All the parties in the decade-old 'Nunez case' must now decide on the parameters and qualifications of a third-party overseer ...

A judge on Wednesday found New York City in contempt for failing to staunch violence and brutality at its jails, a scathing ruling that puts the troubled Rikers Island jail complex on the verge of a ...

The judge said the city had placed incarcerated people in “unconstitutional danger” by failing to comply with 18 separate ...

Judge Laura Taylor Swain found the city in contempt on 18 separate counts, underscoring the city's failure to address issues ...

A federal judge on Wednesday found New York City in contempt for failing to address violence and deteriorating conditions at its jails, bringing the notorious Rikers Island complex closer to federal ...

A federal judge has ordered New York City to draft plans to hand over management of its Rikers Island jail complex to a third ...

A judge ruled New York City is now in contempt over "grave" conditions at the Rikers Island prison complex, with a federal ...

Chief US District Judge Laura Taylor Swain found New York City in contempt Wednesday for failing to reduce violence and brutality in the Rikers Island complex. Judge Swain said the city was placing ...

The mayor has been sending mixed messages on how the city will respond to Trump’s plans. On the day after the election, he ...

Walmart’s sweeping rollback of its diversity policies is the strongest indication yet of a profound shift taking hold at U.S.

Trump allies and other Republicans have been giving a preview of what could happen to protests, protesters and aligned groups ...