Topic: Sexual Assault

New York City Hotels Will Give Panic Buttons to Staff

Reuters/Shannon Stapleton

New York City hotel operators have agreed to a contract with the city's hotel union that gives housekeepers and other hotel employees personal panic buttons to notify security if they run into trouble in a guest's room.

By Alexander Abad-Santos

Jan 30, 2012

New York Post's Unnamed Sources Know a Lot about Greg Kelly's Accuser

Thanks to a plethora of unnamed sources, The New York Post has determined that the case against Greg Kelly is getting murkier.

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By Elspeth Reeve

Nov 7, 2011

The Cain Accusations Now Have a Face

Sharon Bialek's smirks aside, the accusations she made, many people have since noted since her press conference, sound not like sexual harassment, but sexual assault.

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By Ted Mann

Nov 6, 2011

A Sex Abuse Scandal Rocks Penn State

The former defense coordinator for Penn State's football team is charged with sexually abusing eight boys through a charity he ran — and university officials are charged with covering it up.

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By Adam Martin

May 31, 2011

Egyptian Financier Charged With New York Maid Assault

Mahmoud Abdel-Salam Omar is accused of attacking a maid at The Pierre hotel

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By Adam Martin

May 16, 2011

Plagued by Abuse Scandals, Vatican Pledges to Work with Police

Amnesty International has included the Vatican in its list of human rights abusers

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By Heather Horn

May 16, 2011

In Europe, Strauss-Kahn's a Powerful Man Brought Down by Women

There's plenty of misogyny in a quick scan of the European coverage of the case

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By Heather Horn

May 16, 2011

How the Strauss-Kahn Affair Upends French Politics

Strauss-Kahn was the socialist party's big chance

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By Adam Martin

May 2, 2011

Lara Logan Recounts 'Tortuous' Cairo Assault on 60 Minutes

Hours after the segment aired, Logan was anchoring CBS News's bin Laden report

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