The University of Houston on Saturday announced a plan to increase campus security after a student reported she was sexually assaulted in a campus parking garage Friday evening, and two students reported they were robbed earlier in the week. A female student, who was not identified, was sexually assaulted at knifepoint on the second floor of the university's Welcome Center Student Parking Garage around 6 p.m Friday, when a man forced his way into her vehicle, according to a security alert published by UH. UH police arrested a person who...

Suspect arrested in connection with sex assault in University of Houston parking garage, police say University of Houston police are investigating a series of crimes reported on and near campus, including an armed sexual assault and two robberies. University of Houston police are investigating a series of crimes reported on and near campus, including an armed sexual assault and two robberies. University of Houston police are investigating a series of crimes reported on and near campus, including an armed sexual assault and two robberies. University of Houston police are investigating...

Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Several military branches have paused sexual assault prevention trainings after President Donald Trump signed an executive order on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) as they review how it applies to their policies. Newsweek has reached out to the Department of Defense (DOD) for comment and confirmation via email on Saturday. Coast Guard veteran K.

"If a federal funding pause or freeze were to happen, the hotline could not sustain operations beyond a very short-term period," said Crystal Justice, chief external affairs officer at the National Domestic Violence Hotline. "Any interruption that would go beyond a short period of time would jeopardize our services. For other organizations, any interruption at all regardless of how long could jeopardize their ability to provide support and services." The Office of Management and Budget in late January issued a memo ordering a complete suspension on federal spending, save for...

Students at the University of Houston have created a petition demanding improved campus security after a student was allegedly sexually assaulted at knifepoint Friday. The female student, who was not identified, was on the second floor of the university's Welcome Center Student Parking Garage around 6 p.m. when a man forced his way into her vehicle and sexually assaulted her, according to a security alert published by UH. "The suspect threatened the student with the knife if she attempted to contact the police. The student was then forcibly sexually assaulted...

A contracted worker has accused Mayor LaToya Cantrell's homeless services director of sexually assaulting her on the job, triggering an investigation by City Hall. Mary Bonney, who works for Civix, a public sector technology firm based in Metairie, said Nathaniel Fields forcibly kissed her twice the night of Jan. 6 while they were working to transport homeless people to an emergency shelter during a cold snap. Bonney said that Fields continued to harass her in the following days—including calling her phone four times in a ten minute span—prompting her to...

MOSCOW, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Russian police have opened a criminal investigation into an alleged assault on a freelance journalist by a person believed to be an employee of the British embassy, the Russian interior ministry said on Friday. It said the journalist, a 23-year-old woman, had complained to police that she had suffered "physical and moral injury" in the alleged incident at Moscow's Vnukovo airport while trying to interview British diplomats arriving there. "While the journalist was performing her professional duties, an unknown man, presumably an employee of the...

The brother of a former minister who has accused Bishop T.D. Jakes of sexual misconduct has filed a sworn affidavit in court alleging the Dallas megachurch pastor tried to sexually assault him. The affidavit is signed by Georgia minister Richard Youngblood, 62, the brother of Duane Youngblood, whom Jakes is suing for defamation. The affidavit is part of a 167-page motion filed last month in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania that seeks to dismiss Jakes’ defamation lawsuit. Duane Youngblood alleged last year in a YouTube...

Little Rock police on Wednesday arrested a woman they say pretended to have a gun to rob a bank, an arrest report states. Officers arrested Adrianne Otis, 39, of Little Rock around 4:04 p.m. Wednesday at 8801 Baseline Road, the address for a Walmart Supercenter that includes a First Convenience Bank branch, after a teller identified her as the one who committed the robbery, an arrest report states. Police had to forcibly remove Otis from her vehicle, the report states, and located stolen cash on her person. Otis faces felony...

Attorney General Pam Bondi vowed Thursday that the Justice Department will get back to its “core function” of prosecuting violent criminals — declaring that under President Trump “weaponization ends.” “It’s the end of the weaponization of government and getting back to prosecuting violent crime and giving our great men and women the tools that they need in law enforcement,” Bondi told Fox News host Sean Hannity about what the DOJ’s priority will be under Trump. “We will do everything in our power to find them and eradicate them in our...