A New York woman is challenging Miss America, Miss World rules banning mothers from beauty pageants
A New York woman is challenging the longstanding rules of Miss America and Miss World that disqualify mothers from their beauty pageants.
Man charged in Gilgo Beach serial killings kept 'blueprint' of crimes on computer, prosecutors say
Prosecutors say the man charged in the Gilgo Beach serial killings on Long Island, New York, kept a document he used to “blueprint” his crimes.
Harvey Weinstein due back in court, while a key witness weighs whether to testify at a retrial
Harvey Weinstein will appear in a New York City court next week, the first step in potentially retrying the film mogul after his 2020 rape conviction was overturned.
Director Roman Polanski is sued over more allegations of sexual assault of a minor
A woman has sued director Roman Polanski in a Los Angeles court, saying the director raped her when she was a minor in 1973.
Harvey Weinstein gets 16 more years for rape, sexual assault
A Los Angeles judge on Thursday sentenced Harvey Weinstein to 16 years in prison after a jury convicted him of the 2013 rape and sexual assault of an Italian actor and model.
Ex-LAPD captain's loyalties scrutinized in tip to CBS exec
A former Los Angeles police captain’s ties to Hollywood are under scrutiny after prosecutors say he leaked a sexual assault victim’s confidential police report to CBS and its former leader Les Moonves.
Bill Cosby lawyers cry foul as civil sex assault trial looms
With less than a week to go before a civil trial, Bill Cosby's lawyers are crying foul over a change in the story of a woman who alleges he sexually assaulted her at the Playboy Mansion.
Abortion rights backers rally in anger over post-Roe future
Abortion rights supporters are demonstrating at hundreds of marches and rallies where they're expressing their outrage that the Supreme Court appears prepared to scrap the constitutional right to abortion that has endured for nearly a half-century.
Lawsuit: Baldwin had no reason to fire in 'Rust' shooting
A new lawsuit alleges that Alec Baldwin recklessly fired a gun when it wasn’t called for in the script when he shot and killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the New Mexico set of the film “Rust.”.
LA police: Armie Hammer under sexual assault investigation
FILE - Armie Hammer attends the 13th Annual Go Gala on Nov. 16, 2019, in Los Angeles. Los Angeles police said Thursday, March 18, 2021, that they are investigating actor Armie Hammer for sexual assault. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)LOS ANGELES – Actor Armie Hammer is under investigation for sexual assault, Los Angeles police said Thursday. Hammer is the main suspect in a sexual assault that was reported to police on Feb. 3, LAPD spokesman Officer Drake Madison said. The Associated Press does not generally identify alleged victims of sexual assault.