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If pathological optimists still think the UN Human Rights Council cares about human rights, they might want to note events last week. A motion was mad...

If you want to know what mutually assured destruction looks like, forget about Russia vs. Ukraine for a minute and check out the spectacle of Johnny D...

COUDERSPORT, Pa. — A Way Out, Potter County’s domestic violence and sexual assault services, is offering two free economic justice classes, one beginn...

OLEAN — Bikers Against Child Abuse will appear today to support Direction’s Swordsmanship class, presented by the agency’s Together We Thrive program,...

ALBANY — The fate of a bill to give people sexually abused as adults a chance to sue the perpetrators was unclear Thursday when it unanimously passed ...

Sexual Assault Awareness Month, observed each April, is a campaign that aims to increase awareness about the causes and risk factors for sexual assaul...

NEW YORK (AP) — Former New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has agreed to surrender his law license for a year, the latest fallout from allegat...

If, like me, you want more information about the relocation of Great Lakes Cheese from Cuba to the Crossroads in Belvidere, you should attend the rall...

Editor’s Note: As April is Child Abuse Prevention month, Directions in Independent Living Inc. is sharing the hope it offers children of abuse. Direct...

The government of Canada has imposed sanctions on nine high-ranking Russian officials for “gross and systematic human rights abuses.” The most promine...

OLEAN — Three Olean residents face animal abuse charges, the Cattaraugus County Sheriff’s Office announced Tuesday. Duane A. Lampe, 29, Tonia L. Lampe...

HAMBURG (TNS ) — A former Boy Scouts leader faces charges of sexually abusing two children in Erie County. WIV B reports Michael Meyers, 58, was indic...

OLEAN — The Southern Tier Child Advocacy Center accepted a gift from the Tri-County Arts Council of art supplies for children who have suffered from s...

OLEAN — This past month, the Southern Tier Child Advocacy Center has marked National Child Abuse Prevention Month. “Now, more than ever, we need to en...

OLEAN — Police have reported fewer arrests due to COVID-19-induced isolation, but reports of domestic abuse have spiked. Olean Police Chief Jeff Rowle...

Barraged with sex-abuse lawsuits, the Boy Scouts of America filed for bankruptcy protection Tuesday in hopes of working out a potentially mammoth vict...

The American Society for the Positive Care of Children estimates that child abuse reports involve 7.5 million children, and child abuse crosses all so...

Retired Erie, Pa., Catholic Bishop Donald W. Trautman has been named as a defendant in a lawsuit that claims he covered up clergy sexual abuse when he...