Domestic abuse

An Iowa man was charged with false imprisonment and harassment on Tuesday after he allegedly held his girlfriend captive and forced her into watching "Roots."

The study involved tens of thousands of women, including over 18,000 who experienced domestic abuse.

Haines City Police Department arrested Evenaud Julmeus on Sunday after they determined that he had left his son on the side of the road after an argument during which he accused the boy of being gay.

Elias Garibay was having dinner at Tortilleria Flores in Yuba City, California, when he was shot in the head, his family said.

Wilfredo Erazo-Turcios, 29, of Brandenton, will serve life in prison and is designated a sexual predator as long as he lives.

Coffee County District Attorney Craig Northcott previously faced calls to resign over Islamophobic Facebook posts.

"He would bunch up his fist and get in my face and act like he was going to hit me. He then said, 'I will beat the living s---t out of you.'"

"I can see it. It's a domestic violence thing, and he's keeping her like a prisoner."

The country's top human rights official previously argued that imprisoning "mildly abusive" men could leave families without an income.

Alleged incident took place in front of neighbors.

Footage of the incident shows Paul Bashi punching, kicking and stabbing his girlfriend in a sustained assault.

Franklin "Freddy" Meave Vazquez, 27, was charged with murder after the fatal stabbing death of one shipmate. Two other crew members were injured.

No charges have yet been laid on the boy.

Lana Clayton, 52, confessed to the crime after investigators discovered abnormally high levels of tetrahydrozoline in her husband's body.

Keith Ellison is standing to be attorney general in Minnesota.

A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to return a mother and her child to the U.S. after it deported them ahead of a hearing that would have seen them spared.

Ohio State coach Urban Meyer said last week he didn't know about 2015 domestic abuse allegations against former assistant coach Zach Smith. But Smith's ex-wife says in a report that Meyer's wife and other coaches wives knew.

A bail bonds businessman hopelessly searching the country for months for a fugitive was days away from signing a $30,000 check to the Tom Green County Court when he received "a blessing from God."

Jennifer Willoughby told Newsweek the White House is setting an example for how the rest of the country will handle domestic abuse—and it's a terrible one.

"We didn't cover ourselves in glory in how we handled that," White House chief of staff John Kelly admitted in a Friday interview.

The gun law is designed to close "the boyfriend loophole," which women's advocacy groups have been trying to close for years.

He also said the president had "empowered more women in his career than anyone."

Twitter is mocking Manhattan District Attorney's Cyrus Vance photo of him and his staff wearing purple to stand with victims of domestic abuse.

The discovery is the result of a four-year research project

Afghan civilian casualties reached a 15-year high in 2016, according to the U.N.

Domestic abuse that doesn't cause injury will be punished under civil rather than criminal law.

The U.S. study also showed that more younger people had experienced abusive behavior.

Brown is remorseful and the Giants claim they were "misguided," but that's not enough when it comes to domestic violence.

"Disposable women" are subject to ongoing demands for dowry and escalating sexual violence.

The gunman shot his wife of 26 years and 19-year-old daughter dead.