Alcatraz isn’t being revived because it works, but because it intimidates. It has nothing to do with criminal justice, and ...

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Arab nations have pushed for a change to the geographic name of the body of water, while Iran has maintained its historic ...

Citizen activists could find it harder to get initiatives on next year's ballot in some states. Lawmakers in about a dozen ...

During a House Judiciary Committee hearing, Rep. Jared Moskowitz humorously mocks Donald Trump's idea to reopen Alcatraz. Moskowitz suspects Trump got his idea of reopening Alcatraz from watching ...

Whitney Hermandorfer is currently the Director of the Strategic Litigation Unit in the Tennessee Attorney General’s Office.

Ringo Starr may have been one-fourth of one of the biggest rock bands in history, but he's also suffered more than his fair share of bad luck and dark times.

Federal funding cuts for the arts aren’t an immediate threat for Rock Hill art groups, including one aiming to open a $35 million downtown performing arts center. State funding cuts, though, could ...

From the Aleutians to the Interior to Southeast, we asked Alaskans how they’d rate President Trump’s first 100 days in office ...

In his latest crackdown on immigration, President Donald Trump ordered the publication of a list of “sanctuary” cities and ...

Clint Eastwood's 1979 prison drama Escape From Alcatraz is currently wowing audiences on Netflix, who have described it as ...