Fights Off

A man is recovering after he fought off and killed a mountain lion that attacked him during a trail run in northern Colorado. Rebecca Ferrell, a spokeswoman for Colorado Parks and Wildlife, tells The Coloradoan the man was running alone at Horsetooth Mountain Open Space near Fort Collins when he was attacked from behind Monday afternoon. The runner, whose name...

A woman fought off a man who tried to rape her in the vestibule of her apartment building, the NYPD said.

A woman fought off a man who tried to rape her in the vestibule of her apartment building, the NYPD said.

Police are looking for a man seen on surveillance video following a woman into a Harlem building, where he allegedly tried to rape her, authorities say.

Police are on the hunt for a man who they say followed a woman to her front door in Brooklyn, pushed his way into her apartment and tried to rape her. Rana Novini reports.

Police are on the hunt for a man who they say followed a woman to her front door in Brooklyn over the weekend, pushed his way into her apartment and tried to rape her.

Police are looking for a man they say followed a 13-year-old girl from the street into a residential building, then into a stairwell, where they say he tried to put his hands down her pants and take off her clothes.

Police are looking for a man they say followed a girl into a building, where they say he tried to put his hands down her pants and take off her clothes. Michael George reports.

Police arrested a man who allegedly followed a woman on a subway from Brooklyn to Manhattan, then grabbed her on a Herald Square escalator, tried to rape her and bit her on the chest when she fought back, authorities say.

An attacker came from behind, punched a woman repeatedly in the head and tried to rape her early Sunday, but she managed to fight him off, police said.