A study of 15 states’ prison records found women are disciplined up to three times more often than men, and that discipline is often harsher and for smaller infractions of prison rules, reports NPR in collaboration with the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University....
In April, Attorney General Jeff Sessions told federal prosecutors along the U.S.-Mexico border “to adopt immediately a zero-tolerance policy” for violations of a federal law barring “improper entry” into the U.S. Over the next six weeks, 2,654 children were taken from their parents or guardians...
The Trump administration, after threatening to withhold funds for Seattle in retaliation for the city’s immigration policies, has agreed to hand over the money, says Mayor Jenny Durkan and City Attorney Pete Holmes. Seattle and nearby jurisdictions have been approved for $657,975 in Justice Assistance...
American jihadists now imprisoned for terrorist-related offenses short of murder—meaning they could be released in the near future—represent a “ticking time bomb,” according to a Washington Post expert on ISIS. Joby Warrick, the author of Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS, which won the Pulitzer Prize...
In the first of a series called “Perception Gaps,” the Christian Science Monitor says that the U.S. is the safest it has been in decades, but there’s a big difference between what Americans perceive to be true and what statistics actually show. There has been...
Mark Martin has been racing motorcycles for the last 47 years. He sees no reason to stop now. Martin, 58, is a mesothelioma survivor who plans to race this spring at Nelson Ledges Road Course in Garrettsville, Ohio, at least for one last fling. “It’s not something you...