HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Raymond Riles has been on death row longer than anyone else in the U.S. More than 40 years ago, he was sentenced to death for killing a used-car salesman in Houston. He's ...

OAKLAND (KPIX 5) -- Former Oakland City Councilmember Wilson Riles was arrested earlier this week for battery on a police officer, but he is fighting back against those charges, saying he is the one ...

Raymond Riles survived three canceled execution dates because he’s been deemed “too mentally ill to execute,” a nonprofit organization said. Getty Images Raymond Riles, who was sentenced to death in ...

AUSTIN, Texas (KTRK) -- Raymond Riles has been on Texas' death row longer than anyone else, first sent there in 1976. Despite several execution dates being set, he has repeatedly been deemed mentally ...

Wilson Riles Jr. has settled a federal suit claiming Oakland’s staff and police officers racially discriminated against him and used excessive force. Wilson Riles Jr., a former Oakland councilman who ...

OAKLAND — Former City Councilman Wilson Riles Jr. was taken down by police and arrested Thursday after a dispute at the city’s Planning and Zoning office over his backyard sweat lodge. Police Chief ...

I had a one-on-one with Riles about it. Yeah. So it went a little bit like this. Riles came in and talked to me about the possibility of trading for Allen Iverson. And that’s one of my favorite ...

STILLWATER, Okla. — Oklahoma State got their physically biggest defensive recruit Thursday. Four-star defensive lineman Michael Riles committed to the Cowboys Thursday morning, choosing Oklahoma State ...

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Wilson Riles Jr., a former Oakland councilman who served the city from 1979 to 1992 and ran for mayor three times, has settled a federal lawsuit for $360,000 in which he claimed Oakland’s city staff ...