sexual assault

ALBANY — A lawsuit against New York alleging sexual abuse decades ago was tossed out by the state's top court Tuesday because it lacked specific infor...

The Seneca Nation of Indians will receive a $675,000 grant from the Department of Justice’s Office on Violence Against Women. The funding, awarded thr...

NEW YORK (AP) — A lawyer for former Gov. Andrew Cuomo’ wants the sheriff who charged the Democrat with groping a woman to preserve records of any comm...

NEW YORK — The leader of Time’s Up, the #MeToo-era organization founded by Hollywood women to fight sexual harassment, resigned under fire Monday for ...

{child_byline}By JOCELYN NOVECK and MALLIKA SEN Associated Press {/child_byline} NEW YORK (AP) — He said his actions had been misconstrued, his words ...

ALBANY — Assemblyman Joseph M. Giglio, Assembly Republican Leader Brian M. Kolb and several of their peers have introduced legislation extending the p...

ST. BONAVENTURE — Many of the people who participated in the sit-ins of the Civil Rights Movement were college students. With that in mind, St. Bonave...

Sexual assault. Violence. Harassment. Equality. These are all human rights issues, not just women’s issues. And an Eldred woman has planned an event a...

U.S. Rep. Tom Reed said Tuesday he thinks the Senate Judiciary Committee should hear from the woman who has accused Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett ...

ST. BONAVENTURE — The University has received a $300,000 federal grant to fortify its efforts to respond to sexual assault, domestic violence, dating ...

ALLEGANY — The stabbing of a 23-year-old town of Allegany woman in her living room has baffled state police investigators for almost 50 years. Carol A...

BELMONT — Allegany County service providers received a $200,000 boost on Thursday to help hundreds of domestic violence victims. ACCORD Corp. was one ...

OLEAN — With hundreds of adults and children facing sexual abuse each year in Cattaraugus and Allegany counties, stakes are high for local law enforce...

CUBA — Bettie Wright would’ve loved to have seen the day. But the 79-year-old grandmother of a severe domestic violence victim died Nov. 25 and was be...

ST. BONAVENTURE — Regional police, health care agencies and advocacy groups came together Monday at St. Bonaventure University to sign a ground-breaki...