Assisted suicide is no longer limited to terminal illness, with psychiatric patients now deemed capable of giving “informed ...

Through decades of global outreach, Dr. Shuttleworth has transformed human rights from paper into practice in communities ...

Experts warn potent synthetic opioids are spreading rapidly across Europe and may devastate users who believe they are buying ...

The jury deliberated only three hours before reaching their verdict, after video showed a psychiatric worker dragging a 13-year-old across a room by a shirt wrapped around his neck.

In public, Banfield accurately described him as a creep, a sleaze and a pedophile. In private, she begged a friend to find ...

A first-of-its-kind ruling in Japan orders the dissolution of a major religious organization, raising urgent questions about ...

With limited video oversight and dozens of abuse reports, advocates say Arkansas’ Human Development Centers fail to adequately protect vulnerable residents from harm.

A guard with a history of Islamophobic remarks initiated pepper-spraying a group of Muslim men praying at a Missouri state ...

A new proposal would require legislators to retain emails and correspondence just like other public officials, reviving a long-running fight over transparency, accountability and public trust in state ...

Investigations by the US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General show that 17 percent of ...

A Marion County Children Services employee was arrested after police say she was found driving high on fentanyl during a ...