As of February, 407,266 people are incarcerated in 403 prisons, which have a combined official capacity of 304,956, according ...

IKEA is opening a new store in Huntsville on Wednesday at 10 a.m., located near Phil Sandoval’s Restaurant at Research Park ...

Locking up repeat offenders has been tried, and it's not clear why the results would be better here, writes the Register's editorial board.

Move could end rude awakenings that featured in hit 70s’ TV jail comedy Porridge and aims to put prisoners in a 'better mood' ...

A Howard County man was indicted in the U.S. District Court of Maryland for allegedly kidnapping his 10-year-old son to Sweden and failing to disclose the child’s location to his mother, who ...

Prosecutors in Sweden say a husband in the northern part of the country has exploited his wife and sold sex with her to at least 120 men ...

Gold medal winners are usually the most popular people at the Winter Olympics, but Julia Simon, who clinched gold in the ...

Swedish Match, a subsidiary owned by Philip Morris International, is closing its Richmond office and laying off 135 workers April 17, according to a letter to the state. Also announced this week is ...

The top Democrats on the House Judiciary and Oversight and Government Reform committees have requested a visit to the prison where Ghislaine Maxwell is being held, alleging preferential treatment ...

STOCKHOLM, Jan 21 (Reuters) - Swedish pension fund Alecta has sold most of its holdings in U.S. Treasuries over the last year because of the increased risk and unpredictability of U.S. politics, the ...

Miranda Sheild Johansson receives funding from UK Research And Innovation. For much of the 20th century, Sweden enjoyed a justifiable reputation as one of Europe’s most egalitarian countries. Yet over ...

Marion Vannier receives funding from the UK Research and Innovation Future Leader Fellowship. We were standing by a large white board in one of the prison’s educational areas, debriefing how our study ...