A death row inmate who committed one of Utah's most notorious murders lost a key round of appeals Monday and inched closer to his preferred manner of execution: a firing squad. Ronald Watson Lafferty, who…

In December 2016, the U.S. Department of Justice published data that pointed to a troubling development inside the nation's lockups: a rise in the number of inmates who were taking their own lives. Suicide had…

The warden of the federal lockup where accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein apparently took his own life has been temporarily reassigned and two guards tasked with watching the financier have been placed on leave, Department…

Police in riot gear and armed with pepper spray clashed with protesters in Hong Kong's main airport terminal hours after it was announced that flights would be canceled for the second day in a row.…

Comedian Whitney Cummings posted a picture of her breast Monday night after saying people who had possession of the photo were threatening to share and sell it if she didn't pay them. Cummings wrote on…

FBI agents raided Jeffrey Epstein's private island in the Caribbean on Monday in a vivid display that the probe into his alleged sex trafficking ring is continuing despite his death. A swarm of federal agents…

The first chlamydia vaccine to be tested in humans has been shown to be safe, and may protect against the most common sexually transmitted bacterial infection in the world. Research teams in Denmark and the…

Comedian Sarah Silverman said she holds herself accountable for wearing blackface, talking about the incident on The Bill Simmons Podcast. Silverman said she recently lost a small role in a movie the night before she…