Rape joke on Fox cartoons draws attention
The Fox network isn’t responding to suggestions that it edit its upcoming crossover episode of “The Simpsons” and “Family Guy” to remove a joke where the punch line is “your sister’s being raped.”
California debates ‘yes means yes’ sex assault law
College students have heard a similar refrain for years in campaigns to stop sexual assault: No means no.
Crawford woman charged with making fake rape report
The Starkville Police Department arrested a Crawford woman Thursday after she allegedly admitted to filing a false rape allegation.
Education official: Some campuses hostile to sexual assault victims
Some colleges and universities are still failing students by inadequately responding to campus sexual assault, a senior Education Department official testified Thursday.
Columbus man arrested on rape charge
A Columbus man has been arrested for rape and breaking and entering.
Military sex assault claims up 50 percent
Reports of sexual assaults by members of the military rose 50 percent after the Pentagon began a vigorous campaign to get more victims to come forward, prompting defense officials to order a greater focus on prevention programs, including plans to review alcohol sales and policies.
Campus rape addressed by White House task force
The Obama administration admonished colleges and universities — “No more turning a blind eye” — as it released guidelines designed to stem sexual assaults on campuses and help the victims.
Columbus resident charged with molestation
An undocumented worker has been arrested and charged with molestation.
No bond for 2 teens in carjacking, kidnapping
A judge has denied bond to two teenagers accused of the rape, carjacking, and kidnapping of a 29-year-old woman.
Bills seek to tackle backlog of untested rape kits
With possibly hundreds of thousands of rape kits untested across the country, a number of states are proposing legislation to address backlogs that in at least one case dates back nearly three decades.
Obama targets college sexual assaults
President Barack Obama shone a light Wednesday on a college sexual assault epidemic that is often shrouded in secrecy, with victims fearing stigma, police poorly trained to investigate and universities reluctant to disclose the violence.
Columbus man facing statutory rape charge
Quadevious Atterberry, 21, of 2409 Oat Street, was arrested last week after investigators believe he engaged in a sexual relationship with an underage girl.
Defense bill aims to address sexual assault crisis
A comprehensive defense policy bill that aims to deal with the epidemic of sexual assault in the military is heading to the Senate, where it could get slowed by Republican outrage over majority Democrats’ limits on GOP power.
Jennings wins new trial on rape charge
The Mississippi Supreme Court on Thursday ordered a new trial for Toney Jennings, who was convicted in 2011 of statutory rape in Lowndes County.
Montana appeals teacher’s rape sentence
The Montana attorney general’s office on Friday asked the state Supreme Court to throw out a 30-day sentence given to a teacher who raped a 14-year-old girl, saying the punishment was illegally lenient.
Woman held captive in Cleveland has book deal
NEW YORK — One of three young women held captive for years in a Cleveland house has a book deal. Michelle Knight’s memoir is scheduled
Man charged with rape after alleged roadside incident
A Lowndes County man was arrested and charged with sexual battery after he allegedly raped a woman on the side of the road.
Mo. sex assault case expected to get fresh start
MARYVILLE, Mo. — The case of a 14-year-old girl who says she was raped by an older boy from her Missouri high school and left
Clothesline project: Silent messages speak out against gender violence in stirring display
They barely fluttered in a scant breeze Wednesday, as watery sunlight strained to break cloud cover. One thousand T-shirts or more, hanging on clotheslines on Mississippi State’s drill field. They were of all colors, covered with messages in turn stark, poignant, angry, hopeful, emancipating — each silent, but powerfully speaking out against violence, especially sexual violence, against women and men.
Victim’s mother says rapist eluding justice
BILLINGS, Mont. — A former Montana high school teacher due to be released today after serving a 30-day prison sentence for raping a 14-year-old student