A settlement was reached in principal between Purdue Pharma, the Sackler Family, states, and the victims of the opioid crisis.

House Republicans on Thursday passed their version of a “born-alive” abortion bill one day after Democrats blocked the Senate ...

Lyle and Erik Menendez are serving life without parole for the 1989 murders of their parents. Relatives are urging a judge to reduce their sentence.

Thailand has long been known as a haven for LGBTQ+ communities. It is only the third place in Asia to legalize same-sex marriage, behind Taiwan in 2019 and Nepal in 2023.

The Maine Gun Safety Coalition announced Thursday it has collected more than 80,000 signatures in an effort to put the measure on the ballot this November.

Joel Law loved spending time with his children, family and friends. He enjoyed taking long airboat rides, hunting and fishing.

PROVIDENCE — FBI agents on Thursday searched a downtown Providence office building that includes the office of a Rhode Island immigration lawyer. Joseph Molina Flynn, who was also Municipal Court ...

Audrii’s Law, introduced in Texas, aims to expand sex offender registry requirements to include individuals convicted of child grooming, inspired by the murder of 11-year-old Audrii Cunningham by Don ...

During their three-week journey north from Honduras, the Carranza family were kidnapped twice. And then once they made it to ...

Members of the family who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, and the company itself, agreed to pay up to $7.4 billion in a new settlement to lawsuits over the toll of the powerful prescription ...

Although many states offer legal protections that could theoretically prevent discrimination on the basis of marital status -- aka marriage to someone in the military -- military spouses may not want ...