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For 25 years, the federal Violence Against Women Act has required any state that wants to be eligible for certain federal grants to certify that the state covers the cost of medical forensic exams for people who have been sexually assaulted.

Years After Sexual Assault, Survivors Hounded To Pay Bills For The Rape Kit Exam

Under federal law, people sexually assaulted don't have to pay for their medical forensic exams. Yet some have trouble getting the hospitals or collection agencies to stop dunning them for payment.

A woman farmer makes hay bales in Kashmir, India. In India, women comprise about a third of the agricultural labor in developing countries.

Working Moms Have Been A 'Thing' Since Ancient History

Who ruled early farming? Women! Studies of ancient bones show that women's physical labor was crucial to driving the agricultural revolution in Europe.

Vaishal Tolia, M.D., director of the Gary and Mary West Senior Emergency Care Unit stands in one of the 11 new geriatric rooms specially designed to provide care for seniors, Jan. 9, 2019.

Senior Emergency Unit Opens In UCSD La Jolla Hospital

Crowded and chaotic emergency rooms can be overwhelming and sometimes dangerous for seniors. A new emergency unit specially designed for patients 65 and older at UC San Diego Health in La Jolla is working to provide a higher level of care and a more dignified experience.

Amber Harrell, left, and Jessica Fowler have been charged with sexual battery and second-degree kidnapping in connection with an alleged attack on a trans women at a Raleigh, N.C., bar.

2 Women Charged With Sexual Battery Of Trans Woman In North Carolina Bar

The woman told police she was groped and verbally harassed in a December incident.

Migration corridors depend on maintaining both habitat connectivity and animals' knowledge of the landscape, demonstrated by these migrating bighorn sheep in Park County, Wyo.

Migration 101: It Doesn't Come Naturally For Moose And Sheep

A study suggests large mammals must learn to migrate — and they aren't exactly quick studies. It takes decades before populations can effectively move across land to find the best food.

R. Kelly gave a tense interview to CBS This Morning, at one point standing and shouting tearful denials at the cameras and at anchor Gayle King.

On CBS, An Indicted R. Kelly Literally Screams His Innocence

Speaking to anchor Gayle King, the singer denied — as he and his representatives have consistently for two decades — the allegations against him, including those made in a recent indictment.

Rosa Gutierrez Lopez, 41, an undocumented immigrant from El Salvador lives at the Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church, in Bethesda, Md.

9 Months After Salvadoran Woman Took Refuge In Maryland Church, She Still Can't Leave

NPR's Leila Fadel first met Rosa Gutierrez Lopez in January, after she sought refuge at Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church. If she leaves the property, she risks being deported to El Salvador.

Work at the Justice Department's headquarters in Washington has been slower than normal because of the government shutdown. Even so, it's calling attention to administration priorities about the Southern border.

DOJ, Largely Shut Down, Nonetheless Issued Statements On Southern Border Cases

The department's public affairs apparatus is mostly idle for lack of funding, but that hasn't stopped it from making announcements in support of the administration's messaging about immigrants.

DOJ, Largely Shut Down, Nonetheless Issued Statements On Southern Border Cases

The department's public affairs apparatus is mostly idle for lack of funding, but that hasn't stopped it from making announcements in support of the administration's messaging about immigrants.

Balloons hang over the coffin that contain the remains of 7-year-old Jakelin Caal Maquin during a memorial service in her grandparents' home in San Antonio Secortez, Guatemala, Monday, Dec. 24, 2018.

Autopsy For 7-Year-Old Migrant Who Died In U.S. Custody Shows She Died Of Sepsis

Jakelin Caal Maquin was in the custody of U.S. Customs and Border Protection when the infection led to the failure of multiple organs, according to the report.

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