Calling the conditions at Rikers Island “dangerous and unsafe,” federal Judge Laura Swain finally cleared the way for an ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- A federal judge 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. In the ...

The log was on the edge of the forest, and surrounded by leaf litter and fallen debris, researchers said. Salamanders live in moist environments to keep their smooth, slippery skin wet in order to ...

A Rhode Island man will spend two decades in prison for producing and intending to distribute tens of thousands of fentanyl-laced pills disguised as pain medication, the Justice Department announced.

On social media, Trump said that he was directing federal agencies to "reopen a substantially enlarged and rebuilt ALCATRAZ, ...

Trump says Alcatraz, now part of the National Park Service, suddenly is needed to house America’s “most ruthless and violent” ...

President Donald Trump on Sunday said that he would order the government rebuild and reopen Alcatraz, a former prison on a small island of the same name off the coast of San Francisco that once housed ...

A Staten Island man who shot at a taxi riding on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway in 2023 and struck a pregnant passenger was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Thursday. According to the Brooklyn ...

Cesar Alejandro Roa, 25, was sentenced to 30 years in prison for the murder of 16-year-old Jasmine Estrella Adame. The murder occurred during a drug deal where Adame and her friends attempted to ...

Whether you're drawn to exploring the crystal-clear waters and vibrant reefs of San Andres, encountering schooling sharks at ...

TAIZHOU, China--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Taizhou Power Supply Company announced that Dachen Island, situated 29 nautical miles east of Taizhou City in East China’s Zhejiang Province, has officially ...

What started as a cheerful tropical paradise has now become... a full-blown prison island. In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, I tore down the dream and rebuilt it with stone walls, barred cells ...