Backpage.com founder Michael Lacey sentenced to 5 years in prison, fined $3M for money laundering
PHOENIX (AP) — Michael Lacey, a founder of the lucrative classified site Backpage.com, was sentenced...
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Tennessee will remove HIV-positive people convicted of sex work from violent sex offender list
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — HIV-positive people who were convicted in Tennessee of sex work under a deca...
Tennessee’s penalties for HIV-positive people are discriminatory, Justice Department says
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee’s decades-old aggravated prostitution statute violates the America...
Jurors hear opposite views of whether Backpage founder knew the site was running sex ads
PHOENIX (AP) — Jurors at the criminal trial of a founder of the classified site Backpage.com heard o...
Lawyers argue indicted Backpage employees sought to keep prostitution ads off the site
PHOENIX (AP) — A former executive and two operations managers for classified site Backpage.com worke...
Opening statements begin in website founder’s 2nd trial over ads promoting prostitution
PHOENIX (AP) — A founder of the classified site Backpage.com and four employees carefully strategize...
Backpage founder faces 2nd trial over what prosecutors say was a scheme to sell ads for sex
PHOENIX (AP) — A founder of the lucrative classified site Backpage.com will face his second trial on...
Another harrowing escape puts attention on open prostitution market along Seattle’s Aurora Avenue
SEATTLE (AP) — A vanload of church volunteers drove along a main street in north Seattle one night l...
Four women whose lives ended in a drainage ditch outside Atlantic City
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The four women whose bodies were found in a drainage ditch just outside A...
Amsterdam warns British tourists planning "messy" trips to get "trashed" to simply "stay away"
London — The city of Amsterdam has launched a campaign to discourage visits from British men between...