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This is Domestic Violence Awareness month - but let's talk about it all year | Opinion

While our nation grapples with pressing issues like the opioid crisis, homelessness, gun violence and housing unaffordability, another critical epidemic continues to devastate lives - domestic and ...
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Local mom & police talk domestic violence awareness

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — October is domestic violence awareness month. Many people and communities are using this time to bring light to the warning signs of domestic abuse, as well as what ...
Minnesota Daily

Opinion: How we talk about domestic violence must change

In 2022, Amber Heard stood trial against her ex-husband Johnny Depp, who sued Heard for defamation statements she made in a Washington Post op-ed describing herself as a “public figure representing ...
WSFA

Advocates talk domestic violence warning signs and help available to victims

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - 21-year-old Gennia Grimes was the mother to a 9-month-old child and a student at Alabama State University. On March 27, her boyfriend shot her. The Montgomery County ...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Why don’t we talk about intimate partner violence? It makes us uncomfortable.

Atlanta can lead by bringing intimate partner abuse out of the shadows and into the center of our public conversation. A couple holds up a silhouette of one of the 46 people killed by domestic ...
AOL

Millions have reported domestic violence. Experts say we need to talk about it more.

Almost 5.4 million Americans have reported being victims of domestic violence over the last five years, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics. The majority, nearly 80%, were women. And ...
Columbus Dispatch

As domestic violence murders rise, federal cuts put Columbus-area services in peril

Columbus domestic violence homicides so far in 2025 have already matched the 2024 total. A key domestic violence shelter in Franklin County may have to cut its available beds by more than half due to ...
WITN

Craven Co. nonprofit, police chief talk domestic violence increase during holidays

CRAVEN COUNTY, N.C. (WITN) - While some find this to be the most wonderful time of the year with red and green all around, for many, it can be a nightmare. The Coastal Center of Hope and Healing finds ...

A trail of domestic violence ends with murder and suicide

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — Deflated balloons and memories are all that’s left of the lives of a young couple, 25-year-old ...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Domestic violence escalates during the holidays. Time to talk about it.

I encourage people to trust their instincts and reach out. If you see something, say something. Atlanta launched a public awareness campaign in 2024 aimed at reducing domestic violence within the city ...
Miami Herald

This is Domestic Violence Awareness month — but let’s talk about it all year | Opinion

A small memorial was placed at the home of Mary Catherine Gingles and her estranged husband Nathan on Mar. 4, 2025, in Tamarac. Nathan Alan Gingles, who had two court-issued domestic violence ...