An 18-year-old who officials say endured years of abuse was able to escape captivity from a South Jersey home last week. Disturbing details of the case involve a child being forced to live in a dog ...

WATERBURY, Conn. — A man who said he was held captive by his stepmother for more than two decades set fire to his room to escape. The man, whose name was not released, said was left in a room, which ...

He asked to be identified only as “S” to protect his identity.“My name is my choice, and it is the first of many choices I will make for myself now that I am free,” said the 32-year-old man who set a ...

Freed hostage Avinatan Or on Sunday night recounted harrowing details from his time in Hamas captivity, describing his failed escape attempt, severe beatings and the ways he kept himself focused while ...