7 Warning Signs Someone Is the Victim of Domestic Violence

Photo: Getty Images Domestic violence does not discriminate. It victimizes both young and old, rich and poor, and people of all races, religions and sexual orientations. Kim Kavern, senior director with the victim services non-profit Safe Horizon, describes domestic violence as a “national crisis.” “It is certainly one of the leading causes of death among women,” she says. 1. Their Partner Insults Them In Front of Other People According to Katie Ray-Jones, Chief Executive Officer of the National Domestic Violence Hotline, this red flag can be tricky because it might not come off as a “hard insult.

7 Ways to Stay Fit This Fall

Fall is upon us, the season where the days become shorter and the weather becomes cooler. But just because the temperature is dropping doesn’t mean your activity level has to go with it. Instead of letting your body go into an exercise hiatus (leading straight to a holiday food binge), take some time to game plan your fall routine. Before you blink, it will be New Year’s Eve again and you’ll be vowing to get back to the summer body you might have had all along.

7 Women Who Accused Trump, Including PEOPLE Writer, Tell Their Stories Onstage: 'I Feel Triumphant'

Photo: Courtesy Natasha Stoynoff After PEOPLE contributorNatasha Stoynoffwent public in 2016 with herhorrifying accountof President Donald Trump forcibly kissing her during a 2005 interview, she turned down numerous opportunities to talk about the experience. “It’s hard to put yourself out there in this way,” Stoynoff says now. “You are exposing yourself to a lot of different reactions, not always positive.” Then came an opportunity that, despite initial “great hesitation,” she could not refuse: write a short one-woman musical about what happened forThe Pussy Grabber Plays, to be performed Monday night at Joe’s Pub in New York City.

7 Years After Her 3-Year-Old Vanished, Mom Sues Dad Who Last Saw Girl: 'You Can't Hide From This'

Photo: Facebook Trista Reynolds wants to know what happened to her daughter Ayla, who was 20 months old when she vanished from Maine after last being seen with her father. Hoping for answers, Reynolds filed a wrongful death lawsuit Monday in Portland, accusing the child’s father, Justin DiPietro, of causing Ayla’s death, multiple outlets report. “Did Ayla cry out for me?” Reynolds said. “Did she wonder where I was, knowing I should have been there to protect her and save her?

7 Years after Indiana U. Student Lauren Spierer Vanished, Her Mom Still Hopes 'Today Will Be the Day'

Exactly seven years after Indiana University studentLauren Spierervanished in 2011, leaving police and her desperate family grasping for answers, her mother said on social media that she greets every morning “hoping today will be the day.” “Seven years, minutes or seconds is far too long to live without answers,” Charlene Spierer tells PEOPLE in an email. The vivacious 20-year-old college sophomore from Edgemont, New York, disappeared in the early morning hours of June 3, 2011, in Bloomington, Indiana, after partying with friends who did not intervene as her condition worsened during a night of drinking.