The U.S. Constitution famously outlaws "cruel and unusual punishments." But there's another, far more obscure part of the Constitution called the Excessive Fines Clause, which basically says that the ...

Oklahoma City officers seized 20 axolotls, four rabbits, four ferrets, four turtles, two hamsters and 28 birds from a home.

They stole hundreds of high-end Nike and New Balance shoes, climbed back to the roof, and loaded the stolen goods into a getaway vehicle.

"This Court thus turns its back on Boyd and on the Eighth Amendment’s guarantee against cruel and unusual punishment," the ...

The trail from a Normandy pig farm has helped expose Russia’s campaign of sabotage across Europe aimed at inflaming division, ...

ATMORE — The State of Alabama carried out its fifth execution of 2025 Thursday evening, putting Anthony Todd Boyd to death by ...

A woman who tried to kill her elderly mother on a hospital ward using pillows and a knife has been jailed for three years.

One person has been arrested and charged after police responded to a reported kidnapping in southwest Albuquerque.

NBA player and coaches face charges in a federal investigation into Mafia-backed sports betting and rigged poker games ...

More than 30 people were arrested in connection with a federal probe into sports gambling and rigged poker games, authorities ...

NBA arrests shake up betting industry, putting DraftKings and Penn Entertainment at integrity risk amid allegations of high-tech cheating, organized crime involvement, and potential impact ...

Tucked away in the rolling plains of North Central Kansas sits a place that time seems to have treated with unusual kindness – Beloit, Kansas. This unassuming town along the Solomon River might not ...