Maine voters will decide a pair of high-profile ballot measures addressing elections and gun violence in a statewide referendum election on Tuesday.

A 19-year-old driver faces second degree murder charges in a crash near the University of Arizona campus that killed two students walking in a crosswalk and critically injured a third, ...

At least eight school districts have embraced the Trump administration’s take on Title IX this year. Parents’ rights groups have been involved in each vote.

I remember the first time I heard the phrase, “Don’t judge a book by its cover.” I was in the third grade at John Muir Elementary School here in Modesto. The teacher explained the meaning of the ...

But if I really say it, the radio won’t play it unless I lay it, between the lines …” — Peter, Paul and Mary The U.S. Supreme Court begins its new term Monday with major cases that could define the ...

Rice already knew his own fate before the hearing: a 7½-year prison sentence, which was set by an agreement he reached with the prosecution in August for pleading guilty to first-degree assault. An ...

A New York judge has dismissed a legal challenge from Texas seeking to enforce a civil judgment against a doctor accused of ...

The one in Boston came from a lawsuit filed by more than 20 state attorneys general, including Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell. It claimed withholding SNAP funds was illegal, and U.S.

A federal judge granted a temporary restraining order Friday that would compel the government to distribute food stamp benefits for November.

Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo made an appeal to Republican voters in Brooklyn’s Russian-speaking enclave Friday — warning them a vote for GOP nominee Curtis Sliwa will only help socialist ...

A federal judge ordered USDA to use contingency funds for SNAP after 26 states, including Maine, sued the Trump administration over suspended food benefits.

The weapons restriction order against Deputy Stephen Armiger stems from an incident at his residence in August, officials said.