Oklahoma’s top prosecutor is asking the federal Bureau of Prisons to transfer an inmate to state custody so that he can be executed for killing a 77-year-old woman in 1999.

A Dublin museum has pulled a wax figure of Sinéad O’Connor from its collection after fans and family members complained that it did not compare to how the late singer looked.

A lawyer for a military contractor being sued by three survivors of the notorious Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq says the plaintiffs are suing the wrong people.

Smoky haze, hot weather and powerful storms brought dangerous and uncomfortable conditions to parts of the U.S. heading into a long July Fourth weekend that typically draws Americans to outdoor gatherings.

Illinois is more protective of abortion access than most any state.

Oklahoma has entered into four new settlements with opioid makers and distributors totaling more than $226 million.

Democrats who control the Illinois General Assembly have approved followup clarifications to their watershed criminal justice overhaul.

Three former Illinois prison guards face life in prison for a beating that led to the death of inmate Larry Earvin in 2018.

Democrats who run state government are celebrating because tax rebates totaling more than $1.2 billion are heading to 6 million taxpayers.

Oklahoma’s attorney general has asked the state’s highest appeals court to set execution dates for 25 death row inmates following a federal judge’s rejection of their challenge to the state’s lethal injection method.

Illinois officials are seeking answers after the killing last week of a state child welfare worker during a home visit — the second such tragedy to occur in less than five years.

He fell just inches from an oncoming train only to be saved in the nick of time by a BART employee. "I remember looking at the train when it was coming, and I just missed my step," said 33-year-old RayShawn Jackson. "When I fell I saw the train comin' and I only had a matter of seconds to get outI heard everyone yelling There's a train coming, train train train!'" The Rancho Cordova man says he's still in awe of what transpired, not completely grasping how he could be alive. RayShawn says he's still shaken up, but doing OK.The-CNN-Wire & 2019 Cable News Network, Inc., a Time Warner Company.