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For months, inmates and staff say, their calls for help were ignored. And in this aging prison of deep despair — a place where sexual abuse has been rampant, authorities acted with utter indifference and the workforce was deeply demoralized — the cries for help had been many and varied. Just...

It took two trips over state lines, navigating icy roads and a patchwork of state laws, for a 32-year-old South Dakota woman to get abortion pills last year. For abortion-seekers like her, such journeys, along with pills sent through the mail, will grow in importance if the Supreme Court...

One contender thinks West Virginia voters will see the value of federal spending on badly needed infrastructure in one of the nation's poorest regions. The other is betting that loyalty to former President Donald Trump will matter more. The May 10 primary in West Virginia's 2nd Congressional...

When the Federal Reserve raises interest rates — as it did Wednesday — the impact doesn’t stop with U.S. homebuyers paying more for mortgages or Main Street business owners facing costlier bank loans. The fallout can be felt beyond America’s borders, hitting shopkeepers in Sri Lanka, farmers in...

Russia moved to obstruct the flow of Western weapons to Ukraine by bombarding rail stations and other supply-line targets across the country while the European Union weighed whether to further punish Moscow with a ban on oil imports. Heavy fighting also raged Wednesday at the Azovstal steel...

Officers in Hialeah are investigating an armed carjacking. It happened Wednesday night in the area of East 10th Avenue and 15th Street. According to Hialeah police, the suspects pistol whipped the victim before taking off in his vehicle. Shortly after, police said the suspects crashed the...

Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Thursday he was following security officials’ advice in managing bilateral relations with the Solomon Islands after the South Pacific neighbor’s leader alleged he’d been threatened “with invasion.” Solomons Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare told...

Rescuers in central China have pulled a woman alive from the rubble of a building that partially collapsed almost six days earlier, state media reported Thursday. The unidentified woman is the 10th survivor of the disaster in the city of Changsha, in which at least five people have died and an...

What could be the final primary debate between Republicans running for Pennsylvania's open U.S. Senate seat devolved into a string of attacks over China, abortion and more as the candidates stretched Wednesday night for any perceived advantage in a wide-open and expensive race. In many cases...

The Massachusetts child protection system failed to prioritize the needs of a 5-year-old New Hampshire girl who vanished in 2019 after her father was awarded custody, according to a much-anticipated independent review released Wednesday. Harmony Montgomery suffered from a ripple effect of...

Donors gave a towering $11.7 million to the campaign of Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams in the three months ended April 30, her campaign for governor announced Wednesday. Abrams, who is unopposed in the May 24 primary election for her party's nomination, said she had more than $8 million in cash...

Two people were arrested Wednesday after a reckless driver crashed into several cars in North Miami Beach. According to police, the driver of a dark grey BMW slammed into several cars along northeast 163rd Street. The driver then sped away, police said, before hitting a tree. Authorities said...

Colombia extradited the alleged head of the feared Gulf Clan, who had been the country's most wanted drug lord before his capture, to the United States Wednesday where he faces indictments in three federal courts. Colombian President Iván Duque said Dairo Antonio Úsuga David is "comparable only...

The husband of a Black woman who died hours after childbirth in 2016 sued Cedars-Sinai Medical hospital on Wednesday, saying she bled to death because of a culture of racism at the renowned Los Angeles medical center. Charles Johnson IV said he discovered the disparity in care women of color...

A procession of family, friends and colleagues gathered to honor late U.S. Sen. Orrin G. Hatch, who is lying in state in Salt Lake City on Wednesday. Hatch died on April 23 in Salt Lake City at age 88 from complications stemming from a stroke. A broad range of relatives, legal clients, campaign...

Lewis Hamilton and Tom Brady took up golf for a cause on Wednesday at the Miami Beach Golf Club. The Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team organized the fundraiser to benefit the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation, Dibia DREAM, and other nonprofit organizations. Marcus Allen and Brandon Okpalobi were...

A seven-year fight to pass a medical marijuana bill may have abruptly ended Wednesday in South Carolina when a House leader ruled the proposal contains an unconstitutional tax increase and cannot be considered further. The decision shocked leaders in the state Senate and may have repercussions...

Little doubt remains about what the Supreme Court plans to do with Roe v. Wade,. But uncertainty abounds about ripple effects as the court nears a final opinion expected to overturn the landmark 1973 case that created a nationwide right to abortion. A leaked first draft of the majority opinion...

Chief Justice John Roberts, in ordering an investigation into an “egregious breach of trust” in the leak of a Supreme Court draft opinion on abortion, tasked a relatively unknown court official to carry out what could be one of the most high-profile investigation in decades. The Marshal of the...

The Climate Action movement is coming to Miami. Beginning Monday, the first international conference on climate change will take center stage right here in South Florida with Miami Beach hosting the first ever Aspen Ideas conference on climate action. “It’s really important. I mean, the whole...