Understaffing is forcing many correction officers to work long hours, leading to excessive taxpayer spending on overtime.

The authorities said that emergency workers had rescued more than 230 people so far after flooding along the Guadalupe River and would keep working through the night.

Thousands of spectators are expected to flock to Manhattan and Brooklyn to watch fireworks burst through the air from the ...

The Boston Housing Police, long a neglected and moribund agency, has tripled its budget in recent years and says it is ...