In the wake of the Civil War, Morrill, an abolitionist, called for an update to the act. Passed in 1890, the new law required ...

ATLANTA (AP) — An Atlanta family cannot take the federal government to trial for a mistaken FBI raid on their home in 2017, but they can seek to hold the agent who led the SWAT team liable, a federal ...

An area of towering rock spires in southeastern Arizona known among Native Americans as the Land of Standing-Up Rocks is poised to become the nation’s newest national park. Legislation to ...

This week’s announcements setting an execution by firing squad for the former U.S. Army officer convicted of the 2009 Fort Hood shooting have raised concerns about whether the military followed its ...

The trial of a man accused of killing a North Carolina college student 14 years ago is finally getting underway.

Tropical Storm Simon formed Wednesday in the Pacific Ocean off the southwestern coast of Mexico, the National Hurricane ...

A prosecutor announced Wednesday that he would seek the death penalty against a former Marine charged in a mass shooting last year that ...