The classified ads website Backpage.com has been seized by federal law enforcement agencies, according to a banner that popped up on the site Friday. The banner says, "backpage.com and affiliated ...

The top executives of the prostitution website Backpage.com were sentenced to prison time on money-laundering charges on Wednesday. Backpage.com owner Michael Lacey, 76, of Paradise Valley, Ariz., was ...

Corrections & Clarifications: An earlier version of this article misstated the date when jury selection for Michael Lacey's trial will begin. Weeks after the death of a key defendant, federal ...

Attorneys for three executives of the internet classifieds site Backpage.com on Wednesday urged a California judge to dismiss "pimping" charges, saying the allegations violate the First Amendment and ...

Federal prosecutors intend to retry Michael Lacey, the former editor of Phoenix New Times, on charges he enabled prostitution through the Backpage.com website that grew out of the printed tabloid ...

The Department of Justice has announced the launch of the Backpage remission process to compensate victims whose trafficking was facilitated through the Backpage.com website. This marks the largest ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - MasterCard said on Tuesday that its credit cards can no longer be used to pay for ads on the Backpage.com website, following a request from a Chicago law enforcement official who ...