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What if Kidnapper's Neighbor Had Just Walked Away?

Amy Davidson: Charles Ramsey is a hero

(Newser) - When Charles Ramsey heard a woman screaming and trying to escape a neighbor's home in Cleveland, "I figured it was a domestic violence dispute," he told a news station. It wasn't: It was Amanda Berry, kidnapped 10 years ago, and Ramsey helped her escape . But his...

She Has a Protective Order; He Still Has a Gun

'NYT' takes a look at one aspect of the gun-rights battle

(Newser) - Amid the talk of ammunition magazines and background checks , the New York Times susses out a perhaps less obvious element of the gun-control battle: domestic abusers and firearms. As it explains, only a smattering of states require that those with protection orders against them give up their guns. It shares...

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...

NH Lawmaker Apologizes for Domestic Abuse Comments

Said some people like those relationships

(Newser) - A New Hampshire state lawmaker is taking his turn in the spotlight for uttering a comment seen as insensitive, uninformed, or a combination of the two. Referring to a bill that would reduce the penalty in certain assault cases, Republican Mark Warden said this yesterday, reports the Concord Monitor :
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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...

DA: Ex-49er Savagely Beat Ex-Boyfriend Over Underwear

Kwame Harris charged with domestic violence

(Newser) - Former 49ers and Raiders offensive lineman Kwame Harris appears to have been outed as gay in spectacularly bad fashion, Deadspin reports. Harris has been charged with domestic violence and assault after allegedly beating up an ex-boyfriend in a dispute that started over food and ending up with Harris giving the...

Woman Shoots Ex Off Hood of Her Car

...where he'd clung angrily for 10 miles

(Newser) - What a way to end it: A Florida woman fatally shot the father of her three children after he had clung to the hood of her car for 10 miles, the Sun-Sentinel reports. Nikki McNeil, 33, reportedly got into a dispute with her ex, 36-year-old Lamar Tucker, when she dropped...

San Diego Cops Shoot Gunman in Movie Theater

Tom Billodeaux had left suicide note, confronted ex-girlfriend

(Newser) - San Diego police shot and injured a 20-year-old domestic violence suspect yesterday in a movie theater, reports the Union Tribune . Tom Billodeaux is expected to recover from wounds to his arm and chest, and will face charges. Billodeaux had earlier left a suicide note, and confronted an ex-girlfriend with a...

House GOP Lets Violence Against Women Act Expire

House GOP opposed new protections

(Newser) - Public scorn may have saved the vote on emergency aid funding for superstorm Sandy victims , but the same can't be said for the Violence Against Women Act. The Huffington Post reports that the latest version of VAWA—which was originally signed in 1994 and reauthorized in 2000 and 2005—...

Priest in Italy Blames Violence Against Women on ... Women

Christmas message provokes outrage

(Newser) - Domestic violence is on the rise in Italy, with 120 women killed this year—up a third over last year, reports the Daily Beast . The UN Human Rights Council and women's advocates have been pushing leaders to get a handle on the problem, but a Catholic priest's Christmas...

Bob Costas Was Right About Gun Control
Bob Costas Was Right
About Gun Control
OPINION
Dec 6, 2012 11:34 AM CST

Bob Costas Was Right About Gun Control

'Pathologies' of gun violence, domestic violence need addressing

(Newser) - Bob Costas has been heavily criticized for responding to Jovan Belcher's murder-suicide with a call for better gun control during halftime of Sunday's Eagles-Cowboys game. But in a culture awash in gun violence, Costas was clearly in the right, writes Amy Davidson in the New Yorker . She debunks...

Belcher Apologized, Kissed Girlfriend as She Lay Dying

Asked team officials to take care of his daughter

(Newser) - As Kasandra Perkins lay mortally wounded on their bed, Jovan Belcher apologized to her and kissed her forehead as his mother rushed into the room, having heard the gunfire just after 8am that fateful morning, police tell the Kansas City Star . Belcher then told his mother he was sorry, kissed...

In College, Belcher Punched Window 'Over a Girl'

More details of murder-suicide emerge

(Newser) - Years before this weekend's Jovan Belcher murder-suicide , the future NFL star had a history of conflict with women, according to records released by the University of Maine. Belcher was cited in at least four police reports during his four years at the institution, including two involving a woman, the...

NFL's Belcher: Friends Saw No Warning Signs

But girlfriend's family says relationship with Belcher was strained

(Newser) - Jovan Belcher and his girlfriend seemed just like any other couple in the weeks before the murder-suicide over the weekend , their friends say. The Kansas City Chiefs linebacker and Kasandra Perkins argued, but only about "normal couple stuff," a friend who took community college classes with Perkins tells...

Chiefs Play On After Belcher Murder-Suicide

'Incredibly tough 24 hours,' says team chairman

(Newser) - The Kansas City Chiefs took to their field in Arrowhead Stadium today, reports CBS News , just more than 24 hours after linebacker Jovan Belcher turned a gun on himself at the facility after he killed the 22-year-old mother of his infant daughter. "We have a lot of players who...

First Date Goes Horribly Wrong
 First Date Goes Horribly Wrong 
Nov 24, 2012 3:23 PM CST

First Date Goes Horribly Wrong

Woman in Boca Raton, Fla., allegedly becomes enraged

(Newser) - We've all heard about first dates gone awry, but this? Police in Boca Raton, Fla., say they found Jillian Martone, 35, hysterical and crying outside the apartment of her date, Efren Molina, 39—and then heard his side of the story, reports the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. Molina "brought...

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,...

Edward Furlong Arrested for Domestic Violence at Airport

Actor allegedly got physical with girlfriend

(Newser) - Onetime teen heartthrob and current troubled adult Edward Furlong was arrested this morning at the Los Angeles airport on felony domestic violence charges. Furlong was arguing with his girlfriend around 1am when he allegedly grabbed her arm, leaving visible marks, TMZ reports. He’s currently in jail. The Terminator 2...

Boyfriend Pleads Not Guilty in College Dorm Murder

Clayton Whittemore appears in court in Alexandra Kogut slaying

(Newser) - Clayton Whittemore pleaded not guilty today to killing his girlfriend , 18-year-old Alexandra Kogut, in her college dorm room last month, the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle reports. Whittemore, 21, has been charged with second-degree murder in Kogut's death. He previously told police that he "just snapped" in Kogut's...

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