The sound of electricity sizzling and crackling broke the silence. To me, it looked like the electric chair was officially back in the prisons.

The most recent U.S. execution took place Friday, when Brad Sigmon, 67, died by firing squad in South Carolina. Sigmon, who killed his ex-girlfriend’s parents with a baseball bat in 2001, was the ...

This comes after a day after TDCJ spokesperson Hannah Haney confirmed that the prison, located in Anderson County, has been ...

Emil Bove was Donald Trump's attorney during Trump's hush money trial in New York. He is now acting deputy attorney general. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) Danielle Sassoon can’t be ...

Washington — A federal judge on Wednesday criticized the Justice Department's evolving position that a presidential pardon for a Kentucky man who stormed the Capitol also covers his conviction ...

On the first day of his second term, President Donald Trump used an executive order to create the Department of Government Efficiency, commonly known as DOGE — an initiative aimed at reducing ...

In a bipartisan vote, Texas senators have overwhelmingly approved placing an amendment to the state constitution on the ballot in hopes that despite previous failures, this year’s House members will ...

The U.S. Justice Department said Thursday that it would dismiss a case against Elon Musk’s SpaceX, in which the rocket company had been accused of discriminating against people based on their ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — A grand jury has called for the Hanceville Police Department to be abolished, calling it “more of a criminal enterprise than a law enforcement agency” following the ...

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The passage of a cold front will make it cooler, but temperatures will still be above normal on Tuesday. (WDIV) ...

HOUSTON — Texas is bracing for a series of extreme weather events, ranging from wildfires in West Texas to freezing temperatures across the state. It could be the coldest weather event in the ...