Brazil has a nationwide program that lets prisoners cut their sentences by reading books and proving they understood them.

Kirk, the conservative activist known for his campus debates, was assassinated last year during an event at Utah Valley ...

PARAMARIBO, Suriname — Suriname’s former president, Chandrikapersad Santokhi, an ex-police commissioner who investigated the ...

Central African Republic President Faustin-Archange Touadéra has been sworn in for a third term three months after a disputed ...

Hawaii residents of North Shore Oʻahu say neglected plantation-era ditches and culverts have made recent floods far worse, ...

The leader of a sex-focused women's wellness company that promoted "orgasmic meditation" has been sentenced to 9 years in ...

A New York Times attorney claims the Pentagon has flouted a court order blocking it from enforcing a policy limiting news ...

A California appeals court has ruled that West Contra Costa schools violated state law by failing to hire qualified teachers ...

The Trump administration has carried out on a threat to sue the state of Minnesota and its school athletics governing body ...

NEW YORK — Mary Beth Hurt, a Tony Award-nominated actor who starred on Broadway in “Benefactors” with Glenn Close and ...

Human rights activists in Haiti say at least 30 people are dead and dozens more are missing after a gang renewed its attack ...

Jake Udeh, a former supervisor and assistant chief plan examiner for the New York City Development Hub, is charged with ...