic political party in Pakistan has called on the government to retract an “un-Islamic” law that gives wide-ranging protection to female victims of violence. The Women’s Protection Act was

Turkey’s Women’s Library and Information Center Foundation plans to celebrate their 25th anniversary by preserving their priceless collection digitally. Organizers say the promotion of women’s arts is pivotal in a country with an alarming, and growing, problem of violence against women.

Charges by a girlfriend that he threw a cell phone and kicked her forced James Thompson IV to settle for prep school instead of South Carolina. And despite his unbelievable play at Eastern Michigan, Thompson could become first freshman ever to finish in the Value Add Basketball top 10 and not make the NBA.

Days after Birmingham’s Central Mosque insisted that it had never dealt with a case of forced marriage, following its chairman claiming the practice was not a problem, it has been alleged that they were aware of a horrific case just last year. An 18-year-old

Birmingham Central Mosque Chairman — also a Labour city Councillor and Lord Mayor elect of Britain’s second city — has said that domestic abuse is primarily a Christian problem, because they drink, and claimed that Muslim forced marriage is not a problem.

A male domestic abuse victim says he was blocked on Twitter by Vera Baird, the Police & Crime Commissioner for Northumbria, after he complained about the sexism of a police campaign that focused solely on female victims. The Northumbrian resident,

On Monday, Los Angeles-based stand-up comedian Beth Stelling detailed on her Instagram page her history as a victim of domestic abuse.

A Florida woman was arrested for attacking her sleeping husband for passing gas in bed, police say.

San Francisco’s infamous ‘sanctuary city’ sheriff, Ross Mirkarimi is coming under fire for the transfer of an inquisitive shooting range sergeant and for failing a subsequent firearms test.

On October 12, police arrested 28-year-old Michael C. Hadley for allegedly attempting to kill a woman by beating her with a hammer. A “domestic abuse enhancer” was added to the charges as well.

Actor Sean Penn has filed a $10 million defamation lawsuit against Lee Daniels for a recent interview in which the creator of the hit show Empire suggested that Penn is physically abusive toward women.

Former Baltimore Ravens running back and domestic abuser Ray Rice spoke sat down with ESPN’s Jemele Hill to discuss his life after the crime and he claimed to be a “rehabilitated man.” The former all-pro running back was caught on camera dragging

The small Latin American nation of Uruguay has agreed to accept 72 Syrian refugees from Lebanon, relaunching a program for relocating refugees and giving them dramatically new lives that was shut down in part due to the government’s apprehension that Syrians were culturally incompatible with Uruguayans.

On July 4, Randy Johnson allegedly pinned down his girlfriend, “brutally abused” and choked her, and then got shot after she got her hands on a gun.

On May 11 a woman in Chico, CA used a BB gun to shoot a former boyfriend and stop him from allegedly attacking her.

On May 7, former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords briefly spoke to Delaware state senators to push gun control for “mothers” and “families” via Senate Bill 83.

You may have seen an image of a dress that has been circulating online for more than a week and has inspired a trending hashtag and fierce debate on social media.