Two inmates die at Rikers Island on same day as death toll grows to 7 this year

The beleaguered jail has been under the supervision of a federal monitor since 2015 because of pervasive problems.

Babes on Lower East Side hitch ride inside FDNY ladder truck
Officials said they want to identify the firefighters involved as well as their female passengers -- a brunette and a blonde, caught donning one of...
'He can do anything': Why Liverpool spent big to sign Wirtz
Liverpool have broken their transfer record to sign Wirtz from Bayer Leverkusen for an initial £100m.
NYC couple claims beloved rescue kitty crushed by self-cleaning litter box
Stephanie Gomez knew something was wrong when she stepped off the elevator in her Williamsbridge building and heard one of her two cats, Sebastian,...
Space dog: Beloved family pooch’s ashes will be launched into space in cosmic farewell tour
The Texas-based company Celestis Inc.’s inaugural Perseverance Flight is scheduled to launch around 5:30 p.m. Sunday from Vandenberg Space Force...
Inter's Acerbi threatens PSG fan over UCL taunt
Inter Milan defender Francesco Acerbi lost his cool after a Club World Cup fan wearing a Paris St Germain shirt in Seattle taunted him about last...
94-year-old NYC woman bludgeoned in random Oculus attack: ‘Wish I was a little younger so … I could’ve beaten him’
A maniacal homeless man allowed to roam NYC even after randomly attacking at least two people in the past six months has struck again, clobbering a...