Convicted serial child abuser Jerry Sandusky, a former Penn State University football coach, has been moved to from a maximum-security prison to a medium-security facility, the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections said.
Sandusky was moved from the Greene County maximum security prison to a facility in Pennsylvania's Somerset Township. The facility -- SCI Somerset -- is 63 acres and sits on...
The Transportation Security Administration is rolling out more invasive physical pat-down procedures at airports nationwide.
The TSA won't describe the new procedures, but warns travelers on its website that they may include "inspection of the head, neck, arms, torso, legs, and feet," and may include "head coverings and sensitive areas such as breasts, groin, and the buttocks."
"You may be...
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday vacated a lower court's ruling in favor of Gavin Grimm, a Virginia transgender student who sued his school over restroom access.
The decision comes after President Donald Trump's administration withdrew former President Barack Obama's federal guidance allowing transgender students the right to use public restrooms of the gender with which they...
President Donald Trump on Monday signed a revised executive order suspending travel to the United States for people from six majority-Muslim countries, but not Iraq.
The new executive order comes after a previous one in January prompted a legal challenge. A federal judge suspended the earlier order, a move later upheld by an appellate court.
The new order imposes a 90-day ban on the...
A St. Louis man and former reporter was arrested Friday for making some of the threats against Jewish community centers and other institutions that have been part of a surge of intimidation nationwide.
The threats were an attempt to intimidate a particular person after a romantic relationship, according to a criminal complaint filed in the Southern District of New York.
Nonetheless, New...
A severe weather system created multiple tornadoes around the Chicago area on Tuesday, forecasters said.
One of the twisters was characterized as "large" and "dangerous" by the National Weather Service, which issued numerous thunderstorm watches and warnings for the greater Chicago metro area and nearly two dozen counties in Indiana and Iowa on Tuesday. A tornado watch was issued for central...
Having spent eight years in the White House in today's modern political climate, former President George W. Bush said Monday that he came to view the news media as an "indispensable" part of a functioning democracy.
The 43rd American president emphasized the media's watchdog role in an interview Monday with Matt Lauer on NBC's morning news program, Today.
Bush's defense of U.S. news media...
President Donald Trump will release an initial budget proposal calling for a $54 billion increase in defense and security spending that will be offset by cuts to other federal agencies, the Office of Management and Budget told reporters Monday.
While the U.S. Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security will receive a boost, other departments such as the U.S. Department of State...
Police have launched an investigation in Philadelphia's Wissinoming neighborhood after the vandalism of headstones at the Mount Carmel Cemetery, officials said.
Police estimated that up to 100 headstones were damaged, many of which were knocked over, in the incident that occurred between late Saturday and early Sunday. Others, including Rabbi Shawn of Philadelphia's Zevit Mishkan Shalom...
President Trump announced he will not attend the White House Correspondents' Dinner, scheduled for April 29. Trump announced his decision on Saturday afternoon in a tweet.
"I will not be attending the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner this year. Please wish everyone well and have a great evening!" Trump wrote in his Twitter message.
The event's sponsor, the White House...
