As victims await closure and defendants languish behind bars, New York City’s courts struggle to overcome a culture of delay ...

The Eric Adams administration is permitting ICE to return to Rikers Island to help carry out criminal investigations into ...

The parents of Sarah Everard and other families have called for tougher sentences for serious violent criminals. Jeremy and Susan Everard are part of a new group called Justice for Victims, formed ...

Rappers and the legal system have a long, complicated history. Frequently, hip-hop artists have found themselves on the wrong side of the law and are locked up in jail or have to serve a lengthy ...

This isn’t just another proud moment. Prescott and Ramos are not only engaged; they’re set for a lifetime together. The couple, who welcomed their Leap Day baby, daughter Margaret Jane Rose ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. U.S. and Chinese flags wave at Genting Snow Park, Feb. 2, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Kiichiro ...

A man is on a mission to visit every Irish pub in the world. Colm Dalton, from County Kerry, won't quit until he visits every Irish pub in the world, and so far he has made it to 97 pubs in 47 ...

March 20 (UPI) --A Long Island, N.Y. businessman who pleaded guilty to leading a multiyear scheme to force a Chinese dissident wanted by Beijing authorities to return to his native country has ...

Mr. Blackwell and Ms. Sax are reporters. Mr. Blackwell is incarcerated in Washington State. Tracy McCarter remembers vividly the first time she was strip-searched. On Rikers Island in New York ...

Police investigating the courtroom killing of notorious drug trafficker and criminal gang leader Sanjeewa Kumara Samararatne, alias Ganemulle Sanjeewa, said that several prison and security personnel ...

Hundreds of alleged Venezuelan gang members awaiting deportation from the US have been transferred to a high-security mega-prison in El Salvador as part of Donald Trump's vow to crack down on ...