Texas teen sentenced to 40 years after killing a student and injuring another in school shooting

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A 16-year-old who opened fire at a Dallas-area school earlier this…

Sheriff says 9 deputies charged in death of man beaten in Memphis jail

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Nine Memphis jail deputies have been indicted in the death of a…

Prosecutors seek life in prison for man who opened fire on New York City subway train, injuring 10

Federal prosecutors have recommended life sentences for the man who opened fire on a crowded Brooklyn…

Man who brought Molotov cocktails to protest at Seattle police union building sentenced to prison

SEATTLE (AP) — A suburban Seattle man who pleaded guilty to bringing a dozen Molotov cocktails…

Louisiana prisoner suit claims they’re forced to endure dangerous conditions at Angola prison farm

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Men incarcerated at Louisiana State Penitentiary filed a class-action lawsuit Saturday,…

Florida set to execute inmate James Phillip Barnes in nurse’s 1988 hammer killing

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Florida is preparing to execute a man convicted of strangling his…

Man gets 40 years for prison escape bid months before expected release date from 7-year sentence

PEARL, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi man was sentenced Monday to 40 years in state prison…

Food truck owner gets 2 years in prison for $1.5M pandemic relief loan fraud

BOSTON (AP) — The owner of a Massachusetts food truck business has been sentenced to two…

Ohio law allowing longer prison stays for bad behavior behind bars upheld by state’s high court

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A law allowing prison officials to extend certain incarcerated people’s time behind…

Ex-Oregon prison nurse convicted of sexually assaulting 9 women in custody

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A federal jury found a former nurse at Oregon’s women’s prison guilty…