Investigators on Thursday released the identity of the person who was shot and killed by law enforcement officers a day earlier.

Florida would make every student eligible for vouchers to attend private school with taxpayer money under proposed legislation House Speaker Paul Renner said will be a priority for the session that begins in March 7.

Four people have been indicted in the fatal shooting of U.S. Postal Service employee Aundre Cross.

A state Corrections Department official says testing to determine the reason two dozen employees at a state prison this week needed medical treatment for dizziness, nausea and vomiting has ruled out “narcotics or hazardous materials.”.

The Tennessee Department of Correction has fired its top attorney and another employee following a scathing independent report on failures within the state’s lethal injection system.

An Indiana man whose neighbors last weekend saw his child point a loaded handgun at them outside their apartment appeared in court Thursday, where a judge entered not-guilty pleas to felony charges on his behalf.

The U.S. Virgin Islands has authorized the recreational and sacramental use of marijuana for anyone 21 and older.

Opelika police say they have identified the remains of a young girl found in 2012 and arrested her father in connection with her death.

Authorities have found a woman’s body in a field near the home of a Dallas area man who has been arrested in the disappearance of a woman who had threatened to tell his wife that he was dating her.

Lawyers for a Black transgender woman who sued Georgia prison officials over alleged mistreatment while in custody said she decided not to proceed to trial because she feared the experience would be harmful to her.