BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Eight recently passed bills, including legislation that will treat all 17-year-olds who commit crimes as…
Read MoreA look at the tough-on-crime bills Louisiana lawmakers passed during a special session
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana’s Republican-dominated legislature concluded a two-week special session Thursday that was called to address one…
Read MoreLawsuit claims isolation and abuse at Wyoming Boys School
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Staff at Wyoming’s state youth detention facility locked juveniles in solitary confinement for weeks at a…
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15-year-old from Massachusetts arrested in shooting of Vermont woman found in a vehicle
ST. JOHNSBURY, Vt. (AP) — A 15-year-old from Springfield, Massachusetts, has been arrested in the shooting of a woman who…
Read MoreRapper Kodak Black freed from jail after drug possession charge was dismissed
MIAMI (AP) — South Florida rapper Kodak Black was freed from jail Wednesday after a federal judge sentenced him to…
Read MoreAlabama seeks to carry out second execution using controversial nitrogen gas method
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama is seeking to put a second inmate to death using nitrogen gas, a move that…
Read MoreThousands rally in Slovakia to mark the 2018 slayings of an investigative journalist and his fiancee
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Thousands rallied in dozens of cities and towns across Slovakia on Wednesday to mark the sixth…
Read MoreA migrant smuggling boat capsizes off Panama, leaving at least 5 people dead and 1 missing
PANAMA CITY (AP) — At least five people died and the search continued for one more who was missing Thursday…
Read MoreOklahoma grand jury indicts barbecue restaurant owner over deal with state parks agency
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The owner of an Oklahoma barbecue company that landed a sweetheart deal to build restaurants at…
Read MoreDefense requests a mistrial in Jam Master Jay murder case; judge says no but rips prosecutors
NEW YORK (AP) — Defense lawyers sought a mistrial Thursday in the case against two men charged with the murder…
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