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Seoul Court Case Begins on Tokyo’s WWII Sex Slavery
Former South Korean wartime sex slaves went to court in Seoul Wednesday to demand compensation from the Japanese government, in a case that is likely to exacerbate tensions between the neighbors.
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Dershowitz Duels on Defamation With Lawyer for Epstein Accusers
Alan Dershowitz brought counterclaims Thursday against the prominent lawyer for two of Jeffrey Epstein’s accusers before the ink on the lawyer’s defamation suit was even dry.
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Texas Asked to Stop Its Next Execution
Supporters of a Texas death row inmate who is facing lethal injection in less than two weeks for a murder he says he didn’t commit are mounting a final push in the courts and on social media to stop his execution, which is being called into question by lawmakers, pastors, celebrities and the European Union.
Read moreMost Americans Fine With Unmarried Couples Living Together
American attitudes toward the practice of what used to be called “living in sin” have shifted, according to a study released by the Pew Research Center on Wednesday.
Read moreMcDonald’s CEO Fired for Relationship With Employee
McDonald’s chief executive officer has been pushed out of the company for violating company policy by engaging in a consensual relationship with an employee, the corporation said Sunday.
Read moreKatie Hill Blames Scandal, Resignation on ‘Double Standard’
California freshman Congresswoman Katie Hill says she’s resigning because of a double standard.
Read moreWoman Testifies of Violent Sex, Blocked Door in Porn Fraud Trial
The last of 22 Jane Does to testify against GirlsDoPorn on claims of a bait-and-switch scheme involving the online distribution of pornography videos wept Monday as a deposition was played in which she recounted sex so violent it made her bleed.
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Expert Testifies Viagra and Cialis May Cause Skin Cancer
With billions of dollars on the line for two of the world’s largest pharmaceutical firms, a medical researcher testified Tuesday of a “plausible” link between erectile dysfunction drugs Viagra and Cialis and skin cancer.
Read morePorn Fraud Civil Trial to Continue Despite Criminal Charges
The day after an online porn purveyor removed GirlsDoPorn’s videos and less than a week after federal prosecutors filed sex trafficking charges against its owners and operators, GirlsDoPorn lost a bid to stay the months-long civil trial brought by women who say they were duped to appear in its videos.
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Dutch to Raise Legal Age for Prostitutes to 21
The Dutch government said Tuesday it is eyeing new laws to regulate prostitution including banning sex workers aged under 21 and handing out permits.
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Investing in Love & Affection Pays Off – Just Ask Birds
Why do birds of a feather stick together, even when it would be better for both if they set one another free? Research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on Monday analyzes the costs of cooperation in long-term mating birds to explain the evolutionary origin of post-coital couples.
Read moreCDC Saw Rise Last Year in 3 Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Three sexually transmitted infections are on the rise in the U.S., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Tuesday, and public health experts are raising the alarm.
Read moreJames Franco
Two actresses filed a class action against James Franco, RabbitBandini Studio 4 film school, et al., claiming the actor dangled employment opportunities in exchange for explicit nudity and sex, and forced them to sign over rights to explicit nude and sex scenes, in L.A. Superior Court.
Read morePennsylvania Prison Defends Use of Same-Sex Facilities
A lawyer for a Pennsylvania prison argued Wednesday before the Third Circuit that it is simply following state law by keeping men and women inmates in separate facilities that have different rules.
Read moreBritain’s Prince Andrew ‘Appalled’ by Epstein Abuse Claims
Britain’s Prince Andrew has said he was “appalled” by allegations of sexual abuse surrounding Jeffrey Epstein after a video was released purporting to show him at the home of the convicted pedophile in 2010.
Read moreSex Shop Zoning Law
The Eighth Circuit ruled that an Arkansas zoning law that prevents “adult-oriented” businesses from opening within 1,000 feet of schools is constitutional. A sex shop compared itself to CVS and Walgreens, but the items regulated by the zoning law are not staples of those general stores, so the shop’s equal protection claim failed.
Read moreNetflix & Chill
A federal judge refused to dismiss claims that a South Dakota high school punished a student after falsely claiming that her statement in an edition of the student newspaper that her hobby was to “Netflix and chill” with her boyfriend referred to having sex, and that the school did not punish male students who had said the same thing.
Read moreDowntrodden R. Kelly Pleads Not Guilty to New York Indictment
In front of a packed courtroom for his New York arraignment Friday, R. Kelly sat slouched in his chair with a pained look on his face and pleaded not guilty.
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