Opioids were a main driver in roughly 1,200 drug overdose deaths in Philadelphia last year. That's four times the city's murder rate. It's time, some officials say, to supervise, not criminalize.
After a judge ordered the government to continue a program protecting young immigrants from deportation, President Trump tweeted, "It just shows everyone how broken and unfair our Court System is."
The federal judges gave lawmakers until Jan. 29 to show them a new map. The deadline is important because candidates for the November congressional elections begin filing for the primaries on Feb. 12.
The law is believed to be the first of its kind. It requires licensed gun sellers to report failed background checks; it also alerts people who are living under protective orders.
The population of people who are homeless increased for the first time since 2010, according the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and many shelters are having to turn people away.
Four men from New York City were sentenced to jail time Monday in the 2013 hazing death of a Baruch College freshman during a fraternity trip to the Pocono Mountains in Pennsylvania.
The Supreme Court has heard arguments in a decades long water war between Georgia and Florida. But it's not clear if any decision will end the legal wrangling.
Less than a month after declaring a mistrial, Judge Gloria Navarro said there can be no retrial against the Nevada rancher and three other men, who led an armed standoff with federal agents in 2014.