US District Judge Robert Pitman on Wednesday held Wednesday that the extreme heat in Texas prisons is 'plainly unconstitutional' while denying a temporary injunction request to install air ...

"So, the court finds it is not in the parties' or the public interest to issue a preliminary injunction at this time," Pitman ...

At least eight state agencies have started returning employees to the office or plan to start returning employees on Monday.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal judge’s rebuke of Texas housing prisoners in lockups without air conditioning stopped short of ...

About two-thirds of Texas prisons are not fully air conditioned, and dozens of inmates have died in the sweltering heat.

The investigation is tied to a federal lawsuit filed by Bernie Tiede, a Texas man spending life in prison who has reported ...

In 2012, Ohio revamped its dog laws to move away from restrictions targeted at specific types of dogs, such as pit bulls. The current law focuses on the behavior of the dogs, not the breeds.

Rachel Maddow looks at how the Department of Justice under the second Trump administration has abandoned any pretense of being a bulwark for the rule of law, and has instead allowed itself to be ...

The Department of Education opened investigations into dozens of universities Friday, part of President Donald Trump’s campaign to pressure the higher education world to fall in line with his ...

The men are housed in the Polunsky Unit in Livingston in single cells with a window, according to the TDCJ website. The women are housed at the O’Daniel Unit in Gatesville. Executions are ...

A California sheriff is speaking out against a bill in the Democrat-controlled capital of Sacramento that he says would essentially make self-defense illegal and believes is emblematic of liberal ...

Get CBS19 news on-demand by downloading the free CBS19+ app available on ROKU, Amazon Fire and Apple TV! Rashida Tlaib becomes lone House lawmaker opposing cracking down on Mexican cartels' border ...