A federal judge on Monday ruled that the Trump administration’s takeover of the U.S. Institute of Peace was unlawful, and ...

Federal judge ... could wrest control of New York City's troubled jail system away from Mayor Eric Adams. That could see a court-appointed outside authority take charge of Rikers Island by early ...

(NEW ORLEANS) — A maintenance worker at a New Orleans jail where 10 inmates escaped has been arrested and accused of helping facilitate the breakout, officials said Tuesday. Sterling Williams, a ...

Federal Judge Laura Taylor Swain took control of New York City’s Rikers Island jail complex on Tuesday and appointed an official who reports to the court to run it. WABC reporter NJ Burkett ...

A judge on Tuesday ruled that migrant asylum seekers will need to be removed from St. John Villa Academy, a former Roman Catholic school on Staten Island. The decision follows a lawsuit filed by ...

He told the judge “I don’t know how much longer I can hold on” with cancer, heart issues and harsh conditions at New York City’s Rikers Island jail complex, where he is locked up.