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An Amish Country exhibit acts as a harsh reminder that the modest attire the community requires, particularly of women and girls, is no protection from sexual assault.

Clotheslines with billowing linens and long dresses are a common sight on the off-grid farms of Pennsylvania’s Lancaster County, home to the nation’s largest Amish settlement. For many tourists they’re as iconic a part of Amish Country’s bucolic scenery as the rural lanes and wooden bridges. But for two days in late April, a clothesline…

Exhibit is reminder that modest attire is no protection

An increase in supply is driving down the cost of drugs, especially methamphetamine, making the drug more prevalent throughout North Dakota, one law enforcement agent said Tuesday.

For two days in late April, a clothesline with a different purpose was strung in a small indoor exhibit. Hanging from it were 13 outfits representing trauma suffered

The moving display challenged the myth that sexual assault can be blamed on what a victim was wearing.

LEOLA, Pa. -- Clotheslines with billowing linens and long dresses are a common sight on the off-grid farms of Pennsylvania's Lancaster County, home to the nation's largest Amish settlement. For many tourists they're as iconic a part of Amish Country's bucolic scenery as the rural lanes and wooden bridges.

LEOLA, Pa. (AP) — Clotheslines with billowing linens and long dresses are a common...

Several recent shootings in Cedar Rapids have highlighted the prevalence of illegal guns in the city. Data shows an increase in arrests of people with previous felony convictions who own firearms.

LEOLA, Pa. (AP) — Clotheslines with billowing linens and long dresses are a common...