domestic violence

For domestic violence victims being confined to home can be deadly during a pandemic, says singer Piera Van De Wiel. Her new single ‘Used’ hopes to draw attention to the dilemma.

Karla Mejia is the community organizer for the Violence Intervention Program, a group that supports victims of domestic violence.

Sue O’Connell sat down with Catherine Hodes, Director of Community Programs at Safe Passage, to talk about resources available for domestic violence victims and actions everyone can take to make sure loved ones don’t fall into harm’s way.

With schools closed and teachers unable to report suspected cases of abuse, child welfare agencies have lost some of their best eyes and ears as the coronavirus pandemic strains families

The United States and Britain braced for one of their darkest weeks in living memory on Monday as the social and financial toll of the coronavirus pandemic deepened. Italy, Spain and France saw signs that they are flattening the pandemic curve, but still reported hundreds of people dying each day.

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says there has been “a horrifying global surge in domestic violence” as fear of the coronavirus fas grown along with its social and economic consequences.

Of the 22 law enforcement agencies across the United States that responded to NBC News’ request for data on domestic violence calls, 18 departments said they had seen a rise in March, NBC News reports.

The message from public health officials around the country is to stay home. But what if home isn’t a safe place? Domestic violence advocates say for victims, social distancing and isolation amid the coronavirus pandemic can put them at even greater risk. Leah Putnam said her abuser could snap on a dime. She didn’t leave the first time he...

Federal, state and local officials are urging everyone to stay home due to the coronavirus outbreak. But what if home isn’t a safe place due to a domestic violence issue?

Police in Tennessee say an adopted daughter of film director Steven Spielberg has been arrested in a domestic incident involving her boyfriend

Listen to “Rose” (we changed her name) tell her story of how advocates tried to protect her from her abuser. She is one of dozens of women supported by the Greater Newburyport high-risk team each year.

What if you could predict which victims of domestic violence were most at risk of being killed, and swoop in to protect them? A killing in Newburyport, Massachusetts, spurred advocates to develop a new approach helping survivors escape the cycle of domestic violence.

Dramatic police footage shows a man, hiding out in the woods of southeast Massachusetts, successfully tracked down and arrested this week. Massachusetts State Police released the video of Monday’s arrest in the Fall River woods on Wednesday. The suspect had last been seen running across Route 24 near Wilson Road and into the nearby woods, police said in a statement….

A new approach aiming to help survivors of domestic violence has been adopted by other states for its success.

(WARNING: Audio may be graphic and upsetting.) Dorothy Giunta-Cotter was killed in 2002 by her estranged husband. He had been released on bail after violating a restraining order she had taken out against him and found her days later, shooting her with a sawed-off shotgun. Her killing inspired a new approach to domestic violence that was spearheaded in Massachusetts.

A man arrested in connection with the death of a Meriden mom appeared in court Monday and he is due in court next on Dec. 16.

A school psychologist at Berlin High School is dead after a domestic violence call in East Hartford led to a police shooting Thursday night and a female victim has life-threatening injuries that police said appeared to be from domestic violence.

A longtime school psychologist at Berlin High School is dead after a domestic violence call led to a police shooting in East Hartford.

New Hampshire’s Democratic Congressional delegation has announced over $ 1 million in federal funding to support survivors of domestic and sexual violence.

The Boston man accused of stabbing his wife to death in an apparent case of domestic violence appeared in court on Monday. Wearing a white jumpsuit and covering his head, Valdir Chaves, 43, of Roxbury, was arraigned on murder in Roxbury District Court. After not guilty pleas were entered on his behalf, the judge ordered him held without bail. Chaves...