Researchers are using tracking collars on opossums to find the invasive Burmese pythons in Florida. We explain how it's done.

In the Feb. 19 edition of The News, we incorrectly reported that only incumbents had filed for the two City Council seats and the mayor’s position on the May ballot. Incumbent Mayor Tonia Bruckner has ...

A former Connecticut correction officer has been sentenced to six years and eight months in federal prison for cyberstalking a South Carolina FBI agent and his family, federal officials said. Scott ...

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Saturday appointed an ex-con-turned prison reformer as commissioner of the Department of Correction as his administration pushes a rehabilitation-focused overhaul ...

Mayor Zohran Mamdani is turning to an ex-con to run NYC’s embattled jail system. The socialist pol announced five key appointments to his administration during a Bronx press conference Saturday, most ...

Stanley Richards is taking over as correction commissioner at an inflection point for the city’s jails. Mayor Zohran Mamdani also named Dr. Alister Martin to lead the health department. By Maia ...

WATERLOO, N.Y. — A former correction sergeant for the Seneca County Sheriff’s Office has been arrested following an investigation into sexual exploitation of a child. According to State Police, the ...

A former Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office corrections officer entered a guilty plea — over objections of the victim’s father — and qualified for judicial diversion, setting aside the plea for a ...

Derek's love of games came at an early age when his parents first brought home the Nintendo Entertainment System. From then on, countless nights were spent hunting ducks, stomping turtles, exploring ...