assault

Defense planners share the same concern over a potential Russian assault on the Baltic states.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026

Federal prosecutors initially filed assault charges against Sosa-Celis and another man, Alfredo Alejandro Aljorna, but dropped them after video evidence and witness statements cast doubt on Castro's account of what happened.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

Today, mainstream news organizations typically do not name accusers in sexual assault cases, much less photograph them in court.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

Sexual assault allegations against Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan have further damaged the ICC’s credibility.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

Now he was one small soldier in a city preparing for a great assault, clad in the proud but sombre manner of the Tower of Guard.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien

His 2020 conviction and 23-year prison sentence in New York for other alleged assaults was overturned and juries were deadlocked in subsequent retrials involving one of his accusers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

Ukrainians fear this could be the first in a wave of brutal assaults leading up to Ukrainian independence day on Monday—a date on which Moscow has often launched huge missile barrages.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

Earlier in the week, Zelensky said delays in receiving anti-ballistic systems from partners leads to "horrific casualties and destruction", saying that having a stronger interceptor capability "could have saved lives" in recent deadly assaults.

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

The attack immediately revived memories of a series of deadly assaults that have shaken Germany in recent years and fuelled fierce debate over security.

From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026

Before the yellow fever epidemic, even the doctors who disagreed with Rush on medical matters would have defended him against Cobbett’s irrational assaults.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy

After the story was published, Leto said in a statement released by his representatives to the BBC: "I have never sexually assaulted anyone in my entire life. These claims are absolutely and categorically false".

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026

Leto, in a statement shared with The Times on Wednesday, denied the allegations raised by the BBC documentary: “I have never sexually assaulted anyone in my entire life,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026

Hearing Platner deny that he assaulted Fifield, and seeing so many rally behind him and against her, was too much.

From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026

"Today's Supreme Court decision affirms once and for all the jury's unanimous verdict that President Donald J. Trump sexually assaulted and defamed E. Jean Carroll," said Carroll's attorney Roberta Kaplan.

From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026

Prosper opened the door of the emergency exit and shuddered as the cold air assaulted him.

From "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia Funke

Defence lawyer Mohamed Sakr said in court that the order prohibiting Ahmed from assaulting, threatening, stalking or intimidating his father had been accepted without admissions, according to national broadcaster ABC.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

Under Essayli, federal prosecutors in L.A. have aggressively charged protesters with assaulting and impeding the actions of immigration agents, filing more than 100 cases.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

A second man, 50-year-old Matt Styler, of Gosport, pleaded not guilty to assaulting a police officer.

From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026

The Justice Department has opened an investigation into writer E. Jean Carroll, who accused President Trump of sexually assaulting her 30 years ago, people familiar with the probe said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026

French, British, and Belgian armies, meanwhile, were assaulting German defenses along the rest of the Western Front.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman