A Los Angeles-area man sought in the disappearance of his family was arrested on Thursday after a standoff on a freeway near San Diego during which police rescued his four sons, and authorities said a woman's body found in a car trunk was his wife.
The head coach of the Orlando Predators arena football team was suspended by the team on Monday after his arrest on a domestic battery charge after his girlfriend told an emergency dispatcher he grabbed her by the neck, according to an affidavit.
Former Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice has won an appeal of his indefinite suspension for domestic violence and is now eligible to sign with any National Football League team, the league said on Friday.
Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback William Gay remembers arriving at the hospital as a confused 7-year-old trying to understand why members of his family were sobbing uncontrollably.
A two-day appeal hearing that former Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice hopes will result in his immediate reinstatement to the National Football League began Wednesday in midtown Manhattan.
The U.S. Olympic Committee's chief executive hopes to meet with U.S. Soccer this week to discuss why national goalkeeper Hope Solo continues to play although she has been charged with domestic violence.
In light of the National Football League's poor response to its domestic violence crisis, National Hockey League commissioner Gary Bettman said on Monday there is no margin for error when doling out discipline.
Detectives in Phoenix arrested Jonathan Dwyer, a running back with the NFL's Arizona Cardinals, on Wednesday on charges of aggravated assault in connection with two alleged incidents of domestic violence in late July, a police spokesman said.
Speaking out against domestic violence in the wake of a video showing former Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice punching his then-fiancee in an elevator, President Barack Obama said on Monday that "hitting a woman is not something a real man does."
24-year-old Eugeniya Vavrinyuk, a Russian model, has accused Colorado Avalanche goaltender and boyfriend Semyon Varlamov of assault and kidnapping for a severe beating she says he committed at their downtown Denver apartment
Dr. Michelle Liggio, a South New Jersey doctor was killed by her husband Christopher, after filing for divorce, according to Pennsauken police. Dr. Michelle Liggio's staffers told police that Christopher Liggio came to the office during the lunch hour and the couple began arguing reportedly over their estrangement, and that she asked for a divorce.
Gunfire erupted at an apartment complex in Federal Way, a city south of Seattle, and five people were reportedly shot to death, including a suspect who was shot by arriving officers.
Joe Torre has written a personal essay for CNN, chronicling his difficult upbringing with his abusive father. The network has been airing a special series called The Human Factor, which profiles survivors who overcome life's toughest obstacles.
Alyce LaViolette, a psychotherapist who specializes in domestic violence, has been testifying on Tuesday during the Jodi Arias trial, discussing "scientific reasoning" why Arias would stay with an abuser like Travis Alexander even after repeated instances of physical harm.
Authorities in northwest Ohio say a 29-year-old man chased and fatally shot his 20 -year-old ex-girlfriend in her car before barricading himself in his home and committed suicide.
Shayne Carpenter, a 27-year-old California mechanic has been arrested after allegedly putting Visine eye drops in his girlfriend's drink during a fight. Carpenter was arrested by Nevada County Sheriffs in Grass Valley, California when his girlfriend became ill after a fight.
