Louisiana has carried out its first execution in more than a decade, killing Jessie Hoffman Jr. with a new nitrogen gas method that unlatches possibilities for the state to someday carry out the ...

A federal judge has found that the Trump administration likely violated the Constitution when it effectively shuttered the U.S. Agency for International Development. In a 68-page opinion Tuesday, U.S.

President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed during a phone call on Tuesday to start talks toward a ceasefire in Ukraine, the White House said — with the Kremlin saying it would begin ...

Led by Casey Gomez Walker, the Chicago-based act Case Oats performed captivating sets at SXSW on the heels of signing to Merge Records. Walker’s creative writing background was on full display with ...

A federal judge in Washington D.C. has issued a preliminary injunction against the Trump administration over its attempt to ban transgender troops from serving in the U.S. military. Tuesday’s decision ...

Vice President JD Vance will assume the role of finance chairman for the Republican National Committee — an unconventional move for a sitting vice president, but one that also places a top ally of ...

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty sued the Trump administration on Tuesday to try to block it from terminating all federal funds for the U.S.-backed broadcaster. In a federal lawsuit, the network argues ...

With versatile point guard Mark Sears and mustachioed forward Grant Nelson, Alabama has two of the more recognizable players ...

Honduran folk musician Aurelio Martínez has died. The 55-year-old was a respected proponent of the Central American culture known as Garifuna. According to his spokesperson, Martinez and 11 other ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—At around 11 p.m. Saturday night, James Spann was winding down his ninth hour of live news coverage of a deadly storm system that spawned 16 suspected tornadoes across central Alabama ...

BATON ROUGE — More than 50 miles from Louisiana’s death row, one of its residents’ cousins blinked back tears as she stood with her back to the Governor’s Mansion. Bridget “Nicki” Scott described her ...