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The state of Alabama halted the execution of a death row inmate Thursday evening due to an inability to meet protocols before a midnight deadline, officials say.

A judge on Monday approved a motion by prosecutors to vacate the murder conviction of Adnan Syed, the subject of the first season of the popular "Serial" podcast, who has

I’ve always had a great deal of respect for Queen Elizabeth II, a true throwback who transcended generations with faith in the forefront of her life and unrelenting values she held firm to.

Memphis police found an unidentified body Monday about 20 minutes from where teacher Eliza "Liza" Fletcher was violently abducted three days ago, according to a tweet from the police department.

Aung San Suu Kyi, the deposed former leader of Myanmar and Nobel Peace Prize winner, has been found guilty of electoral fraud by a court in the military-run country and

A former inmate who alleges her newborn died in the hospital after staff at a California jail was slow to respond to her medical emergency -- including stopping at Starbucks

Three men have been indicted in the beating death of imprisoned Boston gangster and convicted murderer James "Whitey" Bulger, prosecutors announced Thursday.

A Manhattan neurologist recently convicted of sexual assaulting, abusing and raping six of his patients was found dead at Rikers Island on Monday, authorities said.

Yaser Abdel Said was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole after being found guilty of capital murder in the 2008 killings of his two daughters, 18-year-old

James Winston was always immaculately dressed. Since he was 10 years old, he would carefully iron his clothes, right down to his socks and underwear. He would later do the