Jalonni Marcel Blackshear would be sentenced to 150 years in prison under a plea agreement with Alaska prosecutors.

Gonzalo Sanchez, 20, was sentenced by Superior Court Judge Daniel Doty to 30 years of jail with 10.5 years suspended for his ...

Many jails and prisons around the country don't provide medication treatment for opioid use disorder. Studies show that medication makes recovery more likely and reduces the risk of overdose death.

Amid a national immigration crackdown ordered by the Trump administration, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is ...

Between 2021 and 2024, almost 100 individuals died in the custody of a municipal or county jail in Illinois, according to data from the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority.

County jail inmates across the region are suffering from preventable circumstances due to a lack of uniform health care standards and resources. Several have died before ever even stepping foot into a ...

Georgia's former prime minister Irakli Garibashvili was jailed for five years Monday on money laundering charges, the prosecutor's office said, the latest in a sweeping shake-up of the country's ...

A Paris court Monday sentenced 10 people accused of cyber-bullying President Emmanuel Macron's wife Brigitte by spreading false information about her gender and insinuations related to the age ...

Alaska dealt with a range of public safety challenges and policy choices in 2025, from extreme weather to immigration enforcement. The devastation left by Typhoon Halong in Western Alaska was historic ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Families sit together in the evacuation flight from Bethel to Anchorage on Oct. 16, 2025 (Photo by Corinne Smith/Alaska Beacon) ...