Abuse

A House Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing concerning President Joe Biden’s role in his family’s business affairs is held at 10 a.m. ET on March 20. Former Hunter Biden business associates Tony Bobulinski and Jason Galanis will testify before the hearing. Hunter Biden and Devon Archer are not appearing.

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) has expressed hope that the U.S. Supreme Court will put an end to the “enormous abuse of power” aimed at former President Donald Trump after it agreed to review whether he is immune from prosecution in the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) federal criminal case, which relates to his efforts to challenge […]

San Francisco is struggling with an increase in overdose deaths. During California’s primary elections, voters in the city will also decide whether to mandate drug screenings for welfare recipients under 65 years of age. But the measure could be blocked—even if voters approve it. NTD was joined by Richie Greenberg, a columnist and political commentator […]

An annual study conducted by the British Retail Consortium further highlighted a significant increase in violence and abuse directed at retail staff in 2023. Mike Neville, former detective chief inspector, shared his insights with NTD.  

SAN ANTONIO—A father and son in Texas have been charged in the killings of an 18-year-old pregnant woman who disappeared before Christmas and her boyfriend, who authorities say were fatally shot in the head before their bodies were moved and discovered days later in a car. The arrests Wednesday night came more than a week […]

Elon Musk’s X is now scanning videos and GIFs uploaded to the platform for child sexual abuse materials (CSAM) as part of wider efforts to crack down on child sexual exploitation online. The social media site announced the new measure in a Dec. 28 blog post in which its safety team stressed tackling child sexual exploitation […]

OAKLAND, Calif.—A former federal correctional officer was sentenced Friday to more than five years in prison for sexually abusing two inmates at a women’s prison in California where the warden and other employees were charged with similar conduct. A federal jury in June found John Russell Bellhouse guilty on two counts of sexual abuse and […]

A Montana man who had been living with a teenager who disappeared from her home in Arizona four years ago pleaded not guilty Monday to child sexual abuse charges lodged against him based on images that authorities said they found on his cellphone. Since his Oct. 23 arrest, Edmund Davis, 36, has been held on […]

Two men discuss the hope and faith that enables them to become steadfast and unmovable. Willie Alfonso grew up with an abusive and alcoholic father. He was forced to live on the streets. Against all odds, he grew up to become the chaplain for top sports teams like the New York Yankees. Louis Perry talks […]

NEW YORK—The already-alarming proliferation of child sexual abuse images on the internet could become much worse if something is not done to put controls on artificial intelligence tools that generate deepfake photos, a watchdog agency warned on Tuesday. In a written report, the U.K.-based Internet Watch Foundation urges governments and technology providers to act quickly […]

HELENA, Mont.—A 36-year-old man living in Montana with a teenager who mysteriously disappeared from Arizona four years ago has been charged with two felony counts of child sexual abuse based on images found on his phone, authorities said Tuesday. Edmund Davis was arrested Monday in Chinook, Montana, and was being held in the Hill County […]

When life deals you a difficult hand, it can be hard to make it through. A woman from Virginia who was separated from her family for decades has managed to overcome many years of trauma and abuse—and to ultimately win back what she lost so many years ago. Let’s hear her inspiring story of faith, […]

IRMO, S.C.—A man wanted by police for child sex abuse crimes shot and killed himself Friday after wounding two federal marshals trying to arrest him at a South Carolina hotel, investigators said. A special team of U.S. Marshals was trying to arrest George Curtis at an extended stay hotel near Columbia when they were fired […]

REDLANDS, Calif.—A Southern California school district will pay $2.25 million to settle the latest lawsuit involving a teacher who became pregnant by one of at least two students she was accused of sexually abusing. The settlement brings to $8.25 million the amount paid by Redlands Unified School District to Laura Whitehurst’s victims since her 2013 […]

Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares joined a coalition of attorneys general from 54 U.S. states and territories urging Congress to study how artificial intelligence (AI) is being used to create child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and to introduce legislation to make it easy to prosecute such crimes. “AI use in the production of child sexual […]

DEDHAM, Mass.—The once-powerful Roman Catholic Cardinal Theodore McCarrick will not stand trial on charges he sexually assaulted a teenage boy decades ago, as a Massachusetts judge dismissed the case against the 93-year-old on Wednesday because both prosecutors and defense attorneys agree he is experiencing dementia. Mr. McCarrick, the ex-archbishop of Washington, was defrocked by Pope […]

The scourge of human trafficking is at an all-time high. This episode examines what people on the frontlines are doing to fight against human trafficking.