In New Mexico, police and prosecutors backed an effort to outlaw devices that convert pistols into machine guns. In Alabama, ...

About two-thirds of Texas prisons are not fully air conditioned, and dozens of inmates have died in the sweltering heat.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal judge’s rebuke of Texas housing prisoners in lockups without air conditioning stopped short of ...

Conroe's queen of the radio airwaves Mary McCoy knew what she wanted to do from a young age and she never looked back.  McCoy ...

A federal judge has found the extreme heat in Texas prisons that don’t have air conditioning is “plainly unconstitutional.” ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Strong winds created hazardous fire weather conditions and stirred up blowing dust across Central Texas on Tuesday. Several brush fires, mostly under 100 acres, were reported ...

Texas’ prison population is projected to increase by about 10% over the next five years, according to the Legislative Budget Board, and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice continues to ...

Ms South visited the Allan B. Polunsky Unit in Texas, where she inspected the death row unit and execution chamber. In a conversation with her US fellow prison guards working the beat, she asked ...

Fire services responded to an incident in Whanganui Prison involving a prisoner lighting a mattress in his cell on fire. Photo / NZME. A Whanganui Prison staff member was reportedly assaulted by ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — A Madison County Judge has sentenced a man to life in prison for a 2023 murder. Madison County Circuit Judge Ruth Hall sentenced Jason Everett Moore to life in prison ...

Because of this, the Storm Prediction Center has put portions of North Texas under a level 1 or 2 ... As a result, areas west of I-35 are under an elevated fire threat through Thursday.

The highest court in Texas on Tuesday issued a rare stay of ... told USA TODAY on Feb. 26 during an interview at a Texas state prison north of Houston. “How can I not be angry at the corruption ...