ROME, Ga. — The family of a 16-year-old girl who died at a Georgia youth detention center in 2022 are suing over her death, contending […]
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A missing 12-year-old Georgia girl is found in Ohio after her community galvanized to locate her
ATLANTA — A 12-year-old girl whose disappearance galvanized a Georgia community has been found in Ohio. Hall County Sheriff Gerald Couch said Friday that Maria […]
Biden signs bill strengthening oversight of crisis-plagued US Bureau of Prisons after AP reporting
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden signed into law on Thursday a bill strengthening oversight of the crisis-plagued federal Bureau of Prisons after reporting by The […]
Prisoners fight against working in heat on former slave plantation, raising hope for change in South
Beneath the blazing summer sun on a former slave plantation, Lamont Gross and fellow prisoners stooped in long rows, picking vegetables by hand under the […]
Judge orders release of Missouri man whose murder conviction was reversed over AG’s objections
ST. LOUIS, Mo. — A Missouri judge on Wednesday ordered the release of Christopher Dunn, who has spent 33 years in prison for a killing […]
A sentence change assures the man who killed ex-Saints star Smith gets credit for home incarceration
NEW ORLEANS — A 25-year prison sentence for Cardell Hayes, the man who killed former New Orleans Saints start Will Smith in 2016, was reduced […]
Steve Bannon’s trial in border wall fundraising case set for December, after his ongoing prison term
While Steve Bannon serves a four-month federal prison term, the conservative strategist now has a December date for a different trial in New York, where […]
Marine accused of flashing a Nazi salute during the Capitol riot gets almost 5 years in prison
A Marine who stormed the U.S. Capitol and apparently flashed a Nazi salute in front of the building was sentenced on Friday to nearly five […]
Key events in Alexander Lukashenko’s 30 years as the iron-fisted leader of Belarus
Key events in the 30-year rule of Belarus’ hard-line President Alexander Lukashenko: July 20, 1994 — Lukashenko is inaugurated as president after a landslide victory […]
Trump’s convention notably downplays Jan. 6 and his lies about election fraud
MILWAUKEE — As the Republican National Committee moves into its final day Thursday, the loudest applause for a speaker not named Trump so far has […]