Half a century ago, Colorado became the first state to allow abortion for reasons other than rape or an imminent threat to a woman's health
Arkansas has become the first state in more than 16 years to carry out a double execution
Arkansas carried out its first execution in nearly 12 years using a protocol that includes three drugs, two of which are used in surgery and one that benefits cardiac patients
An Arkansas prisons spokesman says the first inmate executed Monday night was speaking to the Arkansas Department of Correction director shortly after his lethal injection began
A federal judge temporarily halted a second execution Monday night in Arkansas after attorneys said in a court filing that the first execution for Jack Jones "appeared to be tortuous and inhumane."
Arkansas has become the first state in more than 16 years to carry out a double execution
When it comes to music and visual arts, American teenagers could use some help
Arkansas puts to death Marcel Williams, completing nation's first double execution since 2000
The Chicago aviation officer who pulled a man off a United Airlines flight sys the man was physically and verbally combative during the incident
Federal judge lifts temporary stay she issued that halted Arkansas' 2nd scheduled execution of night
A black man hurled to the ground and punched repeatedly in the face by a police officer this month has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city and county of Sacramento
Authorities say a woman who was found shot in the remote woods of Oregon arrived in the United States from Russia last month and was having an "interesting love triangle relationship" with the man arrested in her death and another woman
Federal judge issues temporary delay of 2nd Arkansas execution after US Supreme Court denied pending appeals
A jury has convicted two men in an armed standoff with government agents near Cliven Bundy's Nevada ranch in 2014, but then deadlocked on federal charges against four others