They pushed hard this year to curtail abortion. Wait for 2020.
Conservative lawmakers and their allies who want the toughest abortion limits say they no longer have patience for incremental restrictions tailored to reach the Supreme...
Samuel Little is most prolific serial killer in U.S. history, FBI says
After years of painstaking investigation into the grisly confessions of a graying man in a wheelchair inside a Los Angeles County prison cell, the FBI...
What are ‘red flag’ gun laws, and how do they work?
Some states have tried, and more have debated, enacting measures called red flag laws, which are intended to restrict potentially dangerous people rather than dangerous...
Amid skyrocketing rents and evictions, Oregon may impose rent control
Oregon is expected this week to become the first state to cap how much landlords can raise rents. As early as Monday, the state House...
Pope’s declaration won’t stop Nebraska execution
Nebraska this month is scheduled to execute Carey Dean Moore, who was convicted of murder, in what would be the state’s first execution in 21...
Inside a private prison: blood, suicide and poorly paid guards
A federal civil-rights trial against the East Mississippi Correctional Facility has drawn back the curtain on instances of extraordinary violence and neglect, providing a rare...