While Bird served up to final blow, it was Williams who put the Yankees in that situation by blowing his third save of the year.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers are no longer allowed to identify themselves as local police or use deceptive tactics during home arrests in Southern California, following a court-approved settlement reached in a class action lawsuit. The settlement, approved Monday by U.S. District Court Judge Otis D. Wright II in Kidd v. Noem, prohibits ICE […]

As extreme heat ravages New York City this summer, the lives of thousands detained on Rikers Island hang in the balance. Last month, at a Board of Correction (BOC) meeting, the Department of Correction (DOC) sought for the fourth time permission to cram more people into dormitories already at full capacity.

The tragic mass shooting in Manhattan last week has reignited a conversation that demands urgent attention concerning the prevalence of brain injuries and their impact on public health and public safety. 

The Republican state legislature in Texas is in the midst of doing something terribly wrong in redrawing the state’s congressional districts to produce more GOP-leaning constituencies. The Democratic state Legislature in New York’s lame attempt to join them in undermining representative government will not work.

Dear Eric: I have been diagnosed with a terminal disease (ya, it’s lousy) and my outlook is just a year or so. I have let very few people know. Most are very sympathetic and supportive, but a couple have totally withdrawn. Should I try to connect with them? Or just let it go? I mean, […]

A 45-year-old man was discovered stabbed to death inside a three family home in Queens, police said Sunday.