Kevin Clash faces new allegations
NEW YORK (AP) - The former voice of the 'Sesame Street' character Elmo is being sued by a man who claims the entertainer lured him into drug-fueled sex when he was 16...
African papal candidate makes controversial remarks on gays
theGRIO REPORT - Cardinal Peter Turkson of Ghana, who has been widely reported to be on the shortlist of potential Popes, has suggested homosexuality may be part of the reason for the Catholic Church's sexual abuse scandals...
9 more claim abuse by late Red Sox clubhouse chief
BOSTON (AP) - Nine more men are accusing a now-dead Boston Red Sox clubhouse manager of sexual abuse, including assaults at Fenway Park and Memorial Stadium, former home of the Baltimore Orioles...
Lawrence Taylor pleads guilty to 2 NY misdemeanors
NEW CITY, N.Y. (AP) - Taylor was arrested in May at a suburban New York hotel. He was accused of having sex with a 16-year-old prostitute who turned out to be a Bronx runaway...
Ex-Catholic school teacher accused of sexual abuse
VIDEO - Nineteen of Rose's former students have come forward in Minnesota, California, Wisconsin and North Dakota. He's accused of sexual molestation dating as far back as 1966...
Jay-Z's 'Big Pimpin' regret provides 'blueprint' for hip-hop
OPINION - Jay-Z, the man who created an anthem which glorified pimp culture, 'Big Pimpin', recently acknowledged his own conflicted feelings about that song...
'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' reflects a crisis of faith
OPINION - By encouraging gays to lie about who they are, the U.S. military can continue to deny the truth that there are far more gays among them than they'd like to admit...
Oprah, schoolgirls to testify at defamation trial
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Oprah and several schoolgirls allegedly abused at her academy in South Africa are expected to testify in a trial over a defamation lawsuit...
Oprah to appear in sex-abuse, defamation trial
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Winfrey is expected to spend two weeks defending herself at trial in a defamation case linked to the sex-abuse scandal at her girls school in South Africa...
Shaniya's story reveals widespread sex trafficking in black community
OPINION - No one can imagine what little Shaniya Davis went through in the first 48 hours after she was declared missing...
