The California Correctional Peace Officers Association recently ended its first-ever “Badge of Giving — Serving with courage, Sharing with heart” Holiday Toy Drive to benefit underserved, at-risk, ...

Joseph Mendoza was killed by two fellow inmates of Salinas Valley State Prison, shown here, on April 8. Mendoza’s family has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against prison officials. Renée C. Byer ...

Three police officers were wounded in a shootout in a gas station bathroom that ended with a suspect dead, authorities in Omaha, Nebraska, said. The injured officers were treated at a hospital with ...

Many police officers at Dulles International Airport suddenly were fired or resigned after what the airport calls administrative and criminal investigations. The Metropolitan Washington Airports ...

A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. War has unified Europe, but peace threatens to divide it. Listen to what matters most, from global politics and business to ...

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is investigating a homicide that occured on Saturday at Salinas Valley State Prison. At 9:19 p.m., an unresponsive inmate was found in his ...

Russia is ready for “serious” peace talks, Vladimir Putin said Thursday, adding that the draft of a plan discussed by the United States and Ukraine could form the basis of a future deal to end the ...

U.S. officials have responded to a storm of criticism about the plan by insisting that it is still a work in progress. By Anton Troianovski and Zolan Kanno-Youngs Reporting from Washington The Trump ...

The U.S. Bureau of Prisons said Tuesday that it will suspend operations at a California prison, following the news that “chunks” of concrete have begun falling from the decaying ceilings of ...