Casino workers are irate about inaction on a bill to ban smoking in Atlantic City casinos, which counts on legislative support, but has been repeatedly stymied.
Florida deputies arrested a high school substitute teacher after he allegedly sent explicit videos to two teen female students and asked one of them to be his girlfriend.
The San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office has charged a known gang member and convicted felon with multiple counts of murder after a violent shooting spree while on probation, allegedly killing three people.
Five former correctional officers from West Virginia's Southern Regional Jail have been indicted by a federal grand jury over the fatal beating of Quantez Burks.
Days after reports a convicted prostitute was volunteering and serving on committees at Godley Independent School District in Texas, officials blamed in part "not always perfect" Department of Public Safety background checks.
New York's prison system is alleged to have unfairly punished over 2,000 inmates as a result of false positive drug tests, according to a report released Thursday.
The FBI on Thursday released photos of the two suspects wanted in the carjacking of an agent in Washington, D.C. The Bureau is offering a reward of $10,000 for information leading to their arrest.
Phillip Dean Hancock, 59, received a three-drug lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary after Gov. Kevin Stitt declined to grant him clemency.
Alissa McCommon, a Tennessee elementary school teacher, is accused of raping a boy when he was 12 years old. That victim reportedly testified against her in court on Monday.
Police in New Jersey have arrested David Reyes, 19, for invasion of privacy after he allegedly recorded another man in a store's public restroom on Sunday.
Alabama residents will receive one-time tax rebates of up to $300, with the Alabama Department of Revenue initiating payments on Friday through direct deposit or paper checks.
An explosion and fire in St. Paul, Minnesota, resulted in at least one fatality, according to Fire Department Chief Mark Juelfs. The incident occurred Thursday morning.
A fatal accident occurred on the Maine Turnpike as a wrong-way driver, traveling southbound in the northbound lane, collided with two vehicles, resulting in three deaths.
Officials extradited convicted killer Lori Vallow from Idaho to Arizona on Thursday. She is facing first-degree murder charges in two different Maricopa County cases.
Maui officials are on standby to prevent ash from August’s deadly wildfire in Lahaina from flowing into storm drains. The island is bracing for heavy rain and strong winds.
The University of Massachusetts Boston dropped its diversity statement requirement from faculty job listings in a free speech "victory," one civil liberties group said.