Nanon Williams was sent to death row for a murder he says he didn't commit. Decades later, through daily emails and prison ...

A District man who set off explosive devices outside banks, a retail store, and a supermarket during a predawn bombing spree across Maryland and DC is heading to federal prison, prosecutors announced.

WASHINGTON — From religious leaders and politicians to activists and scientists, the world said goodbye to a number of ...

Washington, D.C., Police Chief Pamela A. Smith, the first Black woman to lead the Metropolitan Police Department, is stepping down after less than three years in the role. Smith announced she will ...

Former Colorado election clerk Tina Peters’s legal team is intensifying pressure on President Donald Trump to pardon her, a move that puts the White House in a complicated position. A federal judge on ...

A first-of-its-kind cold case investigation unit in Washington state has secured its first conviction after a woman pleaded guilty to the 2016 murder of an Indigenous artist. The Missing and Murdered ...

A D.C. Council member didn’t hold back at a recent oversight hearing on the troubled agency in charge of housing youth involved with the District’s juvenile justice system. “I think what is happening ...

FAYETTEVILLE -- A local resident said he's suing Washington County to challenge spending $18.8 million of American Rescue Plan Act money to expand the county jail. Frank McConnell "Mac" Mayfield III ...

According tot he government's evidence, Corbin approached the unsuspecting Garner on April 30, 2024, in the area of 1501 ...

A woman has died at the Peoria County Jail. Correctional officers discovered an unresponsive 39-year-old female in her cell around 4:25 a.m. Tuesday, according to the Peoria County Sheriff’s Office.

LAKE COUNTY, Ill. (WGN) — A 40-year-old woman arrested and charged with multiple felonies for allegedly hiding the remains of her newborn son, found more than five years ago in north suburban ...

A 39-year-old found dead at the Peoria County Jail this week has been identified as a Peoria woman. Pamela S. Wall was pronounced dead in her jail cell at 5:06 a.m. Tuesday, according to Peoria County ...