A Richmond man spent over 40 years in prison for the abduction, rape and murder of a 3-year-old in 1975 — all crimes he did not commit. Now, following his exoneration, the General Assembly

A local pastor facing a rape charge out of Amherst County was back in court Tuesday morning, and the judge determined there was enough evidence to move forward.

However, the judge did not react to his pleas, saying jury selection for an April 15 trial is “beyond set in stone.”

Derek Rodriguez-Contereras entered an Alford plea earlier this week on two counts of aggravated sexual battery.

A male sex offender who announced last year in court documents that he now identifies as transgender is accused of using the girl's locker room.

The U.S. Center for SafeSport will add a morals clause to its code of conduct, and the CEO will start interviewing job candidates herself in the wake of the arrest of a former investigator who was charged with rape and other sex crimes.

A court in India has sentenced five men to death for the gang rape and murder of a teenager as well as the killing of her father and toddler-aged niece. The crime was committed in January 2021 ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Dr. Derrick Todd is arraigned at Middlesex County Superior Court, Friday, Jan. 17, 2025, in Woburn, Mass ...

Among her concerns was the potential for Collins to overturn a Biden administration rule that allows the VA to provide abortions to veterans for a pregnancy resulting from rape or incest ...

Democrats who control the Virginia Senate rejected nine of Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s board appointments in a move the governor called “petty.”

Pedrosa was arrested and taken to the Washington County Prison. Online court records show he faces multiple charges, including rape of a child, statutory sexual assault of a child older than 11 ...

What we witnessed was terrible, but what is happening now in most of Sudan is much worse. In 2021, the Sudan Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces staged a coup and overthrew a civilian-led transitional government achieved through peaceful protests by millions of Sudanese.