State lawmakers passed a series of historic bills on Wednesday that will crack down on child sex offenders.One measure will require anyone found guilty of sex crimes against children to serve a ...

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump signed a law that extends tougher prison sentences for fentanyl trafficking, surrounded by relatives of people who died from overdoses and lawmakers who approved ...

Teaching students to write in the active voice will significantly strengthen their essays because sentences written in the active voice often have much more impact than those written in the passive ...

Let's talk about schemes. Not schemes of the nefarious sort, but schemes of word order. There are various types, including schemes of repetition ("I have a dream that one day … I have a dream that one ...

"You still had to prove yourself." "Every cloud has a blue lining!" Which of those sentences are you most likely to remember ...

A Solano County Superior Court judge sentenced to seven years in prison a Solano County Jail inmate for threatening violence against an officer of the court while performing his duties. After hearing ...

How does the brain turn seemingly random sounds and letters into sentences with clear meaning? Recent findings suggest that, as we read or have a conversation, our brains are continuously trying to ...

Sentences with greater linguistic complexity are most likely to fire up a key brain language processing center, according to a study that employed an artificial language network. With help from an ...

The "Chrisley Knows Best" star says her father is "making the best" of his jail time.Marcus Ingram/Getty Images, USA Network/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images Lindsie Chrisley said her ...