The disasters crippled communications and damaged roads — problems that are also complicating efforts to bring aid to the city of Palu and other affected areas.
California is the largest state in the country to do away with money bail. Many progressive legal groups say it will result in more people detained without evidence or trial.
In The Fifth Risk, Michael Lewis examines the Trump administration's impact on federal agencies, where inexperienced loyalists have been sent to manage nuclear weapons or the National Weather Service.
Michael Lewis' fascinating new book argues that Donald Trump was utterly unprepared to lead the some 2 million federal employees — and that his appointees are often hostile to the agencies they lead.
William Rainford, a dean of the university's National Catholic School of Social Service, apologized for a tweet that the university says "demonstrated a lack of sensitivity."
Oregon is one of two states to allow split verdicts for most felony cases. Many critics say the non-unanimous jury system leads to convictions of innocent people.
A person called 911 after seeing a sign, seemingly written in blood, that read "Help Me." WDAY-TV reports police responded, and they congratulated the sign's author on her early Halloween decoration.
A Democratic investigation into Rep. Keith Ellison, a Democrat, concluded that claims from an ex-girlfriend that he assaulted her were unsubstantiated. Some Republicans call the results a sham.
Clinical psychologist Shiva Ghaed thought she understood the long-term impacts of trauma. But after surviving the Las Vegas shooting, she didn't realize what it would do to her.