RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — After Tennessee prison officials failed to execute a woman on death row, some activists in North Carolina say it's time to abolish the death penalty altogether. Christa Pike was ...

Brent Reinke used to carry beans in his pocket to remind himself to listen more than he spoke. “When I’d make a statement, I’d take a bean out, so I’d know to shut up,” he said. He brought this ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Tennessee woman, convicted of murder, has survived attempts to execute her by lethal injection. She was rushed to hospital, ...

Alison is a senior news reporter covering US politics and legal news. Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein pose for a portrait during a party at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, on Feb. 12, 2000.

A new bill calling for lowering Social Security’s full retirement age from 67 to 60 for workers in physically demanding jobs could put additional strain on the trust fund that backs the program and ...

Washington — A Republican-led effort to approve a House-passed stock trading bill fell short in the Senate on Wednesday, with Democrats arguing the restrictions don't go far enough while pushing back ...

Senate Ag Committee Chairman John Boozman, R-Ark., alongside other Senate Republicans, speaks to members of the press on Capitol Hill. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades) Senate Agriculture Committee ...

It isn’t often we praise California Gov. Gavin Newsom, but credit when it is due. On Sunday the Democratic Governor vetoed legislation that would have raised pensions for public-safety unions and ...

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Sens. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) and Ted Cruz (R-Texas) spearheaded the bill that has made it further in the legislative process than any previous effort by the federal government to control college ...

Lawmakers face pressure to respond to growing alarm over artificial intelligence, after a researcher from leading AI company Anthropic resigned and said in a public X thread that AI could “kill us all ...