A former Las Vegas-area Democratic elected official was sentenced Wednesday to serve at least 28 years in Nevada state prison for killing an investigative journalist who ...

More than a dozen family members of the convicted Menendez brothers are calling for their release from prison following the 1989 killings of their parents. Wednesday’s news conference in downtown ...

The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles has denied a request for clemency for a man who this week could be the first person in the U.S. executed for a ...

U.S. stocks are rising following better-than-expected profit reports from Morgan Stanley, United Airlines and other big companies. The S&P 500 rose 0.5% in late Wednesday trading, a day after sliding ...