France Moves to Block the Shein Website Over a Sex Doll Scandal

The crackdown, ordered by the prime minister, added to the controversy over the Chinese fast-fashion retailer as it opened its first store in Paris amid chaotic scenes.

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Fugitive Who Faked Abduction Is Found 13 Years Later, Enrolled in N.Y. College

Anthony Lennon, a convicted sex offender from Oklahoma, was arrested in Canton, N.Y., where he was studying under an alias, the authorities said.

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France Threatens to Ban Shein Over Sale of ‘Childlike’ Sex Dolls

The controversy adds to a growing backlash in France against the giant Chinese online retailer as it prepares to open its first physical store on Wednesday in Paris.

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2 Men Charged After Ian Watkins, Former Lostprophets Singer, Is Killed in Prison

Mr. Watkins had been serving a 29-year sentence for child sex abuse offenses at the Wakefield Prison in northern England.

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Elementary-School Teacher Is Accused of Sharing Child Sexual Abuse Images

Investigators said the teacher had disseminated the material, some of which included children under 12, for at least a year.

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Elementary-School Teacher Is Accused of Sharing Child Sexual Abuse Images

Investigators said the teacher had disseminated the material, some of which included children under 12, for at least a year.

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Middle School Boy Accused of Catfishing Classmates in Sextortion Scheme

The child, at a school north of New York City, is accused of extorting some peers for gift cards after posing as a girl online to trick them into sending sexual pictures.

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Roblox Sued for Wrongful Death After Teenager’s Suicide

At age 7, Ethan Dallas began playing the online game, where he met Nate. Deadly abuse followed, said Ethan’s mother, who blames Roblox.

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U.S. Accuses Pastor of Creating an International Sex-Abuse Operation

Naasón Joaquín García and his associates used La Luz del Mundo Church to traffic women and children and produce and distribute child pornography, New York prosecutors said.

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American Airlines Flight Attendant Who Filmed Minors in Lavatory Is Sentenced to 18.5 Years

The former flight attendant, Estes Carter Thompson III, of Charlotte, N.C., secretly filmed girls using the restroom on American Airlines flights in 2023, prosecutors said.

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