Cyntoia Brown, championed by celebrities as a symbol of unfair sentencing, was released early Wednesday from the Tennessee Prison for Women, where she had been serving a life sentence for killing a man when she was a 16-year-old prostitute.
A plea for action from a survivor of the UNC Charlotte campus tragedy, on Tuesday. Drew Pescaro speaking to reporters about two bills that are stalled in the State Legislature.
A bus driver has been charged with locking a passenger in the vehicleβs luggage compartment.
The gun shop in North Carolina that was criticized for having a billboard calling four progressive congresswomen "the 4 Horsemen" has replaced the billboard with a sign that gives praise to the First Amendment.
Nobel laureate Toni Morrison, a pioneer and reigning giant of modern literature whose imaginative power in βBeloved,β β³Song of Solomonβ and other works transformed American letters by dramatizing the pursuit of freedom within the boundaries of race, has died at age 88.
CHARLOTTE, NC β Singer and rapper R. Kelly faces more charges relating to sex crimes in Minnesota, and Khalid promotes a potential benefit concert for the victims of the El Paso, Texas…
A man from Huntersville was in the bar in Dayton, Ohio, where a gunman opened fire early Sunday morning.Β
The Texas border city jolted by a weekend massacre at a Walmart absorbed still more grief Monday as the death toll climbed to 22 and fear lingered in El Paso, where the shooting rampage claimed more lives than the number of murders here just two years ago.
A Florida amateur body builder who admitted sending pipe bombs to prominent Democrats and CNN was sentenced to 20 years in prison Monday by a judge who concluded the bombs purposely were not designed to explode.
High school classmates of the gunman who killed nine people in Dayton, Ohio, say he was suspended years ago for compiling a βhit listβ and a βrape list,β and questioned how he could have been allowed to buy the military-style weapon used in this weekendβs attack.
President Donald Trump on Monday condemned weekend shootings in Texas and Ohio as barbaric crimes βagainst all humanityβ and called for bipartisan cooperation to respond to an epidemic of gun violence. He offered scant details on possible action.
Two mass shootings at crowded public places in Texas and Ohio in less than 24 hours claimed at least 29 lives and left scores injured, a shocking carnage even in a country accustomed to gun violence.
Casey Parsons, the adoptive mother of murdered teen Erica Parsons, has pleaded guilty in court.Β Parsons will spend the rest of her life in prison.Β
Robert F. Kennedy's granddaughter, Saoirse (SUR'-shuh) Kennedy Hill, has died at 22.
The 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup Champions will face off against Korea Republic at Bank of America Stadium this October as part of a five-game U.S. Women's National Team Victory Tour presented by Allstate.
Woodstock 50 is officially canceled.
Democrats intensified an acrimonious battle over health care on Wednesday that showcased deep divisions within the party and focused on the dispute between former Vice President Joe Biden and California Sen. Kamala Harris.
An unopened copy of a 1987 cult-classic video game that a Nevada man found in the attic of his childhood home is expected to sell for up to $10,000 at an online auction.
The Federal Reserve cut its key interest rate Wednesday for the first time in a decade to try to counter threats ranging from uncertainties caused by President Donald Trumpβs trade wars to chronically low inflation and a dim global outlook.
A hacker accessed the personal information of 106 million Capital One credit card holders or credit card applicants in the U.S. and Canada, in the latest massive data breach at a large company.
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