Migrants held by the U.S. Border Patrol claim to have been exposed to sleep deprivation, death threats and psychological abuse such as blaring music with lyrics about migrants dying in the desert.

A man suspected of kidnapping and sexually assaulting an 18-year-old woman was shot by his captive, police in Mount Juliet, Tennessee, said Friday after the man’s body was discovered in neighboring Mississippi.

A Florida judge on Friday more than doubled the tab — to more than $217,000 — that Casey Anthony must pay to authorities for the costs of investigating the disappearance of her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee.

Lawrence Russell Brewer was executed in Texas Wednesday evening for his involvement in the infamous dragging death of a black man 13 years ago.

The rising cost of paying for hospitals built through the Private Finance Initiative is jeopardising the finances of some NHS Trusts, ministers say.

A Texas man facing lethal injection for his involvement in the infamous dragging death of a black man 13 years ago has been moved into an isolation room just outside the execution chamber.

A Fullerton police officer pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges of involuntary manslaughter and felony use of excessive force in the beating death of a mentally ill homeless man who died after a police arrest.

A mother abducted her eight biological children from a New York foster care agency during an authorized visit, authorities announced Tuesday.

The searcher who found the body of missing nursing student Michelle Le over the weekend in northern California knows personal loss herself.

“There is a general sense of betrayal that this guy [Obama] just doesn’t understand who these Jews are,” longtime Democratic strategist Hank Sheinkopf says.