Excessive incarceration and immigration detention has resulted in a perverse system where people in custody are shuttled among facilities around the country for money.

The 1848 California Gold Rush drew fortune-seekers worldwide, and African Americans played a vital yet overlooked role as miners and media makers.

Scattered in the countryside around the municipalities of Itaituba and Jacareacanga in Brazil’s Pará state, gold mining operations run by the family of a notorious convicted enslaver have have subject...

Peruvian gold abounds in American products, yet too often comes at the expense of miners' freedom, health and lives

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Public safety is rarely measured by crime statistics alone: it is defined by how people actually feel about their communities and the country as a whole.…

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Former Virginia death row prisoner Justin Wolfe was released Sept. 28 after 25 years behind bars, following a Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that vacated his murder conviction and dismissed re...

The former analyst says supervisors were told not to put things in writing, so many of the directives came in face-to-face meetings.

A new mayoral task force will study the dysfunctional 143-year-old civil service system and propose changes in Albany.

As immigration enforcement grows more aggressive and destructive, the question of whether to abolish ICE has once again entered the national debate.

The Prince George’s County Council shot down proposals to reserve 40% of construction jobs for local unions.

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Asylum was historically hard to obtain but since Trump returned to office, a shake-up at immigration courts in Chicago and across the country has put judges under pressure to deny asylum petitions.

The merger of two of Hollywood's biggest movie studios comes after months of legal disputes and concern over competition

Asylum was historically hard to obtain but since Trump returned to office, a shake-up at immigration courts in Chicago and across the country has put judges under pressure to deny asylum petitions.

As the hometown newspaper cut staff and TV stations left one small Virginia town, a website appeared touting a new, trusted source of local news. But the who, what, when, where and why of it have baff...

“Really and truly, a horse can be alive forever. Forever and ever.”

It’s one of a slew of changes to federal gun policy pursued under Trump this year. And according to a veteran gun violence prevention attorney, “probably the most dangerous action taken by the US gove...

The reporting experiment demonstrates how easy it can be to open private schools that might then access public money. No credentials or background checks required.

Trump suffers another legal blow as judge freezes $36 billion 'punitive' fine machine

Voters say affordability is their No. 1 issue going into the midterm elections, so we asked the candidates what they’d do about it.

Lutnick denied to Congress that he had any knowledge of him and Epstein being invested in the same company.

Plus: Is Trump serious about declassifying UFO information?

Hastert, who was speaker from 1999 until 2007 and spent more than a year in prison later in life, died Saturday of natural causes at his home while receiving hospice care, according to Kendall County ...

Journalist Tim Burke’s new lawsuit challenges the government’s search of months of emails, messages, files, and other information from his Google and Twitter accounts

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The FBI and U.S. prosecutors say Wanying Zhang, also know as Heather, surveilled the Taiwanese president's son and his family.