For Washingtonians trying to cut contact with their domestic abusers and stalkers, civil protection orders are often a necessary legal step. But the process of filing one can be tricky to navigate.

Protective orders are designed to safeguard victims of domestic violence, stalking, sexual assault, and other crimes by legally requiring abusers to stay away. However, obtaining one can be daunting ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — In 2022, Ke'Aira Hudson was shot and killed in front of her children in a car in Buffalo. Her estranged husband, Adam Bennefield was convicted and is now serving a prison sentence that ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - As statistics on domestic violence cases and violations of protection orders continue to rise in Nebraska, leading to numerous high-profile murder-suicides over the past few ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - The severity of domestic violence cases is seemingly on the rise in Nebraska, and now has state lawmakers concerned as they voted to advance a bill expanding the length of ...

A Tacoma woman and her ex-boyfriend who died in a homicide-suicide earlier this month sought protection orders against each other for domestic violence, court records show. Diana Pham, 39, died from a ...