In 1871, a farmer and Civil War veteran from Gorham, Maine, named Horace Wilson, was recruited to teach in Japan as part of ...

Eleven inmate deaths in less than two months. More than 4,000 staff vacancies. A $3 billion repair backlog. And now, a stunning directive from President Donald Trump for the crisis-plagued federal ...

Al Capone, George "Machine Gun" Kelly, James "Whitey" Bulger, and the "Birdman of Alcatraz" all served time at the high-security prison.

As outlined on the BOP’s own website, USP (U.S. Penitentiary) Alcatraz closed in 1963, after federal officials realized it would be much less expensive to simply build a new prison elsewhere. The ...

President Donald Trump has announced he wants to reopen California's notorious and historic prison off the coast of San ...

President Donald Trump wants to turn Alcatraz, a popular U.S. tourist destination, into a federal prison again, more than 60 years after the California island fortress was shut down as too costly.

President Donald Trump says he is directing his government to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the notorious former prison on a ...

San Francisco was ranked as the healthiest city in the U.S. by a recent Wallethub study. The study analyzed various factors ...

A bounty of eateries awaits to fuel a day on the trails outside of this California gem, which sits just north of San ...

The Bay Area Host Committee is paying $25 million to modify the stadium's field per FIFA regulations. The Santa Clara City Council approved a reimbursement agreement with the host committee in ...

Written off as hopelessly broken, the City by the Bay is recalibrating—fighting back against crime, restoring order, and ...

The MLB action on Friday, May 2 gets started at PNC Park in Pittsburgh where the the San Diego Padres are visiting the ...