A new report says delays in building four replacement jails mean the city will miss the legally mandated Rikers closure date.

Walter, a long-time resident of Daniel Island Village in Charleston, was reportedly killed for being a nuisance, as per the ...

Sai Keung Tin, 54, was sentenced on Friday for his role in trafficking eastern box turtles, according to the U.S. Department ...

Agents searched his Ohio apartment and found a cache of stolen books. McCarty-Thomas was charged in federal court. A judge ...

You can never go wrong with visiting the Caribbean islands, especially during the colder months of the year. The best way to ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Firefighters in New York were continuing to battle at least one brush fire in a wooded stretch of Long Island on Sunday as officials warned that high wind gusts would leave the region ...

A former prison guard pleaded guilty to sexually abusing three inmates in Hawaii, federal officials said. Getty Images/iStockphoto A 47-year-old former prison guard pleaded guilty to sexually ...

Todd Steiner founded the Turtle Island Restoration Network and has worked to protect turtles around the world. He said Hawaii is one of the few places where turtles actually come on shore to rest ...

When Fray Tomás de Berlanga first landed on the Galapagos Islands in 1535, he wasn’t impressed by the dry, volcanic landscape. However, he certainly was shocked to see giant tortoises so enormous that ...

“WOAH. An earthquake woke me from my sleep on Vancouver Island. Sounded like a heavy cart rolling outside and shook us awake,” another person wrote. “Biggest earthquake I’ve ever felt in ...