The Trump administration’s embrace of the firing squad may test the public’s waning support for capital punishment.

The city of Lorain, Ohio, had a parking problem. It was June 2022 and then-City Councilwoman JoAnne Moon was being flooded with complaints of cars parked on lawns. It was an eyesore, a quality-of-life ...

Even if a person does not directly commit a crime, they can still be sent to prison for it. Every state in the U.S. has a version of “accomplice liability” — laws that allow someone to be punished for ...

In 1871, bands of masked men were riding through southern states, terrorizing Black people with murders, beatings and rapes. Local officials did little to stop the violence because many of them ...

Are U.S. immigration agents sending migrants and asylum seekers to “detention centers” or “internment camps”? Are they being held in “processing centers” or “concentration camps”? It depends on who ...

As more local police collaborate with ICE, even some crime victims and people who call 911 are facing arrest.

Kwaneta Harris has missed every single Mother’s Day with her 19-year-old. That means walking on eggshells, icy politeness and ...

Pat Johnson counted the locks on the apartment door. One. Two. Three. There were too many to undo and escape before Rey Travieso got to her. He’d just killed three people — including an infant. He ...

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