Lexington was announced by Gov. Andy Beshear, who called her a powerhouse whose accomplishments laid a foundation for future ...

In 1976, Aileen's brother, Keith, died from cancer, per the Journal of Forensic Sciences. That same year, Aileen, who was 20 ...

Martha Layne Collins, who as the only woman to serve as governor of Kentucky revolutionized the state’s economy by landing Toyota Motor Manufacturing, died at 3 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 1, in Lexington.

Olympia Jones, living in the Turley Correctional Center, is among the featured writers in the Poetic Justice anthology of ...

Aileen Wuornos, who is the subject of the Netflix documentary 'Aileen: Queen of the Serial Killers,' killed at least seven ...

More than five decades after the body of a young woman was discovered wrapped in carpet under a bridge in central Florida, ...

Miss Major was a revolutionary, a visionary, a mother, and a mentor to generations of LGBTQ people who dream of a better ...

BOISE, Idaho (KIFI) — In June 2024, Andrea Weiskircher thought her life was over. She was sobbing in a jail cell in Boise thinking about what she had just done. Encouraged by a former Idaho Department ...

NEW YORK CITY — Far too often, Black children and other children of color are funneled toward the criminal justice system in their own schools, facing disproportionate discipline and criminalization, ...

New Jersey lawmakers officially kicked off construction of a new 420-bed, $310 million state prison for women Wednesday with a groundbreaking ceremony beside a sprawling, grassy field in Chesterfield, ...

The man, who has since been fired by the F.B.I., maintains the conduct was consensual, his lawyer said. By Michael Levenson An F.B.I. special agent who raped three women at tattoo parlors that he ran ...

Razor wire lines the recreation yard at the Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility in South Burlington on Aug. 27, 2024. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger The Essex town planning commission ...