domestic violence

Elisabeth Moreno, France’s minister delegate for gender equality, told CNBC that the country still has a problem with “patriarchal attitudes.”

New Hampshire’s judicial branch is reviewing the case at the request of the Gov. Chris Sununu, he said in a statement.

A hand signal meant to show that someone is in danger became national news this month after a teen used it to signal for help to drivers on a Kentucky interstate, leading to the arrest of a child abduction suspect. The gesture was introduced by the Canadian Women’s Foundation last year and went viral on TikTok. Andrea Gunraj joined LX...

Police sources say the shooting following an argument at the dinner table that quickly escalated. That’s when the 18-year-old son grabbed his father’s gun and shot his mother.

An 18-year-old son is behind bars and facing murder charges for allegedly shooting and killing his mother after police sources say a fight broke out during dinner at the family’s Staten Island home. Police say Minire Pelinkovic, 51, was shot around 6:15 p.m. Saturday at the home on Burbank Avenue. She was rushed to Staten Island University Hospital with a…

An 18-year-old son shot and killed his mother after police sources say a fight broke out during dinner at the family’s Staten Island home. NBC New York’s Myles Miller reports.

A 16-year-old boy is in police custody on Staten Island after allegedly shooting his mother inside their family home, according to police. NBC New York’s Anajli Hemphill reports.

“Imagine the feeling of having to leave a loved one behind when you are escaping violence.” Journalist and author Tamron Hall says many domestic violence shelters do not allow survivors to bring their pets, even though they could provide comfort to people in a crisis. Hall has spoken out about domestic violence after the unsolved murder of her sister, Renate....

After a video surfaced on Twitter of Lizzo referring to Chris Brown as her “favorite person” and asking for a photo over the weekend, the singer is facing some heat from fans online.

A toddler died Thursday after suffering unthinkable physical abuse at the hands of his mother’s boyfriend, who is now in police custody facing murder charges, police sources confirm to NBC New York. Keishawn Gordon, 23, is facing charges of murder, manslaughter, aggravated sex abuse and sex abuse, according to the NYPD. Police sources allege the Bronx man fatally beat the…

“Love and Hip Hop: Miami” star Prince, whose real name is Christopher Harty, was arrested after allegedly punching his girlfriend in the mouth. Harty was visibly emotional during his appearance before a judge in Miami-Dade County.

Dating app Bumble on Thursday announced the company-wide week off that it implemented last month will become a permanent perk.

A man who brutally assaulted his wife in the middle of the street in New York City while several witnesses watched has turned himself in to police custody. Police on Tuesday identified 63-year-old Julio Aponte as the man accused of hitting his wife on the head with a long metal object on Monday morning at 163rd Street and Fort Washington…

A man who stabbed three family members during a dispute at a southern New Jersey home is now facing aggravated assault charges, authorities said. Pleasantville police responded to the home around 5 a.m. Saturday after someone approached an officer in the department’s parking lot to report a domestic disturbance. The officer went to the house and saw Maynor Moreno-Mejia, 37,…

Community members in Harlem gathered Thursday to hold a vigil for Ayden Wolfe, the 10-year-old boy who was found beaten in his apartment and later died. The rally called for more to be done about domestic violence. NBC New York’s Checkey Beckford reports.

A man in his 40s was stabbed and beaten to death Saturday in South Pasadena, California, after he broke into his ex-girlfriend’s house to attack her.

Two NYPD officers were shot, one in the hands and one in the leg, responding to a domestic violence incident in Queens Tuesday. NBC New York’s Tracie Strahan reports.

NBC New York’s Ida Siegal reports.

A suspect has been arrested in the death of a 29-year-old pregnant woman from Long Island who was found face down on the sidewalk off Horace Harding Expressway in Queens last week, NYPD officials said Tuesday. NBC New York’s Checkey Beckford reports.

October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Emmy winner Tamron Hall is partnering with Purina to increase the number of pet friendly domestic abuse shelters in the country.