Chokehold case stirs debate on special prosecutors
By JENNIFER PELTZ After a police officer wasn’t indicted in a fatal chokehold caught on video, some officials are reviving calls to entrust such cases to special prosecutors, rather than…
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Police cases converge to stir national debate
By TOM HAYS and COLLEEN LONG From the White House to the streets of some of America’s biggest cities, the New York chokehold case converged with the Ferguson shooting and…
FOR GOVERNORS WITH AN EYE ON 2016, A KEY SPEECH
By KEN THOMAS and SCOTT BAUER FILE – Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker acknowledges guests during his State of the State address to a joint session of the Legislature in the…
NEW NYC MAYOR SEEKS TO ADVANCE LIBERAL AGENDA
By JONATHAN LEMIRE FILE – In this Dec. 5, 2013 file photo, William Bratton, left, speaks while New York Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio looks on during a news conference in…
NY SET TO ALLOW LIMITED — USE OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA
By MICHAEL VIRTANEN File-This June 4, 2013 file photo shows New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaking about his Women’s Equality Act during a news conference in the Red Room at…
DE BLASIO VOWS SWEEPING CHANGE AS NYC’S NEXT MAYOR
By JONATHAN LEMIRE Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio stands with his wife, Chirlane McCray as they talk with school children at MS 51 after he announced Carmen Farina as the next…
CRANES RIGHTING ANOTHER CAR OF DERAILED NYC TRAIN
By VERENA DOBNIK and KILEY ARMSTRONG First responders gather at the derailment of a Metro North passenger train in the Bronx borough of New York Sunday, Dec. 1, 2013 The…
RUNNER-UP CONCEDES NYC DEMOCRATIC MAYORAL PRIMARY
By JONATHAN LEMIRE and JENNIFER PELTZ FILE – In this Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013 file photo, New York Democratic mayoral hopeful Bill Thompson speaks to his supporters after the polls…