News tagged with 'Violence'

Workplace bullying appears to be on the rise, especially among women. A study by the Workplace Bullying Institute found 40 percent of bullies are women and of those, 70 percent target other women.

People guilty of domestic violence misdemeanors should not be allowed to possess guns. That decision by the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday was written by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, just back from cancer surgery.  The high court was trying to decide whether someone convicted of simple battery, a misdemeanor, should be blocked from gun possession, just as is someone convicted of domestic violence.

A new study finds, women who are victims of domestic violence tend to have different facial injuries than those that are injured in accidents. The information could help doctors to identify victims and refer them to safety programs.

Two teenage girls are facing years in jail and thousands in fines, charged with abusing and sexually humiliating elderly Alzheimer's disease and dementia nursing home patients who couldn't fight back. Other teens allegedly watched and said nothing.

Disney has revised its blanket prohibition on employees bringing guns to work. Backing off a bit from a new state law that allows employees with a concealed weapons permit to keep guns in their car, Disney will allow those who don't work near explosives.

This may be “The Story” where people around the country say enough is enough. That from Rosalind Wiseman, author of the best-selling book, Queen Bees and Wannabes, which was the basis for the movie Mean Girls. Wiseman coaches teachers, school systems with the Owning Up™ program, teaching kids to speak about social injustice and recognize the group dynamic that can lead to social cruelty and violence among young people.

YouTube is the free video service where anyone with a handicam can shoot a video and post it for the entertainment of the online community. But some teens in Lakeland, Florida, north of Tampa, took this to the next level. Police released video this week showing the brutal beating of a 16-year- old girl so they could allegedly post the video on YouTube and MySpace. This was no joke.

Updated June 2007- Thousands of rescue workers that responded to the World Trade Center disaster are now struggling with serious respiratory and gastrointestinal problems, rare cancers , and emotional issues such as anxiety and depression. A number of others have died from serious health complications.

A Florida jury recently ordered a weapons distributor to pay $1.2 million to the widow of a Lake Worth teacher who was gunned down by one of his students. Thirteen-year-old Nathaniel Brazill shot and killed Barry Grunow with a .25-caliber Raven handgun on the last day of the 2000 school year because the Lake Worth Com

Victims of the September 11 terrorist attacks filed a $1 trillion lawsuit Thursday against several organizations linked to Osama bin Laden's terrorist network. The plaintiffs, known as Families United to Bankrupt Terrorism, consist of family members of those killed during the attacks as well as firefighters and other

A Colorado jury awarded the victim of a road rage accident $1.1 million this week. Retired Air Force Lt. Col. Charles Gensler suffered severe head injuries when Anita Kleber's Chevy Lumina jumped a median and collided with Gensler's Suburban. Witnesses testified that Klebler, who was killed in the head-on crash, was

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Ombudsman Office is investigating whether the EPA provided false information regarding the air quality above ground zero following the September 11 terrorist attacks. The office's chief investigator, Hugh Kaufman, claims the EPA tested the air quality above the World Tr

In the months following the September 11 terrorist attacks, medical researchers conducted hundreds of tests on the air above New York City. Millions of minute toxic particles were released into the environment when the twin towers collapsed. Doctors have conducted extensive tests on ground zero workers since the trag

Seven families of victims who perished in the September 11 terrorist attacks have filed a class-action lawsuit against Osama bin Laden, his al-Qaeda terrorist network and the Taliban on behalf of all those killed in the tragedy. Hoping to financially ruin bin Laden's terrorist organization, the lawsuit seeks $1 billio

Researchers with the University of California at Davis reported last week that the air over New York City contained elevated levels of toxic pollutants in the weeks following the September 11 terrorist attacks. Scientists collected air samples approximately one mile from ground zero from October 2 to December 25. Las