A man, confined by his stepmother for two decades, orchestrated a daring escape from a life of 'captivity, abuse and starvation' using nothing but hand sanitizer and printer paper.

Police in Waterbury, Conn., allege the man's stepmother locked him in his room with limited food and water for over 20 years, ...

Policw say a man started a fire in an attempt to escape a room in which he had been held captive for more than two decades.

More than thirty Christians were reportedly kidnapped in the southern province of Minya in the month of October alone ... with the kidnappers demanding 500,000 Egyptian pounds [$72,500] for his return ...

Connecticut does not have clear guidelines for ensuring that a child is being properly and safely homeschooled, meaning the ...

New details have been revealed in the case against a Connecticut stepmother accused of holding a man, now 32, in captivity for 20 years.

The man, now 32, told authorities his confinement began when he was about 11 years old. He said he was locked in a room nearly all day and night and given limited food and water.

When he visited the man in the hospital after the fire, his uncle said, “I was shocked, he looks like a Holocaust survivor.” ...

A woman allegedly held her “severely emaciated” stepson in captivity for over 20 years, since he was 11 years old, and forced ...

"I wanted my freedom," the man reportedly said after lighting the home ablaze in what police say was a desperate breakout ...

Not one soul forgot about you.” That’s Peter Lopes’ message to his former next-door neighbor, who was allegedly held captive by his stepmother for decades. Lopes and his mother, Paula Depina, who we ...