Plan to close notorious Rikers jail complex by 2026 approved
New York City lawmakers voted Thursday to close the notorious Rikers Island jail complex, which has become synonymous with violence and neglect, and replace it with four ...
New York City lawmakers voted Thursday to close the notorious Rikers Island jail complex, which has become synonymous with violence and neglect, and replace it with four ...
Warning: Story contains graphic content. A Wellington man who bludgeoned a woman to death with a steel mallet so he could sexually violate her 12-year-old daughter has been imprisoned indefinitely. The ...
ALBANY — Thanks for nothing.
New York Republican chairman Nick Langworthy ripped into Gov. Cuomo Thursday as he slammed the state public financing commission for planning to release its recommendations the day before Thanksgiving.
Langworthy, referring to the delegation tasked with creating a new...
Bihar politician Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav was fined on Thursday for driving without a valid license a tractor trolley full of garbage that he threatened to dump in front of a state minister's...
An online ad for “Countess and Friends,” includes a quote from a glowing review in the New York Times. Or so it seems.
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer on Thursday called an agreement between the United States and Turkey on a pause in Ankara’s offensive in northeastern
“We will proceed with what we are doing, as he would want us to do," Nancy Pelosi said.
CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson asked the city's police department to conduct an internal investigation on himself Thursday after he was found lying down in a car.
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Throw that Sudoku out the window.
By Jan Strupczewski
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - European Union budget rules that underpin the euro must be made simpler and focused on cutting debt because negative yields will not last forever, the EU's Economic Commissioner Pierre Moscovici in charge of enforcing the rules said on Thursday.
"We should find a robust and simple way to cut public debt, today our rules are too complex," Moscovici told Reuters in an interview on the sidelines of the International Monetary Fund meetings in Washington. Читать дальше...
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Portugal has been painted by pro-cannabis legalisation groups as a model to follow. Yet just last month, the mayor of Porto contradicted his previous pro-harm reduction position and endorsed reintroducing criminal penalties for drug use in public spaces.
That's the equivalent of 83 million plastic bottles
An ongoing trial is investigating football agent Giuseppe Pagliara, who is accused of paying and facilitating a bribe
Left tackle Cordy Glenn practiced for the Bengals on Wednesday, but he was not on the field with the team on Thursday. Glenn’s absence came on the same day that PFT reported that Glenn had an altercation with a member of the team’s coaching staff on Wednesday regarding the team’s handling of the concussion that’s kept [more]
China's Mei Xiwen beat the world number two, who had earlier criticised the K2 venue, in one of a host of upsets on Thursday.
In less than a month, half of all iPhones currently in use are running iOS 13. Shame really that it turned out to be such a buggy mess.
At Chef’s on the Go, Dave Thomas put it best: “Only Buffalo people would come out in weather like
Tam McManus believes Celtic cannot afford to let Odsonne Edouard leave in the January transfer window.
Current Burnley boss Dyche wanted to bring Vardy to Watford in 2012.
Two amateur and a pro will feature in their first ever PGA Tour event when the Bermuda Championship of Golf gets underway at the Port Royal Gol
Jessica Meir and Christina Koch will step outside the ISS.
Mary Margaret Olohan
Politics, Americas
What is he holding out for?
Former President Barack Obama praised Justin Trudeau for his work as prime minister of Canada Wednesday, but Obama has yet to endorse former Vice President Joe Biden.
Obama tweeted Wednesday following the Democratic debates in support of the Canadian prime minister, saying that the “world needs his progressive leadership.”
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Lionel Messi is reportedly against the idea of Barcelona moving to sign Red Bull Salzburg youngster Erling Braut Haaland.