MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A federal judge on Tuesday permanently blocked Alabama from executing an inmate with nitrogen gas after declaring the method violates the ban on cruel and unusual punishment.

Federal prosecutors are accusing California of blocking access to voter registration records as a legal battle over voter roll maintenance continues in federal court. In a social media post Sunday, ...

Denver just unanimously voted to halt new AI data center construction for a year. Skagit County in Washington State passed a six-month moratorium on data centers. Seattle is considering a ban of its ...