The prison, which has operated as a historic site for several decades, remains in a deteriorated state President Donald Trump's administration is taking action to reopen Alcatraz. After Attorney ...

For several decades, Alcatraz Island in the San Francisco Bay has attracted the public to tour an aging, infamous prison whose inmate roster included Al Capone and George “Machine Gun” Kelly. But ...

Donald Trump said Sunday he had directed officials to rebuild and reopen Alcatraz prison, the notorious federal jail based on ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Courtesy Alex Wong Getty Images Credit: Courtesy Alex Wong Getty Images Courtesy Alex Wong Getty Images Credit: Courtesy Alex Wong Getty Images In May, President Trump announced potential plans to ...

Attorney General Pam Bondi and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum are visiting Alcatraz Island today to advance a proposal to reopen the former federal prison. The move drew immediate condemnation from ...

President Donald Trump's proposal to convert Alcatraz Island back into a high-security penitentiary would threaten millions of dollars in tourism revenue and hundreds of local jobs. Investigative ...

(WDBJ) - On this day in 1934, a group of federal prisoners arrived at Alcatraz Island, a twenty-two-acre rock about one-and-one half miles offshore in San Francisco Bay. The Alcatraz Federal ...

Alcatraz was built for the "worst of the worst," but it remains among the best of the best as a tourist destination. The former prison, which closed in 1963, was named the tenth-best attraction in the ...

Hundreds to thousands of animal species go extinct every year, according to the World Wildlife Fund, and things are projected to get even worse if climate change continues unabated. A new novel by U.S ...

Hundreds to thousands of animal species go extinct every year, according to the World Wildlife Fund, and things are projected to get even worse if climate change continues unabated. A new novel by U.S ...