She was only 19 years old when she was sentenced to death for killing her slave master, Robert Newsom, six miles south of Fulton.

Illinois corruption takes center stage as Michael Madigan is convicted of bribery and Rod Blagojevich gets a pardon. Plus, why a project to keep invasive carp out of the Great Lakes is on hold.

A former federal prosecutor was floored Friday night by the "scandal" unfolding in the Justice Department — and said ...

The Malaysian Bar has filed its grounds of appeal claiming that the High Court has erred in not allowing it to seek to quash ...

In a memo sent to the Manhattan U.S. Attorney's office on February 10, Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove wrote that ...

Federal prosecutors on Friday formally asked a U.S. judge to drop bribery charges against New York Mayor Eric Adams after an ...

Presidents' Day weekend is here, and there are countless deals to look at. And, honest to Abe Lincoln, we're scanning every ...

David Smith, ex-husband of South Carolina killer mom Susan Smith, has revealed what his ex-wife said to him after she drowned their two sons in a new 'Dateline' episode.

Rod Blagojevich was freed from a federal prison in Colorado in February 2020, 16 months after former President Donald Trump commuted the 14-year sentence of the former Illinois Gov. Nearly five years ...

U.S. presidents have the constitutional power to exercise leniency toward people who have committed federal crimes through ...

The former acting U.S. attorney overseeing New York City Mayor Eric Adams’s corruption case said the mayor’s attorneys pushed ...

Jon Schaffer, the lone member of the metal band Iced Earth, was among those pardoned by President Donald Trump for his role ...