Two police officers were shot in Newark on Friday night, and one was “critically injured,” according to the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office. Gov. Phil Murphy said in a statement posted online that the situation was “rapidly developing.” “Please pray for these officers, their families, and all our men and women in uniform who put their … Read more
Case 1:24-cr-00556-DEH Document 158 Filed 03/07/25 Page 15 of 33 or grant but modify—nolle prosequi motions beyond what is strictly necessary to “prevent harassment by prosecutors.” In re Richards, 213 F.3d 773, 786 (3d Cir. 2000). Compare, e.g., United States v. Bernard, 42 F.4th 905, 909 (8th Cir. 2022) (judge may deny a … Read more
A lawyer who was asked to offer independent arguments on the U.S. Justice Department’s motion to dismiss corruption charges against Mayor Eric Adams of New York told a judge on Friday that he should end the prosecution. But the lawyer, Paul D. Clement, said the judge should not allow the Trump administration to use the … Read more
Commuters at Union Station in Washington have been confronted in recent days by an image of Lady Liberty with her finger pointed at them. “New York Wants You!” she says. Were she not sporting her standard robe and crown, she could be mistaken for Uncle Sam. The ad, appearing on a station kiosk, is part … Read more
Two Manhattan prosecutors who worked on the corruption case against New York City’s mayor, Eric Adams, were put on administrative leave by the Justice Department on Friday, according to four people with knowledge of the matter. The prosecutors, Celia Cohen and Andrew Rohrbach, had been serving in high-ranking positions in the U.S. attorney’s office for … Read more
Mayor Eric Adams of New York moved to bolster his administration on Friday by naming replacements for the four deputy mayors who announced last month that they were stepping down to protest the mayor’s cooperative stance toward President Trump’s immigration enforcement. Two of the appointees, Kaz Daughtry and Adolfo Carrión Jr., currently work in the … Read more
The Trump administration announced on Friday that it had canceled $400 million in federal grants and contracts to Columbia University because of what it described as the school’s failure to protect Jewish students from harassment. The announcement escalated the administration’s targeting of Columbia, where protests last year over the war in Gaza set off a … Read more
Experts are emphasizing the importance of vaccination against measles after two people in New York and three in New Jersey were diagnosed with the viral illness since the start of the year. It’s not unusual for sporadic cases of measles to be reported. Last year, 14 people in New York City were diagnosed with the … Read more
Corrections officers who staged unauthorized strikes that have sowed chaos across New York State’s prisons for the last two and a half weeks received an ultimatum on Thursday night: Return to work on Friday or face termination, disciplinary action and the possibility of criminal charges. In exchange for the officers’ returning to work, the state … Read more
Last year, as a growing schism over Israel tore at the Democratic Party, Andrew M. Cuomo threw himself into the fray. He announced he would lead a new advocacy group leveraging his clout as New York’s former governor to beat back growing anti-Israel sentiment on the left. The group, Never Again, NOW!, offered an ambitious … Read more