People who are wrongfully incarcerated then exonerated, sometimes after spending decades behind bars, face yet more challenges finding jobs and rebuilding their lives after their release. Advocates say exonerees lack work history, viable skills, training and references when seeking work. Advocates and exonerees say they also face bias and stigma, even though they have been found innocent. National nonprofits and local groups are working to provide employment opportunities and other assistance for exonerees. The National Registry of Exonerations reports that more than 3,800 people have been exonerated in the U.S. since 1989.

Black members of Congress are bracing for a crippling shakeup of their ranks after a Supreme Court ruling gutted a key section of the Voting R…

Three family members assaulted a journalist who writes for a conservative organization during a protest against immigration enforcement operat…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A grand jury on Wednesday indicted a Louisiana sheriff whose office came under investigation after 10 inmates broke out of …

BOSTON (AP) — Federal investigators say they believe the man who carried out a mass shooting at Brown University and later killed a Massachuse…

The Republican-controlled House gave approval to a three-year extension of a key U.S. surveillance program after weeks of infighting. The measure adds new oversight, including monthly reviews of FBI searches involving Americans, potential criminal penalties for misuse and a government audit of targeting practices. But it stops short of the central demand from critics: requiring a warrant to access Americans’ communications. Leaders argue the program is vital to national security, while opponents say it still allows warrantless surveillance. Even with the bill's passage Wednesday, next steps in the Senate remain uncertain.

The U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority has handed Republicans their biggest victory yet in the battle to control the House of Representatives and statehouses across the country. But Wednesday's decision might have come too late to have much of an effect on this year’s midterm elections. The 6-3 ruling effectively gutted the Voting Rights Act’s requirement that districts be drawn to give minority voters a chance to elect representatives of their choosing. Republican lawmakers across the country — and especially in the South — have a freer hand to eliminate Democratic-leaning districts and boost the number of U.S. House seats they can win.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida Legislature approved a new congressional map intended to maximize Republicans' advantage in the state as …