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The bill also requires the attorney general to open a two-part investigation into alleged abuse within L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

But public officials say the law also enabled aggressive trial lawyers and alleged fraudsters in a state where local governments have big incentives to settle civil suits, even without fully vetting abuse claims.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

Both ICE and Geo Group have denied any abuse at the facility.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

Women's Aid says there are many misconceptions about domestic abuse, external, including that it is only perpetrated by "bad people" rather than being a reflection of sexism in wider society.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

Although none of the journalists anticipated violence, several had predicted shouted abuse.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote

Here's what you need to know about the clothing giant, which has faced allegations of labour and environmental abuses as well as regulatory scrutiny abroad.

From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026

The Duke of Sussex has stepped down from the board of an African wildlife charity whose rangers had been found to have committed human rights abuses against indigenous people.

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

There are still transparency laws that apply to Flock databases, which is how 404 Media and other media outlets have discovered abuses of the technology.

From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026

The House Problem Solvers Caucus is pushing for national redistricting standards that could end the worst abuses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026

“What baseness! Well, if she abuses you, come to me, and I’ll defend you.”

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

The Metropolitan Police has apologised after it inadvertently disclosed email addresses of around 140 women who say they were sexually abused by the late Harrods owner Mohamed Al Fayed.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

She digs into why it’s so appealing—and why it’s also become the most abused trope on BookTok.

From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he wanted to "forgive" protesters who abused him during recent youth-led demonstrations that dealt a rare political setback to his government.

From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026

“The trial court abused its discretion by considering incompetent evidence in support of the temporary injunction,” the three-judge panel wrote.

From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2026

I felt as though I had abused my power.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

In 1890, the North River Sugar Refining Corporation was dissolved by New York’s highest court on the grounds that it was abusing its power as a corporation.

From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2026

Flock cameras help police solve crimes, but cases of officers abusing their access to the technology for stalking raise concerns about privacy violations.

From Slate ● Aug. 13, 2026

The court also acquitted them of abusing Graven's psychological frailty, as he had told police prior to his death that he had consented to the stunts, Hamadi's lawyer told Reuters.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026

The commission, the EU's antitrust regulator, had accused Google of abusing the popularity of its Android operating system to restrict competition.

From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026

The Germans are upset at stories that Czechs and Poles are abusing ethnic Germans living in Czechoslovakia and Poland.

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti