Once a brutal fixture of life in many communities, paramilitary-style ‘punishment’ attacks are in steep decline ...

The new law makes assassination attempts on heads of state—including the president, vice president, any state governor, or bystanders—automatically eligible for the death penalty.

Defense attorneys were paid $745,000 to represent the El Paso Walmart mass shooter in his federal criminal case, newly released court records show.

Two sisters who were sexually abused by their former priest brother say the eight-year prison sentence he received is too lenient and does not reflect the severity of his crimes.

Police say woman remained unhurt in attack; illegal weapons found on accused; also previously booked for throwing acid on his ex-wife.

After years in a Syrian detention camp, Ibrahim Darwish was relieved to be allowed to return home to Iraq, but his joy was ...