Category Canada

In a rare move, the Ottawa Police Service is using the term “femicide” to describe the motivation investigators believe to be behind the killing of a 47-year-old mother. It’s believed to be the first time a police force in Canada…

Youth lockups in Texas remain beset by sexual abuse, excessive use of pepper spray and other mistreatment including the prolonged isolation of children in their cells, the U.S. Justice Department said Thursday in a scathing report that accused the state…