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Nonprofit organizations are serving more clients during the pandemic, which requires more money. Many of these groups host big events in the spring and…
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In many ways life has slowed down during the coronavirus pandemic but gun violence persists, challenging outreach workers who are trying to stop the violence despite social distancing restrictions.
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Quarantine is stressful for everyone, but for some, being cooped up alone with no school or work as an escape is dangerous. And that is the reality for…
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“People are urged to stay home and to practice social distancing to protect themselves and others from being exposed to COVID-19. Unfortunately, home is not a safe place for many women,” said Susan B. Sorenson, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania and director of the Ortner Center on Violence & Abuse.
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Domestic violence offenders generally aren’t allowed to have firearms, but many still do. In Denver, a new investigator is searching them out.
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The U.S. Department of Justice has been in a years-long fight to decrease violent gun crimes. And now, it's targeting domestic violence abusers.
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In America, domestic violence accounts for 15 percent of all violent crime, and yet it remains locked in silence, even as its tendrils reach unseen into…
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Federal law prohibits people subject to protective orders for certain domestic violence offenses from purchasing or possessing a gun. But only if those orders have been made permanent.
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Timira Hopkins was shot five times, including in the face, chest and back, but she lived. Her survival makes her one of an estimated 900,000 women alive today who have been shot or shot at by an intimate partner.
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A recent Idaho Supreme Court ruling is creating a lot of confusion about the state constitution and misdemeanor arrests. The court ruled that police can’t…