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South African athlete Oscar Pistorius has been sentenced to a relatively lenient six years in prison for the 2013 murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Pistorius, whose earlier manslaughter conviction was overturned so he could be re-tried on the more serious charge of murder, had faced up to 15 years, but Judge…

A Las Vegas man fatally shot his three children and his wife, who he chased from their apartment and through two parking lots, before turning the gun on himself on Wednesday night.

Police are still investigating the motives of Christy Sheats, the Houston-area woman who fatally shot her two daughters over the weekend. New reports say that Sheats and her husband were having marital issues before the shooting, and that she drew a gun during a family meeting, telling her husband “This is about…

Racist shock jock Anthony Cumia, who assaulted his girlfriend in an attack, the aftermath of which she broadcast live on Periscope, pleaded guilty last week to third-degree assault and criminal obstruction of breathing. If Cumia completes rehab and and a batterers intervention program, the charges will be reduced and…

A Tennessee woman in the middle of having a home security system installed because she was afraid of a violent, abusive ex-boyfriend subsequently confirmed her own reasoning by discovering him under her bed. After seeing Tony Joe Gunter lying in wait, the woman shot him in the foot while shouting at the security…

Police are searching for a Roswell, New Mexico man who is suspected of killing his wife and four young daughters on Saturday. Juan David Villegas-Hernandez may have been apprehended in Mexico, but authorities have yet to publicly confirm he is in custody.

The latest—never the last—horrifying deadly shooting rampage in America was brought to us by Mainak Sarkar, a disaffected former UCLA student who murdered Professor William Klug over an imagined slight. Before killing Klug and then himself, Sarkar also killed his estranged wife Ashley Hasti. While no one was paying…

A Texas man is accused of stabbing his girlfriend to death in what he claimed to police was a suicide pact gone wrong. After the killing, he posted a photo of the woman’s lifeless body to Facebook, where it remained for 36 hours, even as her family and friends begged to have it removed.

This week’s issue of People includes a short profile of actress and controversial political commentator Stacey Dash. In it, she discusses how her life changed after publicly expressing her support for 2012 Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, her upcoming memoir There Goes My Social Life (out June 6), and some…

A number of people have come forward to support Johnny Depp against allegations of abuse from his wife, Amber Heard. The accusations are disturbing, and not many are willing to publicly acknowledge the possibility that an actor as well-known and beloved as Depp could be capable of domestic violence.

This week in the bad kind of irony, a woman was arrested for menacing her husband with a gun, accused of firing it in their bedroom while they argued. She posed for her mugshot wearing that deeply unfortunate“Stop Domestic Violence” t-shirt.

After a deeply embarrassing try for the presidency, Chris Christie has returned to his job pissing off the people of New Jersey, which he does by utilizing his unique, innate, God-given ability to be a real asshole. On Monday, for the second time, Christie vetoed a bill that would have kept domestic abusers from…

A backup dancer for singer Ricky Martin has landed a slew of domestic violence charges made by his ex-girlfriend, a fellow dancer who once performed with the rapper Pitbull.

A Pennsylvania woman who was shot and killed by her boyfriend in front of her children managed to record audio of the incident on her phone, prosecutors said. Wesley Webb captured the sounds of Keith Robert Smith attacking and shooting her, evidence which will now be used in his murder trial.

Elizabeth Arellano was reported missing on April 16. Her body was found by a fisherman in Lake Worth, and her death was at first reported as a possible suicide.

Radio shock jock Anthony Cumia entered rehab not long ago, following a December arrest for allegedly strangling his then-girlfriend in his home. The night of the incident, Dani Golightly broadcast about two minutes of footage from Cumia’s home on Periscope. A longer and much more disturbing video of the same incident…

Page Six reports that former socialite Tinsley Mortimer, who was arrested last week for trespassing on her ex Nico Fanjul’s Palm Beach property, was in an allegedly abusive relationship with Fanjul.

The LAPD says it’s investigating Charlie Sheen after a recording—which purportedly features the actor threatening to have his ex fiancée Scottine Ross (a.k.a Brett Rossi) killed for $20,000—was leaked to Radar Online.

A woman from Redlands, California remains in critical condition Friday after being taken hostage and shot in the torso by her ex-boyfriend. The gunman was killed by police after a two-hour standoff.