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Photos Capture the Chilling Reality of Domestic Abuse

Photojournalist Sara Naomi Lewkowicz's project takes a turn

(Newser) - Photojournalist/grad student Sara Naomi Lewkowicz set her sights on a pretty sobering subject last fall: the experience of being an ex-convict in American society. She was following the experience of Shane, a 31-year-old who had "spent much of his life incarcerated," and his girlfriend of one month, 19-year-old...

No, Guns Don&#39;t Make Women Safer
 No, Guns 
 Don't Make 
 Women Safer 
OPINION
Feb 1, 2013 1:18 PM CST

No, Guns Don't Make Women Safer

Ruth Marcus: Gun control can save more women than arming them can

(Newser) - According to Ruth Marcus, the argument du jour against gun control—that women in particular need access to guns to protect themselves from violent, male criminals—is nothing but a "straw woman." The "argument would be powerful, if only it were true," Marcus writes in the...

Florida Man Stabs Wife —Over a Hamburger

Bartolo Gelsomino then allegedly staged burglary

(Newser) - Today, in the Really Horrific Motives department: A 78-year-old Florida man murdered his wife of 52 years last Monday because she wouldn't cook him a hamburger, say police. Bartolo Gelsomino then allegedly attempted to make it appear as if his 71-year-old wife was stabbed during a burglary, reports the...

Man Allegedly Tries to Force-Feed Ring to Fiancée

Faron Thompson also allegedly pushed her while she was holding their son

(Newser) - We can't imagine why Faron Thompson's finacée wanted to move out of their apartment, but apparently when she tried to do so, he got a little upset. Orlando police arrested the 29-year-old Sunday, charging him with battery via strangulation and child neglect, after he allegedly tried to...

Hope Solo's Fiance Busted for Domestic Violence

On the day before their wedding

(Newser) - Olympic soccer star Hope Solo and former NFL tight end Jerramy Stevens were supposed to get married yesterday—instead, they were in a Washington state court after Stevens, 33, was arrested on suspicion of assaulting Solo, 31, the day before. Trouble erupted at a party at Solo's Washington home,...

Wisconsin Spa Shooter Killed Wife in Attack

'His threats terrorize my every waking moment,' she said

(Newser) - When the estranged husband of a Wisconsin woman allegedly shot up her workplace yesterday, his wife was among the three women he killed, NBC News reports. Zina Haughton tried to calm Radcliffe Haughton when he walked in, "tried diffusing the situation, talked to him, said this was a place...

Man Accused of Chaining Wife 10 Years

Police say husband in W. Va. tortured, enslaved her

(Newser) - A West Virginia man has been charged with "malicious wounding" after allegedly keeping his wife chained up for 10 years and torturing her. Police say Peter Lizon's wife showed up at a crisis center with scars on her wrists and ankles from her shackles, burns where he'd...

Violence Can Prematurely Age Children
 Violence Can 
 Prematurely Age 
 Children 
study says
Apr 24, 2012 1:35 PM CDT

Violence Can Prematurely Age Children

It shortens telomeres, new study finds

(Newser) - It goes without saying that violence has a negative impact on children—but a new study suggests that it can actually age their DNA by as much as seven to 10 years. Researchers examined children's telomeres—DNA sequences found at the ends of chromosomes that keep the chromosomes from...

Rihanna: I'm Not Sorry for Chris Brown Reunion

Public knowing of attack was a kind of 'liberation,' she tells Elle

(Newser) - Rihanna knows her fans aren't thrilled about the time she's spending with abusive ex-beau Chris Brown —but she doesn't much care. "I'm still going to do what I want to do," she says defiantly in a new interview in Elle . "I respect...

Hugh Hefner&#39;s Son Arrested
Hugh Hefner's Son Arrested
Feb 13, 2012 11:08 AM CST

Hugh Hefner's Son Arrested

Marston Hefner allegedly beat up Playmate of the Year Claire Sinclair

(Newser) - Hugh Hefner's son is making headlines, but not for a good reason: Marston, Hef's 21-year-old son, was arrested last night for allegedly attacking last year's Playmate of the Year … who also just so happens to be his girlfriend. Police were called to the California pad where...

Andre Curry, Chicago Father Who Posted Picture of Bound Baby on Facebook, Charged
 Duct Tape Dad Charged 
Dec 22, 2011 12:37 AM CST

Duct Tape Dad Charged

Chicago man arrested for Facebook photo of bound baby

(Newser) - A Chicago dad is behind bars for posting a picture on Facebook of his baby daughter bound with duct tape . Andre Curry, 21, has been charged with a felony count of aggravated domestic battery and is being held on $100,000 bond, AP reports. At a hearing, his attorney argued...

Michael Lohan Arrested on Abuse Charges

Then tries to escape, spills TMI about sex encounter with galpal

(Newser) - Michael Lohan was arrested just after 1am today on suspicion of domestic violence charges, and is currently cooling his heels in a Tampa jail, TMZ reports. Police confirm that the reported fight was between Lohan and none other than Kate Major, who also accused him of abuse last year (and...

Armstrong: Late Hubby Threatened to Kill Me

...over pizza, Real Housewife claims

(Newser) - Taylor Armstrong certainly isn’t heeding that advice about not speaking ill of the dead: In an interview airing tonight on ET and obtained by the AP , the Real Housewife details the abuse she says she received at the hands of estranged husband Russell, who killed himself last month. Once,...

Manny Ramirez Charged With Domestic Battery

He allegedly knocked wife into a headboard

(Newser) - Retirement won't get him out of this one. Manny Ramirez was arrested yesterday and charged with battery, after his wife, Juliana, told police he had slapped her in the face so hard that she banged her head on their bed's headboard. Her injuries weren't serious enough to...

Gay Advocates to Cops: Spot Gay-on-Gay Violence

Straight and gay abuse victims must be treated the same, supporters say

(Newser) - A spike in gay domestic violence slayings has alarmed advocates in Massachusetts, who say the justice system is insensitive to warning signs of gay-on-gay abuse. The state has seen seven such killings since 2010, but attempts to educate police have sputtered, the Boston Globe reports. “It was pretty traumatizing,...

Stephanie Robinette of Ohio Shoots Cops--With Breast Milk
 Woman Shoots 
 Cops—With 
 Breast Milk 
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Jul 2, 2011 6:26 AM CDT

Woman Shoots Cops—With Breast Milk

Fired at police from her car while drunk

(Newser) - An Ohio woman warned police that she was a breastfeeding mom—and then she opened fire with her right breast, NBC4i reports. Drunk at a wedding reception, Stephanie Robinette got into an argument with her husband, who told police that she repeatedly hit him. She locked herself in her car...

Oksana Drops Charges Against Mel Gibson

Her lawyer makes surprise move in court today

(Newser) - We apparently listened to all those Mel Gibson tapes for no good reason: Ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva dropped domestic violence charges against Gibson today, reports TMZ , which says both the judge and Gibson's attorney were "visibly shocked" at the move. An order of protection keeping Gibson away from her...

Ex-Marine Beats Wife in Front of Divorce Judge

Florida dad goes berserk after being ordered to pay child support

(Newser) - A Florida man reacted to being told he would have to pay child support by savagely attacking his wife during a divorce hearing in a judge's chambers. Ex-Marine Paul Henry Gonzalez knocked his wife, also an ex-Marine, unconscious with the first punch and continued beating her. His wife's...

Nicolas Cage Gets Bailed Out By...

Dog the Bounty Hunter, who doesn't think he'll have to hunt down actor

(Newser) - In a case of reality not imitating "art," Dog the notorious bounty hunter bailed actor Nicolas Cage out of jail. Reality star Duane "Dog" Chapman posted Cage's $11,000 bond after he was charged with domestic abuse and disturbing the peace over the weekend in New...

Nicolas Cage Arrested in New Orleans on Charges of Domestic Abuse, Public Drunkenness
 'Drunk' Nicolas Cage Arrested 
Apr 16, 2011 2:52 PM CDT

'Drunk' Nicolas Cage Arrested

He's charged in New Orleans after loud argument with his wife

(Newser) - Bad night for Nic Cage: He got arrested in New Orleans after a loud and drunken argument with his wife—and then police, reports TMZ . The chain of events, from police, TMZ, and AP : Cage and his wife began arguing on the sidewalk in front of a home in the...

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