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Roughly every 90 seconds, an American is sexually assaulted.“I turned around and saw that there was a man behind me, and he was holding a gun to me,” recalled Nataska Alexenko. “He said ‘This is loaded. Do as I say, or I will blow your brains out.’” On August 6, 1993, Alexenko became one of the estimated 600 people who experienced a sexual assault that day in America.“I just couldn’t believe I was still alive,” Alexenko added.Despite the unimaginable trauma, the then-college student found the strength to go to a hospital and have a rape kit done.“You are poked and prodded, evidence is collected from your body after you have just experienced something so horrific,” said Alexenko.Alexenko found comfort in the belief that her kit would be tested immediately. However, that didn’t happen in her case.“I had no idea my rape kit wasn’t tested,” Alexenko explained. “I had no idea until I got a call nine and a half years later.”However, after the kit was tested, her attacker was found. The delay of justice prompted her to look into how common this experience is for other rape victims.“What I found was gut wrenching,” said Alexenko. She found, at the time, there were hundreds of thousands of rape kits sitting in police evidence rooms around the country. Currently, there are still over 100,000 of those rape kits unopened and untested. That number doesn’t include a dozen states that do not report the status of their rape kits. “There is no other type of forensic evidence that remains untested,” said Karen Friedman Agnifilo, the Chief Assistant District Attorney in Manhattan. “It just doesn’t happen. This is the only one.”“There is no excuse not to test rape kits,” said Cyrus Vance, District Attorney in Manhattan.Their office not only apologized to Natasha Alexenko for the delay in her kit being tested, but they made a public commitment to never have a backlog again.New York City’s Office of Chief Medical Examiner began testing rape kits every day, and still does. The city has now become the leader in the national movement known as End the Backlog.New York City was able to end its rape kit backlog in 2003 but went on to provide funding to more than a dozen other states to help end the backlog there. Now, 55,000 rape kits have been tested, leading to hundreds of perpetrators identified.“It is about treating woman as equal in the eyes of the law,” said Vance. “And if you are not testing rape kits, then we are failing woman.”“Hopefully, one day, we will just look back and say, ‘never again’, but it really has to be a national legislative mandate that no kit can remain untested,” said Agnifilo.So far, a federal mandate like that doesn’t exist. “When I meet survivors whose kits haven’t been processed, and you just see the pain that they are feeling, I mean, how can you let them down?” said Alexenko, “How can you do that to someone who has gone through so much and truly just wants to make sure that the person who harmed them doesn’t go on to harm others?”Alexenko has a non-profit now called 3038

Prosecutors in Florida have filed hate crime charges against a white man who was captured on a cell phone video holding a handgun and yelling racial epithets at a group of African-American youths at an anti-violence protest on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.Miami-Dade County State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle 326

Schools in the greater Denver area will be closed Wednesday as authorities search for a woman whom they described as armed and "infatuated" with the Columbine mass shooting days before the 20th anniversary of the attack.Local, state and federal officials are searching for Sol Pais, 18. She made "credible" -- but unspecific -- threats after traveling from Miami to Denver on Monday night, and is considered dangerous, said Dean Phillips, the special agent in charge of the local FBI office.After she arrived, she immediately went to a store and bought a pump action shotgun and ammunition, the FBI said Tuesday night.Pais is considered a threat to the community and schools, but there is no information on any specific threat to a particular location, Phillips said.Nearly 20 school districts will be closedNearly 20 school districts in the greater Denver area will be closed Wednesday due to security concerns just days ahead of the 20th anniversary of the Columbine High School shooting.They include the Douglas County School District , Aurora Public Schools, Jefferson County Public Schools and Cherry Creek Schools. Columbine High School is in Jefferson County."There are many people that work diligently day in and day out ... that are making the very best decisions they can for the sake of the kids who are in schools each and every day," said Jefferson County Sheriff Jeff Shrader. "We want our schools to be a safe place for kids to learn."The Colorado Department of Education recommended that Denver area schools conduct lockouts and controlled release Tuesday after the alleged threats.In a lockout, exterior doors are locked, and school continues as normal.Columbine High and several schools in the area were part of the lockout, the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office tweeted.She was last seen wearing camouflage pantsAfter Pais arrived in the state Monday and purchased a pump action shotgun and ammunition, she went to the foothills, where she was last seen, Phillips said."Her comments, her actions that we have heard about from others tend to cause us great concern that she may pose a threat to a school," he added.Officials released an image of Pais. She is about 5-foot-5 and was last seen wearing a black T-shirt, camouflage pants and black boots, authorities said.Authorities said they are being especially cautious because Pais' statements don't express a specific plan and were mostly spoken."She did make statements that were threatening to schools and she did purchase a firearm ... and that's why she's a credible threat," said Patricia Billinger, a spokeswoman with the Colorado Department of Public Safety.Anniversary of Columbine shooting is this weekThe 20th anniversary of the shooting at Columbine High School is days away.On April 20, 1999, two students killed 12 of their schoolmates and one teacher in a mass shooting at the high school in the town of Littleton -- about 10 miles from Denver."I know that this opens a wound, especially on an anniversary week, for those families who were most deeply impacted by this," Shrader said.At this point, there might not be enough probable cause to arrest Pais, but the federal and state attorneys' offices are working to develop appropriate charges, Phillips said. He said once they detain her, they will hold her for as long as they legally can.Authorities are asking for the public's help finding her, and tips can be sent to the tip line at (303) 630-6227 or emailed to denverfbitips@fbi.gov. 3486

Stargazers around the world, rejoice! The universe is about to give you an exciting astronomical year.2019 is featuring five eclipses, a rare planet transit, one of the best meteor showers and a super blood wolf moon, but the fun doesn't stop there.The new year will also bring 290

SAN DIEGO — The use of Styrofoam and single-use plastics in the city of San Diego will no longer be allowed beginning Saturday.In January, the City Council voted in favor of banning the use of the products within city limits. The ban goes into effect on Feb. 23, according to the city.However, the city is rolling out the ordinance in phases to “allow businesses and other entities time to implement changes with the overall goal of reducing the use of polystyrene foam and single use plastics” across San Diego.In the first phase, city food vendors will no longer be allowed to provide plastic/bioplastic utensils or straws unless they are requested by a customer.RELATED: 686