Capital Punishment

Forty heads of state gathered Thursday for a two-day virtual climate summit hosted by the White H...

After years of state oppression, many Uzbeks are finding stricter interpretations of Islam on the internet. Some experts say it could have radical consequences.

A therapist who publicly opposed Mormon leaders' teachings on sexuality issues has lost her membership in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Authorities have finally identified the bodies of two homicide victims who were found buried in the Southern California desert in 1980 and linked to a man...

SEOUL >> A South Korean court on Wednesday rejected a claim by victims of Japanese wartime sexual slavery and their relatives who sought compensation from Japan's government.

NEW YORK (AP) — A prosecutor urged a jury in a trial's opening statement Wednesday to convict a New York man who threatened to kill members of Congress in a

The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 against Brett Jones, a Mississippi man who was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for killing his grandfather when he was 15.

Move comes as the US scrambles to regain international credibility after the climate denialist presidency of Donald Trump The Dave Johnson coal-fired power...

Apr. 22—A rural Carthage man was granted suspended sentences and probation this week on convictions for driving while intoxicated and unlawful possession of ...

Apr. 22—GROTON — Town Manager John Burt said the town recently became aware, through a letter it received, of charges from 2004 involving the developer of a ...

A North Carolina deputy shot and killed a Black man while executing a search warrant, authorities said, spurring an outcry from a crowd of dozens that immediately gathered at the scene and demanded law enforcement accountability.

Despite official aspirations, environmental cooperation isn't likely to significantly improve U.S.-China relations.

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey on Wednesday urged President Biden to declare a national emergency at the border, a day after the Republican governor deployed the National Guard and issued an emergency declaration in response to the migrant crisis.

ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. — A North Carolina deputy shot and killed a Black man while executing a search warrant Wednesday, authorities said, spurring an outcry from a crowd of dozens that immediately gathered at the scene and demanded law enforcement accountability. The Pasquotank County Sheriff's deputy was placed on leave

The legal doctrine developed by the Supreme Court is employed by law enforcement to stop civil suits alleging violations of federal law.

In an incredible miscarriage of justice, a prosecutor admits his cowardice and indifference led to the wrongful murder conviction of a man sentenced to death.

Apr. 21—A death penalty trial for Texas resident Joseph Alliniece continued Tuesday with testimony from law enforcement officers, a former cab driver who...

In a video released last Saturday, April 17, Muslims connected to the Islamic State executed a Coptic Christian man in Sinai, Egypt. The slain was identified as 62-year-old Nabil Habashi Salama. In th...

It's remarkably early in her term to receive this big of a book deal.

The Chauvin verdict felt like a pivotal moment. Will it turn out that way? Twenty-one experts explain what it meant — and what we can look for next.