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U.S. Border Patrol agents have been found using the derogatory term "tonk" to describe unauthorized migrants in government...

A former Riverside County sheriff's correctional deputy, Jorge Oceguera-Rocha, was implicated in a major drug trafficking investigation...

Tennessee lawmakers passed a bill allowing school staff to carry concealed handguns on school grounds, a response to a tragic shooting in...

A new report by the nonprofit Reprieve highlights racial disparities in lethal injection executions in the U.S., finding significant...

A redacted report from the Leland Police Department provides new details about a fatal incident involving 17-year-old Kadarius Smith and...

A study by Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health reveals a significant increase in suicide rates among Black women in the...

Demetrio Jackson, a 43-year-old, died after being sedated and restrained by police in response to a trespassing call in Wisconsin....

A video of Metropolitan Police officers in Washington, D.C., examining a Black teenager during a stop sparked a significant online...

In Ohio, the release of a body camera video has stirred public outcry, similar to the reaction to George Floyd's death in 2020. The...

Ten years ago, the decision to switch Flint, Michigan's water source, to the Flint River initiated a prolonged public health crisis. This...

Nationwide, university campuses have become hotbeds of tension as anti-war protests escalate in response to the Israel-Gaza war. In the...

James D. Griffin, M.D., has a lifelong connection to UT Southwestern and Parkland Memorial Hospital, beginning with his birth at Parkland...

Brandon Upchurch, a 38-year-old man from Toledo, Ohio, reported feeling traumatized after police mistakenly identified his vehicle as...

Nearly three years after the death of Mario Gonzalez in the Bay Area during an arrest, charges of involuntary manslaughter have been...

A Philadelphia jury has awarded $4.1 million to Paige Goodin, a child-care center operator in West Philadelphia, for an incident that...

In Alabama, two families faced distressing revelations when they discovered that the organs of their deceased relatives, who were...

In June, New York City Mayor Eric Adams addressed Rikers Island graduates who earned high-school-equivalence diplomas while incarcerated,...

A bipartisan bill set to be introduced on Wednesday aims to enhance oversight of federal prisons, addressing multiple issues, including...

In Spruce Pine, N.C., a controversial police incident involving Dillon Ledford, who was arrested at a Walmart during a diabetic...

The federal Bureau of Prisons announced the closure of FCI Dublin, a women’s prison in California notoriously dubbed the "rape club" due...