California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) pardoned a Pulitzer Prize finalist who spent more than two decades imprisoned at San Quentin ...

A federal judge has found New York City in contempt over conditions in its city jails. Judge Laura Taylor Swain in Manhattan issued a written ruling on Wednesday, finding the city in contempt over 18 ...

Americans Mark Swidan, Kai Li and John Leung are en route back to the United States from imprisonment in China, the White ...

Three American citizens imprisoned for years by China have been released and are returning to the United States, the White ...

Three Americans who had been detained in China for years have been released in a prisoner swap between Washington and Beijing ...

Imprisoned Kremlin critic Alexei Gorinov has appeared in court for a second trial for opposing Russia’s war in Ukraine.

The Americans were freed in exchange for a Chinese intelligence officer who was serving a 20-year sentence in the United ...

The White House said Wednesday it had secured the release of three Americans who had been detained in China as part of a ...

A Tucson man convicted in a federal child-porn case has been sentenced to 14 years in prison, authorities say. Duane “Sparky” Lee Johnsen, 55, was sentenced last week by U.S. District Judge ...

The following is a transcript of an interview with Sen. Rand Paul, Republican of Kentucky, on "Face the Nation with Margaret ...

The topic was whether life without parole should be abolished. The inmates said the opportunity gave them purpose.

Sen. Ron Johnson has threatened to issue a subpoena when he becomes chairman of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations ...