A federal judge has found the extreme heat in Texas prisons that don’t have air conditioning is “plainly unconstitutional.” ...

Set in the tiny, gossip-filled town of Carthage, Texas, "Bernie" is a dramatization of a real-life crime: the murder of 81-year-old millionaire Marjorie Nugent. Bernie Tiede (Jack Black) is not your ...

(AP Photo/Eric Gay, File) FILE- Inmate Bernie Tiede smiles after a court hearing granting his release at the Panola County court house, May 6, 2014, in Carthage, Texas. (AP Photo/LM Otero ...

The investigation is tied to a 2023 federal lawsuit filed by Bernie Tiede, a Texas man spending the rest of his life in prison for the 1996 murder of Marjorie Nugent. The case was the subject of ...