AMES, Iowa (AP) — Police arrested a 29-year-old man Friday in connection to a series of incidents in Ames, Iowa, in which college women reported awakening to see a man watching them in their...

BEND, Ore. (AP) — A Prineville man who sexually abused three girls has been sentenced to 25 years in prison.

Zane Carpenter, 72, appeared Thursday in Crook County Circuit Court, The...

MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — Former students have sued a pair of Montana schools for troubled teenage girls alleging they were sexually assaulted and suffered mental anguish.

MCMINNVILLE, Ore. (AP) — A McMinnville man who sexually abused a child was sentenced to 12.5 years in prison.

Erick Munoz Diaz, 35, was sentenced by Yamhill County Circuit Court Judge Ladd...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Dutch court ruled Thursday that a deeply religious father who kept some of his children isolated from the outside world for years in a remote farmhouse can't stand...

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) — A Roman Catholic priest in Massachusetts who was removed from ministry after the church determined that allegations of child sexual abuse he faced were “credible" has...

DENVER (AP) — Colorado’s Senate tentatively endorsed a bill on Monday to eliminate a six-year statute of limitations for victims of child sexual assault to pursue civil action against perpetrators...

GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) — A person who accused a former Indian Health Services pediatrician of sexual abuse has accepted a six-figure settlement with the federal government, the law firm...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Ex-US Olympics gymnastics coach John Geddert charged in Michigan in investigation tied to Larry Nassar sex abuse scandal.

DOVER, Del. (AP) — Roadblocks are continuing to pop up in the Boy Scouts of America bankruptcy case as the organization tries to finalize a reorganization plan built around a global resolution of...

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (AP) — A Klamath Falls man faces kidnapping, rape and other charges after he allegedly kept a woman against her will for three days.

DOVER, Del. (AP) — The judge presiding over the Boys Scout of America bankruptcy is weighing a request by insurance companies for permission to serve document requests on 1,400 people who have...

ALBANY, Ore. (AP) — A Junction City man has been found guilty of nearly two dozen charges related to the alleged sexual abuse of a child.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — A Wisconsin man who pleaded guilty last year in Iowa to one count of sexual exploitation of a child has been sentenced to 25 years in federal prison.

CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (AP) — A former West Virginia correctional officer has admitted to sexually abusing a female inmate, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell said.

NEW YORK (AP) — A founder of one of the city's largest homeless shelter operators was fired Monday in the wake of a published report detailing accounts from 10 women accusing him of sexual assault...

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — In an unprecedent move, the prosecutor's office in the Algerian capital has ordered a preliminary investigation into torture and sexual abuse that a student protester...

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A former high school teacher has been accused of soliciting sexual activity from a minor in exchange for money and manufacturing and possessing child sexual abuse images,...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A guard sexually abused at least three female inmates while working at a Florida federal prison, officials said.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Christian missionary from Pennsylvania expressed remorse as he was sentenced to more than 15 years in federal prison Thursday for sexually assaulting girls at a Kenyan...

HERMISTON, Ore. (AP) — A Eastern Oregon man is going to prison for the rest of his life for sexually abusing a child.

Jose Olivarez Fernandez, 58, of Hermiston was at trial in late January...

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Several adult victims of child sexual abuse appealed to lawmakers in emotional testimony Wednesday to back legislation that would give survivors more time to sue their...

BEND, Ore. (AP) — A Redmond man accused of sexually abusing a child for more than four years has been sentenced to 15 years in prison.

Cody Owen Hough-Nielsen, 31, was in court Tuesday for...

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — A former airman has been sentenced to prison for the sexual abuse of a minor.

U.S. District Judge S. Maurice Hicks Jr. sentenced Julio M. Gomez, 53, of Blanchard,...

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson announced Wednesday that state officials are taking new steps to support people who have experienced sexual abuse.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The state House has given its final approval to a proposal to change the Pennsylvania Constitution to give those who say they were victims of child sexual abuse a...

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California man who authorities said traveled across the country to sexually abuse children, including a 6-year-old girl drugged by her mother, was sentenced...