The prison on Alcatraz Island wasn't called 'The Rock' for nothing. (National Park Service) When I teach the Civil War, I frequently encounter surprised faces when students learn that California, so ...

Police found the salon worker had been stabbed eight times and the cash register, broken and tossed at her feet, was empty.

ALLENTOWN, Pa. - One of the Lehigh Valley's most notorious killers has eluded the execution chamber again. Last month, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections Secretary Laurel Harry signed a notice of ...

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Trump’s proposal to reopen Alcatraz as a federal prison faces backlash from California leaders, with Pelosi calling the plan ...

The White House is seeking $152 million to reopen Alcatraz, closed since 1963, as a state-of-the-art secure facility for ...

President Donald Trump wants to reopen San Francisco's infamous Alcatraz Island as a modern federal prison and is requesting ...

A jury on Wednesday found the former corrections officer guilty of five of six charges, including manslaughter.

From notorious prison to Native protest site, Alcatraz reveals how power, punishment and resistance shaped California and ...

(CNN) — As ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro prepares for his next court hearing in the US, his son is projecting an optimistic and defiant image of how his father and First Lady Cilia Flores ...