Nearly all 50 states have asked for federal assistance in protecting their voting systems.

District attorney races could reshape the criminal justice system for millions of Americans.

Federal prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for Dylann Roof, 22, who killed nine people during a bible study.

A proposed change in work rules would let first-year residents care for patients for as many as 28 hours straight.

At the Dakota Access Pipeline site, officers used pepper spray against demonstrators on government land. The protesters say the pipeline would violate sacred Indian lands and could cause pollution.

About 20 states are in the process of creating a system for rating child care providers. But it's hard to decide which standards best measure quality and which are most useful to parents.

What does sexual harassment look like in a virtual world — and how do you stop it?

While most Westerners associate the swastika with Nazi Germany or white supremacy, it was a symbol of good fortune in Asia thousands of years before Hitler.

The US Border Patrol expanded after Sept. 11, but was soon plagued with corruption. A new leader is trying to turn around the agency.

Four years of too little water is killing millions of trees in the Sierra, yet some giant sequoias still thrive. Tree-climbing scientists are exploring sequoias branch by branch to find their secret.