NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Memorial Day is a U.S. holiday that’s supposed to be about mourning the nation’s fallen service members, but it’s come to anchor the unofficial start of summer and a long weekend ...

Autism affects an estimated 1 in 31 U.S. children. Their water safety has gotten occasional public attention after tragedies such as the death of Avonte Oquendo, an autistic teen who was found in a ...

Rain or shine, snow or sleet, for 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, guards watch the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery.

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More than a decade before the recent New Orleans jailbreak, the city's lawless lockup went viral in a series of videos showing inmates chugging Budweiser, snorting drugs, gambling with handfuls of ...

After a week on the run, five of 10 inmates are still missing from a New Orleans jail and four people have been charged with helping them.

A Louisiana jail inmate who escaped from a parish jail about a year ago has accomplished the same feat again, authorities said.

Some of Harvard's sports teams could be wiped out by a Trump administration decision that would make the school with the ...

As authorities scour New Orleans for escapees from a jailbreak, they're also confronting a history of mistrust in law enforcement and the criminal justice system.

On days of heavy pollution in Sulphur, a southwest Louisiana town surrounded by more than 16 industrial plants, Cynthia “Cindy” Robertson once flew a red flag outside her home so her community knew ...

Republican U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville, who entered politics after retiring as a college football coach, plans to run for ...

The Trump administration revoked Harvard University’s ability to enroll international students in its escalating battle with ...