A new Washington state law that requires members of the clergy to report child abuse or neglect, including when the ...

Congress is pressing to pass President Donald Trump's legislative agenda bill ahead of Memorial Day, though some Republicans ...

A Gloucester Township couple is due in court Thursday for severely abusing a teenager while she was supposedly being ...

Here's a quick summary of the some of the late-session legislation that Texas lawmakers are trying to push across the finish ...

Several states with near-total abortion bans have introduced legislation seeking to make their medical exceptions clearer. In ...

Sen. Ted Cruz has reintroduced legislation that would help Texas parents send their child to private schools, even if the new ...

The bill comes after a KXAN investigation found records showing the Texas Juvenile Justice Department allowed former Juvenile ...

A Davenport man who was convicted by a Scott County jury of second-degree sexual abuse and lascivious conduct with a minor was sentenced Friday to 25 years in prison.

Violent offenders, repeat offenders and undocumented immigrants would face more restrictions before bailing out of local jails under a slate of legislation approved by the Texas House on Monday. The ...

A high school victim was one of the victims, but she and her mother fought back, with the help of Senator Ted Cruz.

The fastest-growing city in the U.S. last year was a Dallas suburb that saw its population jump by nearly a third. The number ...

In response to growing concerns over the misuse of artificial intelligence, Texas State Representative Mary Gonzalez is ...