After spending many years in prison, ex-felons gained their voting rights back. Organizer of Baltimore community Perry Hopkins, 55 - who lost his never-practiced appropriate to vote, is looking forward to stepping into a voting booth for the first time in his life this coming election season.
Benjamin McDowell, a man from South Carolina was arrested for illegal possession of firearm with the intention to commit a crime similar to the 2015 massacre committed by Dylann Roof.
An Arizona woman was charged of fraud and other cases for falsifying documents stating that she needs abortion as this puts her life at risk since she has sarcoma that is needed to be removed. She also forged a letter from a doctor to continue with her scheme just to secure tax-funded abortion.
David Sweat, the convicted killer and escapee was given maximum penalty by the Clinton County Court. After the hearing, Sweat apologized for the fear and trauma he caused to the community.
The prominent real estate developer and Republican Jeffory Blackard filed a lawsuit that seeks to limit the payment to the special prosecutors for their pre-trial work in the felony case against Attornery General Ken Paxton.
Florida City's Police Guidance receives attention as it was revealed that it released suggestions on how to impede the constitutional rights of citizens to free speech including recording or photographing police officers on duty. Journalists are the most unhappy about it.
Physician-assisted suicide will become legal in California under a bill signed into law on Monday by Democratic Governor Jerry Brown, despite intense opposition from some religious and disability rights groups.
A driver for the popular taxi-hailing service Uber faces sexual assault charges after a passenger reported that he attacked her instead of driving her home from a bar, authorities said on Wednesday.
A San Francisco-area boys' golf coach was sentenced to over 27 years in prison on Thursday on charges of molesting three of his underage students and then plotting to kill his accusers from jail, prosecutors said.
The U.S. Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into what happened to a mentally ill inmate in North Carolina who was found dead from dehydration after a prison transfer in March, grand jury subpoena records show.
Texas Governor Rick Perry has sought to parlay attention over a felony indictment into a fresh political push in New Hampshire, the crucial presidential primary state where his dismal showing in 2012 led him to drop out of the race.
