News, 6/26/25

[Angeline Binick]

I.      GLOBAL NEWS

II.     REGIONAL NEWS

III.    SEX TRAFFICKING

IV.    CAMPUS

V.     INCARCERATION

VI.    POLICY / LEGISLATION

VII.   ARTS & CULTURE

 

 

 

 

 

GLOBAL NEWS

Japan holds first preparatory panel meeting on sex crime background checks

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/26/japan/politics/sex-crime-check-panel/

Australia: ACT Attorney-General Tara Cheyne reveals she was sexually assault by a stranger, as government debates women's safety

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-26/tara-cheyne-sexual-assault-victim-speaking-out-lights-running/105461244

REGIONAL NEWS

York County man charged with 200 felony counts of possessing child porn

https://www.yorkdispatch.com/story/news/crime/2025/06/26/york-county-man-charged-with-200-counts-of-possessing-child-porn/84370132007/

Jury deliberations to begin on Thursday in former Lancaster officer's rape trial

https://www.wgal.com/article/jury-deliberations-to-begin-on-thursday-former-lancaster-officers-rape-trial-pennsylvania/65195690

SEX TRAFFICKING

Nebraska: A nonprofit trains students to identify trafficking, starting in their at-risk neighborhoods

https://nebraskapublicmedia.org/en/news/news-articles/a-nonprofit-trains-students-to-identify-trafficking-starting-in-their-at-risk-neighborhoods/

Sean 'Diddy' Combs used violence to traffic women, prosecutor says as trial closes

https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/sean-diddy-combs-sex-trafficking-trial-heads-closing-arguments-2025-06-26/

CAMPUS

North Georgia Christian college president on leave after claims of sexual abuse, cover-up on campus

https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/north-georgia-christian-college-president-leave-after-claims-sexual-abuse-cover-up-campus/XNPXA7TCEREYDKAOVDMOI4S3B4/

INCARCERATION

Federal lawsuit adds to allegations of child sexual abuse in Maryland youth detention centers

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/federal-lawsuit-adds-allegations-child-sexual-abuse-maryland-123238709

California: Two more FCI Dublin women’s prison guards charged with sexual abuse, bringing total to 10

https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/06/26/two-more-fci-dublin-womens-prison-guards-charged-with-sexual-abuse-bringing-total-to-10/

POLICY / LEGISLATION

Maine lawmakers choose not to fund any sexual assault kit reforms

https://www.wmtw.com/article/maine-lawmakers-choose-not-to-fund-any-sexual-assault-kit-reforms/65193151

ARTS & CULTURE

Australia: Take back the Track - an event dedicated to highlighting women's safety

(Video)

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-26/inappropriate-behaviour-at-event-about-assaults-on-women/105463504