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Domestic Violence

Abusive behavior in relationships is designed to maintain power and control over another person. Domestic violence can take many forms, including physical, sexual, emotional, economic and psychological.

Sweden: Mother suspected of locking up her son for 28 years
Sweden: Mother suspected of locking up her son for 28 years

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Police in Stockholm are investigating a woman in her 70s suspected of having kept her son locked up — reportedly for 28 years — in an apartment south of the Swedish capital, investigators said Tuesday. Prosecutor Emma Olsson, who heads the preliminary investigation, said the woman who was held on suspicion of […] More

December 2, 2020

Michigan woman who killed abusive husband freed from prison
Michigan woman who killed abusive husband freed from prison

PITTSFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A suburban Detroit woman who said she fatally shot her husband in self-defense was released from prison Tuesday after serving 20 months. Tina Talbot hugged her 9-year-old son, whom she hadn’t seen since March because of coronavirus-related visitor restrictions, while family and friends cheered outside the Huron Valley prison for […] More

November 17, 2020

Spielberg daughter arrested on domestic charge in Tennessee
Spielberg daughter arrested on domestic charge in Tennessee

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — An adopted daughter of film director Steven Spielberg was arrested in Tennessee in a domestic incident involving her boyfriend, police said. Mikaela Spielberg, 23, was charged with domestic assault causing bodily injury early Saturday. Spielberg was released from a jail in Nashville later Saturday, jail records showed. According to a Metropolitan […] More

March 2, 2020