Aide to NY Gov. Shot In Head At Brooklyn Parade

A man reportedly identified as an aide to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo was shot in the head and critically injured after gunfire erupted in the pre-dawn hours on Monday before the West Indian Day parade in Brooklyn, police said.

The 43-year-old man was the “unintended target…

Clerk Jailed for Refusing Marriage License to Gay Couple

The Kentucky clerk’s office that had refused to issue marriage licenses to gay couples in defiance of orders by a federal judge on Friday morning ended its resistance.

While Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis was jailed on Thursday for refusing to follow the orders of U.S. District Judge…

Manhunt Continues for Police Officer Murder Suspects

Authorities broadened the hunt Wednesday for three suspects wanted in the fatal shooting of a popular Illinois police officer, even as they acknowledged that they had no indication the men were still in the area where the slaying happened.
After an intensive 14-hour “grid search” of homes, railroad tracks…

Noted Author and Neurologist Oliver Sacks Has Died

The acclaimed author, whose book Awakenings inspired an Oscar nominated film of the same name, reportedly died of cancer at his home in New York.

In February he wrote about his illness – and being “face to face with dying”.

His publicist Jacqui Graham paid tribute to Dr Sacks, saying he…

Texas Sheriff's Deputy Killed in "Ambush"

A suspect was taken into custody early Saturday just hours after authorities said he shot and killed a sheriff’s deputy pumping gas into his patrol car at a Houston gas station, police said.

The man was apprehended by the Harris County Sheriff’s Office at his mother’s house…