A woman recently attacked in an Aurora park is now encouraging other women to take self-defense classes that she credits with ...

A man called 911 on March 22, 2018, in Menomonie, Wisconsin after a frantic, bloodied woman ran to his front ... There were other holes in her claims of self-defense. “Several of the wounds ...

A woman who was being assaulted inside an Iowa grocery store shot her attacker with a legally owned gun in what police called an act of self-defense, according to reports. The woman says she fired ...

Over a month after a Palm Beach County self-defense instructor was arrested on charges of beating two women, a judge set ...

The case of Carlisha Hood shows how self-defense law– and our perception of who deserves it– is still rooted in racism and sexism. “Black women have always been vulnerable to violence in ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – A jury rejected a woman’s claim that she shot her boyfriend in self-defense and found her guilty of first-degree murder. Sakina Muhammad, 23, faces a mandatory sentence of ...

An Avondale woman who video recorded herself fatally shooting a woman and wounding another acted in self-defense, her attorney said Wednesday. Akira Fletcher, 23, faces charges including ...

The family of a Northern Virginia woman charged with fatally shooting her husband says she fired in self-defense, and in court this week, the woman’s defense attorney presented messages her ...

With an increase in attacks on Asian Americans in New York City, some martial arts practitioners are offering self-defense classes to women. Asian American and Pacific Islander women in New York ...

The woman, who police identified as the girlfriend, was detained but released after she claimed her actions were in self-defense, police said on Monday. Police said detectives are investigating ...

Police say the woman was acting in self-defense when she shot Eric Stepkovich at a home in Jessup. The woman told officers Stepkovich threw her to the ground, and she was afraid for her life.