Island Reading Series hosts its first-ever children’s event with acclaimed cartoonist Lincoln Peirce, author of Big Nate, on ...

Escape from Alcatraz,” “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade” are among the most memorable films set on Bay Area islands.

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 ...

Rikers Island is one of the most infamous jail complexes in the U.S., and it is now under new management: a federal judge has ...

Treasure Island brims with rich history, from its creation from the Bay shoals in 1937 to its dazzling Expo, its wartime past and more.

Can it be a coincidence that South Florida’s most powerful social media provocateur called for the resurrection of a decrepit ...

President Donald Trump said Monday he wants to reopen Alcatraz - the notorious former prison on an island off of San ...

President Donald Trump says Alcatraz, now part of the National Park Service, suddenly is needed to house America’s “most ...

The Pulitzers honored Ann Telnaes, who quit the Post in January after the news outlet refused to run her editorial cartoon ...

Dashiell Hammett, the well-known author of “The Maltese Falcon” and “The Thin Man,” established a newspaper called the ...

The Coast Guard rescued 32 people from a sinking yacht off the coast of Miami Beach. The $4 million yacht has a capacity of ...

Donald Trump has ordered the reopening of Alcatraz prison after being closed for more than 60 years. The president directed ...