Category Archives: World

BAGHDAD - The U.S.-led coalition has come under increasing scrutiny by monitoring groups regarding civilian casualties in the fight against the Islamic State group in Iraq, a turn that is worrying som...

FUSSA, Japan - Residents living near U.S. military bases in Japan are facing a fresh reality: Their neighbourhoods are on the front-line of North Korea’s dispute with America and if Pyongyang we...

As part of its project tracking student-on-student sexual assaults, The Associated Press analyzed a national database of crime information collected by the FBI, which has started including codes that ...

Sexual assault on college campuses has made headlines for years, but The Associated Press sought to determine whether it also is a problem among younger students and, if so, to what extent. There are ...

What can parents do if they believe their child has been the victim of sexual abuse at school? Here’s advice from Adele Kimmel, a senior attorney at the Washington, D.C., non-profit organization...

The children were confused, scared and hurt. In their own words, they did their best to convey what other students had done to them in the school restroom, the gym and the bus. What their families lea...

BRUNSWICK, Maine - Chaz Wing was 12 when they came after him. The classmates who tormented him were children, too, entering the age of pimples and cracking voices. Eventually, he swore under oath, the...

HARPURSVILLE, N.Y. - The baby giraffe born at an upstate New York zoo to internet star April has a name. Animal Adventure Park owner Jordan Patch announced Monday on ABC’s “Good Morning Am...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand - They may not have lost themselves in the music or the moment but a judge and nine lawyers in a New Zealand courtroom did listen politely to Eminem’s “Lose Yoursel...

WASHINGTON - U.S. consumers cut back sharply on buying durable goods such as autos in March, leaving overall spending unchanged for a second straight month. A slowdown by consumers was a major reason ...