One New York City renter has been brushing her teeth in the shower for months because of her apartment’s bizarre bathroom ...

Jan. 19 2:29 a.m. A man and woman were drinking and stopped at a rest area in the 32000 block of U.S. Highway 160 to use the ...

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In a tragic incident in Kerala a 15- year old student took his life after enduring severe ragging and bullying at school ...

By Lisa Powell SAU Theological Perspective With all the recent discourse around mass incarceration in the U.S., many are now ...

Ava Marie Guerra was charged in connection with abandoning her newborn on an East Side sidewalk during below-freezing ...

Another former correctional officer for the Walker County Jail has agreed to plead guilty to charges related to the 2023 ...

Mitchell died on Jan. 26, 2023, two weeks after Walker County Sheriff deputies were called to his house on a mental health ...

“Beyond the Block” is featured in the Margaret Ray Student and Family Gallery at the Chrysler Museum from Jan. 28 through ...

The prisoner was unable to breech his cell wall and travel through the jail's piping to freedom, authorities said.

I was involved in prison and re-entry ministries and advocacy for criminal justice reform. The apparent disclaimer of responsibility for a new jail by Oklahoma City governance is disappointing to me.