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FILE - In this Jan. 26, 2020 file photo, Sil Lai Abrams, back row from left, director Amy Ziering, director Kirby Dick, Drew Dixon, seated left, and Sheri Hines pose for a portrait to promote the film "On the Record" at the Music Lodge during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. The film provides an intimate portrayal of the agonizing process of calculating whether to go public with harassment and abuse claims. (Photo by Taylor Jewell/Invision/AP, File)
May 26, 2020 - 8:06 am

#metoo, Phase 2: Doc Explores Heavy Burden On Women Of Color

There’s an elegant, almost poetic silence to one of the most compelling scenes of “On the Record,” a powerful new documentary about sexual violence that knows just when to dial down to a hushed quiet. In the early morning darkness of Dec. 13, 2017, former music executive Drew Dixon walks to a...
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FILE - In this August 23, 2011 file photo, attorney Douglas Wigdor reacts during a press conference in Paris. Wigdor, the attorney working with Tara Reade, the former Joe Biden Senate staffer who alleged he sexually assaulted her in the 1990s, said Friday in a statement, he is no longer representing her, just two weeks after he first began working with her. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)
May 22, 2020 - 10:01 am

Lawyer For Biden Accuser Tara Reade Drops Her As A Client

WASHINGTON (AP) — The attorney working with Tara Reade, the former Joe Biden Senate staffer who alleged he sexually assaulted her in the 1990s, said Friday he is no longer representing her, just two weeks after he first began working with her. Douglas Wigdor said in a statement the decision to drop...
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Henderson Police Department
Mitch Kelly
May 22, 2020 - 5:59 am

Metro Officer Arrested On Lewdness Charges

A Las Vegas Metro Police officer face charges of lewdness with a child after he was arrested in Henderson on Wednesday.
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Mug shot of accused sex trafficker Denzel Lloyd
LVMPD
Mitch Kelly
May 22, 2020 - 5:12 am

Police Seeking Additional Victims In Sex Trafficking Case

Metro Police have arrested a man who they believed lured minors on the web.
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May 21, 2020 - 12:58 pm

Nfl Player Sues United Over Incident With Another Passenger

LOS ANGELES (AP) — An NFL player is suing United Airlines, saying he was harassed and sexually assaulted by an intoxicated female passenger on a red-eye flight in February. The player said in a lawsuit that soon after boarding the cross-country flight, a woman sitting in the same row confronted him...
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Mitch Kelly
May 20, 2020 - 6:28 am

Contractor At Nellis Arrested On Sex Crime Charges

A fugitive task force on Tuesday arrested a contractor at Nellis Air Force Base on a warrant for an alleged sex crime with a child, according to the U.S. Marshals Service.
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May 15, 2020 - 9:23 pm

Rape Claim Against Governor Campaign Worker Settles For $1M

A lawsuit brought by a state employee alleging that a fellow worker on the campaign of Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy raped her has been settled for $1 million, her lawyers said Friday, wrapping up a case that reinforced perceptions of misogyny in state politics and led to a legislative investigation...
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FILE - In this Jan. 12, 2017, file photo Vice President Joe Biden listens during a ceremony in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, where President Barack Obama presented him with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
May 15, 2020 - 2:28 am

Biden Says He Would Not Pardon Trump Or Block Investigations

ATLANTA (AP) — Democratic candidate Joe Biden said that if he wins the presidency he would not use his power to pardon Donald Trump or stop any investigations of Trump and his associates. “It is not something the president is entitled to do, to direct a prosecution or decide to drop a case,” Biden...
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May 12, 2020 - 4:04 am

German Court Rejects Iraqi's Appeal Over Killing Of Teen

BERLIN (AP) — A German federal court said Tuesday it has thrown out a rejected Iraqi asylum-seeker’s appeal against his conviction for raping and murdering a 14-year-old local girl. Ali Bashar was convicted by the Wiesbaden state court in July following a four-month trial in a case that fueled...
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FILE - In this Jan. 4, 2020, file photo, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady gestures to a teammate before an NFL wild-card playoff football game against the Tennessee Titans in Foxborough, Mass. A highlight of the opening weekend of the NFL season will have Brady's regular-season debut with Tampa Bay against Drew Brees at New Orleans on Sept. 13 — the first matchup of 40-plus quarterbacks in NFL history. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
May 08, 2020 - 5:39 am

5 Things To Know Today - That Aren't About The Virus

Your daily look at nonvirus stories in the news: 1. ‘THE FIRST STEP TO JUSTICE’ Georgia authorities arrest a white father and son and charge them with murder in the shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery, a black man they had pursued in a truck after spotting him running in their neighborhood. 2. DOJ...
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