PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — At least one in five girls who attended the elite boarding school St. George's in the 1970s was sexually abused by the same athletic trainer, according to a report issued Thursday documenting widespread abuse there.
An independent investigator looking at sexual abuse at the school found that at least 31 girls were abused by trainer Al Gibbs. The report also found nine other school employees sexually abused at least 20 other students in the 1970s and 1980s, and at least 10 additional students were abused by fellow students.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.), currently engaged in the political fight of her life, has spent much of the summer drilling down on issues of local concern to New Hampshire voters. But it's the first term Republican's work on international issues that may ultimately determine her fate.
Ayotte, who must stave off a Republican primary challenge in September before facing New Hampshire's Democratic Gov. Maggie Hassan later this fall, has spent her five years in the Senate crafting an impressive foreign policy resume. A member of the Senate Armed Services Committee who is married to an Iraq War veteran, Ayotte (48) is now regarded as one of the GOP's leading neo-conservative voices.
