Judge Timothy Wright sentenced Daniel Rawlings, 38, to five years of probation and Lacey Rawlings, 34, to four years of probation on Thursday. ...

All 14 of Mississippi’s black, state senators refused to vote on a bill banning the teaching of critical race theory in the state's public schools, walking out in protest instead. ...

Lusia Harris, who became the only woman to be officially drafted by an NBA team and scored the first points in women's basketball history at the Olympics, died Tuesday, her family announced. ...

Prosecutors are seeking a sentencing date for sex trafficker Maxwell, but her attorneys want to wait until they know if she'll face another trial. ...

Former Senate Majority Leaders Harry Reid, who died last week at the age of 82, will lie in state in the United States Capitol Rotunda on Jan. 12. ...

Colorado police identified Lyndon James McLeod as the shooter who allegedly went on a "shooting rampage" in the Denver area Monday night. ...

In Los Angeles, where left-wing lawmakers and activists have pushed a litany of progressive reforms that help violent criminals spend less-time behind bars, justice is not only fleeting -- it's twisted, critics say. ...

Robin Appleby, who has led the prestigious, $50,000-a-year American School in London since 2017, is allegedly exiting to “focus on her own wellbeing and that of her family." ...

After a dangerous escape from Afghanistan, a medical student finally reunited with the journalist who desperately fought to get him to the US. ...

Darrell Brooks, 39, allegedly used a red Ford Escape to plow through revelers at an annual Christmas celebration in Waukesha, Wisconsin, on Sunday, but his life of crime started 22 years ago when he was just 17. ...