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New York’s Attorney General Letitia James supports a court-ordered takeover of Rikers Island and other city lockups, arguing that only receivership can fix the city’s beleaguered jail system. The AG’s letter notes six detainees have died in the past six months on Rikers Island, and…
Olympic gold medal-winning swimmer Klete Keller was sentenced on Friday to three years of probation, six months house arrest and 360 hours of community service for his role in the U.S. Capitol attack on Jan. 6, 2021. The 6-foot-6 freestyler was easily identified towering over…
Ex-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was severely injured last week during an incident with another inmate at a federal prison in Arizona. His alleged attacker, John Turscak, a former Mexican Mafia gang member, was charged with attempted murder for stabbing Chauvin 22 times with a…
The Los Angeles police are alerting the city’s homeless population about a potential serial killer responsible for at least three shootings this week. Mayor Karen Bass stated in a press conference on Friday that the killer is targeting the unhoused. The victims, including a 37-year-old,…
The federal government is giving New York City’s Transportation Department $7.5 million to build electric charging infrastructure for the city’s planned electrification of ferry service to Governors Island. Plans were announced in March to replace the current diesel-powered ferry with the city’s first hybrid-electric vessel…
The family of a North Carolina teenager is suing American Airlines, alleging that a flight attendant taped an iPhone to an airplane toilet to record her. The lawsuit claims that American Airlines should have known the flight attendant was a danger and that the crew’s…