During a recent inspection at Men’s Central Jail, oversight inspectors discovered severe issues, including neglectful behavior from...

A Colorado woman, Yareni Rios, has reached an $8.5 million settlement after being seriously injured when a freight train hit the parked...

Marie Fowler, at 83, became Howard University’s oldest graduate, earning a doctorate in divinity. Despite initial doubts about her...

Shirley Smith, raised on a tobacco farm in Wilmington, North Carolina, moved to Somerville, New Jersey, in 1956 when tobacco prices fell....

After 17 hours of intense interrogation, Thomas Perez Jr. experienced a complete mental breakdown as Fontana police detectives questioned...

A report from L.A. County probation officer Tanesha Brooks detailed multiple fights at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall but omitted crucial...

The Texas Supreme Court ruled that a medical exemption in Texas's abortion ban applies only when a person is at risk of death or serious...

The Supreme Court allowed South Carolina to continue using a congressional map previously deemed an unconstitutional racial gerrymander....

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear declared Juneteenth a holiday for state executive branch workers and banned hairstyle-based discrimination in...

Elijah Hogan, a 19-year-old high school senior from New Orleans, recently graduated as valedictorian of Walter L. Cohen High School with...

A new Louisiana law makes it a crime to approach within 25 feet of a police officer under certain conditions, raising concerns that it...

Demi Johnson, a ninth grader from Gulf Coast, Mississippi, is heading to Washington, D.C., for the National Geographic Explorers...

Major League Baseball has integrated the statistics of former Negro Leagues players into its historical records, altering the standings...

Darien Harris, a Chicago man convicted of murder in 2014 based partly on testimony from a legally blind eyewitness, is suing the city and...

In Lansing, Michigan, a state trooper has been charged in the death of 25-year-old Samuel Sterling, who was hit and killed by an unmarked...

A CBS News investigation revealed that county sheriff's officers are three times more lethal than city police. In 2023, more people were...

Doctors at Shanghai Changzheng Hospital have successfully cured a patient's diabetes through a pioneering transplantation of pancreatic...

The American Cancer Society has initiated a significant research project named VOICES of Black Women to address the alarming disparities...

Paul Callegari Jr., an officer with the Mobile Police Department, was involved in two significant incidents within six months. He was...

Arkansas is set to replace its representations in the U.S. Capitol's Statuary Hall with figures more celebrated and relevant to its...