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The FBI has identified three men affiliated with a Mexican Drug Cartel in the kidnapping of a South Carolina man following a dispute over marijuana.
When someone is convicted of a crime in the United States, the law provides a range of possible penalties. In most cases, there is some discretion for the judge in terms of the specific penalty, but there are usually minimum and maximum penalties that have some relation to the crime. The American justice system is based on the idea that once you are convicted of a crime, you pay your penalty, and then you get a chance to learn from your mistake and improve your life. But the reality is often something quite different.
A small duckling in Sulphur, Louisiana has become the talk of the town and the internet because of a unique birth defect. KPLC’s Erika Ferrando reports.
The U.S. Department of Education Office of Inspector General just released a scathing audit report on the department’s Office of Federal Student Aid’s (FSA's) handling of contracts with private companies that collect defaulted federal student loans.
NBC News spent a night on the U.S.-Mexico border with a sergeant who picks out immigrants who have crossed over illegally from crowds of beachgoers.
A man in Leander, Texas says he had to use a tire iron to break into a car in a grocery store parking lot and rescue a girl trapped inside. KXAN's Dawn Denny reports.
A Pew Research Center survey gauged Americans' views of different religions and non-believers.
The chairman of a Virginia county's Board of Supervisors is working to pressure government officials to remove undocumented children from his county.
Once again, a World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute settlement panel has issued a decision that leaves American manufacturers—and those who work for them—behind. In two separate decisions just released (Case DS436, concerning carbon steel from India, and Case DS437, concerning solar panels and 16 other products from China), the WTO ruled that the United States had violated its WTO obligations in the manner that it applied countervailing duties on products from the two countries.
The Coast Guard said they were awaiting high tide to potentially remove passengers.
