A federal judge in New York has taken the extraordinary step of seizing control of the city’s troubled Rikers Island jail ...

The killings of the entertainment executive and his wife in their wealthy Beverly Hills neighborhood were brutal. Their son ...

Legislation passed by the New York City Council in 2019 requires the closure of Rikers Island prison by 2027 and new jails to replace it.

Rikers Island will soon be run by a court-appointed official after a federal judge on Tuesday ordered the troubled jail ...

A federal judge on Tuesday seized control of New York City's notorious jail complex on Rikers Island, which will now be run by an official who reports directly to the court.

The foundation targeted its grants to hard-pressed hospitals that wanted to apply for nursing accreditation programs. It said ...

Federal judge orders external manager to take control of Rikers Island jail after reports of violence and mismanagement.

In appointing a receiver by another name to run Rikers Island, Manhattan Federal Judge Laura Taylor Swain has rightly ...

A federal judge has removed New York City and its Department of Correction from full control of the Rikers Island jail ...

A rock climber who fell an estimated 400 feet while descending a steep gully in Washington’s North Cascades mountains ...

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City will no longer fully control its jail system, including the long-troubled Rikers Island complex ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe Jackson were reinstated by baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred on Tuesday, making ...