Cosby’s lawyers push to get sexual assault case thrown out
By MARYCLAIRE DALE The former district attorney who declined a decade ago to prosecute Bill Cosby testified Tuesday that he hoped the decision would free the comedian to testify in…
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Ex-Ivory Coast leader pleads not guilty to atrocities
By MIKE CORDER Netherlands International Court Ivory Coast Former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo awaits the start of his trial at the International… Read more THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) —…
Germany: More women come forward alleging New Year assaults
By FRANK JORDANS COLOGNE, www.whatsupkansascity.net ,Cascade Media Group, The Game Changer, The wave of the future, Whats Up Kansas City, latest news, twitter, @WhatsUpKCity (AP) — More women came forward…
Pentagon: Hundreds of military kids sexually abused annually
By RICHARD LARDNER, EILEEN SULLIVAN and MEGHAN HOYER Cpl. Aaron C. Masa became fast friends with a fellow Marine during field training in North Carolina. But behind his buddy’s back,…
Broken system lets problem officers jump from job to job
By NOMAAN MERCHANT and MATT SEDENSKY Law enforcement officers accused of sexual misconduct have jumped from job to job — and at times faced fresh allegations that include raping women…
Hundreds of officers lose licenses over sex misconduct
By MATT SEDENSKY and NOMAAN MERCHANT Flashing lights pierced the black of night, and the big white letters made clear it was the police. The woman pulled over was a…
Elite prep school tackles ‘hook-up’ culture amid rape case
By RIK STEVENS A New Hampshire prep school that has educated some of the nation’s elite for more than a century and a half is confronting a campus practice of…
Family says daughter raped repeatedly while held by IS
By KEN DILANIAN American hostage Kayla Mueller was repeatedly forced to have sex with Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State group, U.S. intelligence officials told her family…