In a memo Friday, the Education Department gave an ultimatum to stop using “racial preferences” as a factor in admissions, financial aid, hiring or other areas. Schools are being given 14 days to end ...

The U.S. Department of Justice says a former Guatemalan congressman was sentenced in the U.S. to 18 years in federal prison last week after pleading guilty to being involved in an international drug ...

A federal judge on Tuesday denied a motion by former Sen. Brian Kelsey to stay out of prison while the court considered a request to vacate his sentence. Kelsey, a former ...

The Department of Homeland Security and the Bureau of Prisons signed a contract to turn five federal prisons into ICE detention centers, a leaked memo obtained by KTVU shows.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Schools, colleges and states that require students to be immunized against COVID-19 may be at risk of losing federal money under a White House order signed Friday by President Donald ...

The jury announced its verdict on Nov. 8 following a four-day trial, prosecutors said. Caleb Pickens, 25, was found guilty of ...

The sentence came after the court noted the man's "abhorrent behavior, his lack of remorse, the court’s need to protect the ...

A federal judge ordered Caleb Pickens, 25, to serve 722 months in prison for a series of 2024 robberies at Houston ...

When the Illinois Department of Corrections shut down the century-old Stateville Correctional Center in September, officials ...

A Chicago man is facing up to 20 years in federal prison after admitting to fraudulently collecting more than $1.5 million in ...

In a plea agreement filed in late January, Benjamin Shoemaker agreed to plead guilty to a federal charge of conspiracy ...

The ACLU and federal court monitors continue to step in to implement systemic healthcare reform at Arizona state prisons.