Several defendants, two former prison officials and four nurses, were able to get their charges dismissed in the death of a Michigan prison who suffered from dehydration.
Sarah Duncan was charged with criminal possession of meth and criminal possession of drug paraphernalia after her students found her stash hidden inside a hair scrunchie, police said.
According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, hundreds of prison guards in Georgia have been arrested on suspicion of smuggling contraband into prisons in the last five years.
The commercial fishing industry in Alaska is shrinking. Fewer young people are seeking a career in the industry due to high entry costs and climate change impacting fish stocks.
Surveillance video shows two muggers jumping a Chicago man from behind Monday as the Windy City struggles with rising crime – especially violent robberies.
On Monday, 17 people pleaded not guilty to various charges in a case accusing Hells Angels biker gang members of attacking three Black men in San Diego's Ocean Beach neighborhood.
Aerial footage released by authorities begins with police trailing a red Toyota RAV4 SUV that officials say was occupied by a 15-year-old and a 14-year-old.
A Georgia man wrongfully convicted of murder in 2001 has been exonerated after spending more than two decades in prison, and a podcast is being credited with helping his case.
Police in Philadelphia are searching for two armed robbery suspects who they say targeted nail salons while dressed in "women’s Muslim garb with masks."
Li’i, a 40-year-old Pacific white-sided dolphin that once shared a tank with Miami Seaquariam’s late Lolita the orca, has been relocated to Texas’ SeaWorld San Antonio.
A Black former health commissioner in Connecticut has reached a settlement with the state’s health agency in a lawsuit that accuses Gov. Ned Lamon of discriminating against her.
On Aug. 14, Officer Mark Dial fatally shot a 27-year-old driver during a traffic stop in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Lawyers of the officer are seeking to get his murder charge dropped.
The U.S. Secret Service arrested two people near the White House on Monday night after officers on patrol spotted a cache of ammunition inside of a parked vehicle.
Houston Police Department officer Phillip Marquez, who was fired after a DWI charge earlier this month, had his charges dropped for an unexpected reason.
The Coast Guard and law enforcement agencies are searching for a woman who officials say was swept away by a current at an Olympic National Park beach.