Military Sees Fewer Sex Assault Reports

Fewer sexual assaults were reported among U.S. military personnel last year, reversing a trend toward significant increases in the previous years, according to draft government documents The Associated Press reviewed.

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Rural Alaska Steeped in Sexual Violence

The state has long suffered the highest sexual assault rate in the nation, and the problem is worst in rural areas, according to a report released Tuesday.

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THOUSAND OAKS-- Police are searching for a man they believe is responsible for more than 20 incidents of sexual assaults to female joggers.

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Detroit police say they are searching for a man suspected of kidnapping and sexually assaulting four young women on the city's east side

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Domestic violence is a serious law enforcement and public health problem affecting as many as one in four women in this country. Yet Washington has devoted too little attention to reducing domestic violence and sexual assaults generally.

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DENVER -- A 31-year-old man who worked in the library of a Denver middle school was charged Wednesday with having a sexual relationship with a student.

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SAN DIEGO — A Mexican national with a history of immigration violations and arrests has been taken into custody as a suspect in a series of sexual assaults, authorities said Tuesday.

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Every day, 10 new women and girls who have been raped show up at his hospital. Many have been so sadistically attacked from the inside out, butchered by bayonets and assaulted with chunks of wood, that their reproductive and digestive systems are beyond repair.

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It is believed that because of religious and cultural beliefs, Muslim women are less likely to report sexual assaults, but are also targets because of their hesitancy in reporting them. But what role do authorities play?

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