Alyshia Dyer will take office as sheriff of Washtenaw County, Michigan, an event that will mark the union of some strange ...

As California continues to grapple with the state’s long and dark history of forcibly sterilizing women incarcerated in state-run prisons, advocates are now rushing to meet a New Year’s Day deadline ...

Jentink-Bristol could’ve gotten off probation at 15 had she paid off her fines and fees. But her probation officer told her that she had to remain under supervision until she cleared her debt, which ...

Around 2:30 on Wednesday afternoon, the North Carolina State Board of Elections rejected a bid by Republican Jefferson Griffin to toss about 60,000 votes cast in a state supreme court race he narrowly ...

Donald Trump’s promise of “mass deportations” looms over millions of people who live in the United States. But the infrastructure to detain immigrants didn’t start with Trump. U.S. Immigration & ...