The Arkansas Board of Corrections on Friday approved an 815-acre site for a planned prison to hold 3,000 inmates, despite objections from residents and local officials that they were blindsided by the ...

It's no surprise that students are pushing back on cell phone bans in classrooms. But school administrators in one South Florida county working to pull students' eyes away from their screens are ...

President Joe Biden's administration on Friday proposed tighter restrictions on oil, solar and wind energy development across more than 6,500 square miles of federal land in the U.S. West to protect a ...

A federal judge has blocked Illinois' ban on semiautomatic weapons, adopted after a gunman killed 7 people at a parade.

Preston Mattingly, son of Don Mattingly, promoted to Philadelphia Phillies general manager. PHILADELPHIA — Preston Mattingly, son of Don Mattingly, promoted to Philadelphia Phillies general manager.

Republican Don Bacon has been elected to a fifth House term representing Nebraska's Omaha-based 2nd District, following the latest vote results in the tight race released nearly three days after the ...

A 14-year-old boy last seen in a kidnap video is among the 11 found dead in southern Mexico Among the many horrifying videos posted online amid Mexico's drug cartel violence, few have been as ...

Spending the first half of the season as a spectator while he worked his way back from Achilles tendinitis took its toll on San Francisco 49ers All-Pro running back Christian McCaffrey.

Arden Vang, 3, waits for her parents, Ghao Zhong, left, and Lor Tony, to hand her another token, as Zhong shows the token basket is empty, at Grabbit Arcade inside Maplewood Mall on Thursday. (Jeff ...

New York City police on Friday arrested a man who they say shot another man on a Manhattan street before fleeing into the city's vast subway system, leading to delays during the Thursday morning ...

Police arrest a man after 5 people are stabbed in downtown Seattle, bringing stabbing total to 10 in two days.

Forty-three monkeys bred for medical research that escaped a compound in South Carolina have been spotted in the woods near the site and workers are using food to try to recapture them, authorities ...