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According to numbers compiled by the Death Penalty Information Center, the number of people executed in the United States is at its lowest level since 1991. Death sentences are down 33 percent.

A former state senator who pleaded guilty earlier this year to a federal mail fraud charge will appear before a federal judge next spring for…

Leroy Peoples, the lead plaintiff in the lawsuit, served 780 consecutive days in isolation.

Street performers are a common sight in Kuala Lumpur, but they weren't always welcome. An effort to bring buskers together, along with support from the Tourism Ministry, helped change their image.

House Speaker Paul Ryan looks like he will avoid what would've been a government shutdown at midnight with a massive $1.1 trillion spending package. But he had to appeal to Democrats to do it.

For the first time, researchers have estimated how much illness and death unsafe food causes worldwide. Their report finds the most common culprits are norovirus, Campylobacter and E. coli.

Fuel economy is at record highs and carmakers have surpassed strict greenhouse gas emissions standards for the third straight year, the Environmental Protection Agency says.

In what may be the only recording of his voice, James Naismith describes how he created basketball to occupy his stir-crazy students during a snowy winter in New England.

A judge declared a hung jury after the panel couldn't reach a decision in the manslaughter trial of a Baltimore police officer.

The Federal Reserve is raising interest rates after seven years of record lows. It's signaling that further rate hikes will likely be made slowly.