Sheldon Silver, NY power broker sent to prison, dead at 77

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver ... has died in federal custody. He was 77. Silver died Monday, the federal Bureau of Prisons said, adding that the official ... Read More

Ex-NY Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver left jailed, bedridden and alone in final days after epic fall from power: report

Ex-Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver spent his final days in a prison bed and suffering from severe diarrhea – a feeble end after an epic fall from power ... who was then 77 years old, had ... Read More

New York’s Disgraced Ex-Speaker Silver Given Prison at Second Resentencing

Former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver arrives at federal court in New York, Friday, July 27, 2028. Silver, the former New York Assembly speaker who brokered legislative deals for two decades ... Read More

Real estate power broker dead of apparent suicide

Good was the chairman and chief executive officer of Sheldon Good & Co., a major U.S ... always telling you a story. He was engaged. Everyone is really very shocked," she said. Read More

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Her latest film focuses on an elementary school. Having a team in the world’s richest sports competition might alter how people think of Luton, a place long dogged by a ramshackle image and ... Read More

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High waters flooded neighborhoods around Houston on Saturday following heavy rains that have already resulted in crews rescuing more than 400 people from homes, rooftops and roads engulfed in ... Read More

dannemora prison escape

The former prison tailor who helped two killers escape a maximum-security New York prison was released Thursday after serving her sentence. Inmates, staff at Clinton Correctional have standoff ... Read More

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Oscar Pistorius ‘too toxic’ to get job, sweeping church floors after release from prison for killing Reeva Steenkamp: sources

Pistorius has been ostracized by his former pals since he was released from prison ... at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics in South Korea and helped the team win a silver medal in the ... Read More

Why some NY schools are closed for the solar eclipse

David Rodriguez Munoz / USA TODAY NETWORK Most suburban districts in the surrounding area will also be closed, or send ... the world will be watching will be in the great state of New York ... Read More

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The youth had been under monitoring for having extremist tendencies. Cindy McCain, the director of the World Food Program, said starvation is entrenched in northern Gaza and is “moving its way ... Read More

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LONDON (AP) — Britain’s governing Conservative Party suffered heavy losses in local election results Friday, further cementing expectations that the Labour Party will return to power after 14 ... Read More