Moscow safer than New York Russian minister

Russian police reforms have proved so successful that, in some areas, Moscow outperforms New York on safety, Russian Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev has boasted while on a visit to the US. Kolokoltsev made the claims during a meeting in New York late Monday with New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly. "We have compared the crime situation in Moscow and New York, factoring in ...

Shocking lawsuit claims NY high schools admissions policy racially biased

New York City high school admissions policies are racially biased against black and Hispanic students. A lawsuit filed in a federal civil rights complaint said that parents and activists have charged the school. According to the New York Daily News, in the complaint, filed with the federal Office of Civil Rights, the parents and their lawyers call for a federal investigation and overhaul of a ...

US charges three NYU researchers for taking bribes from Chinese company

Three New York University researchers from China divulged results from a federally funded study to Chinese competitors in exchange for tuition, rent and other expenses. Federal prosecutors said that Yudong Zhu, a U.S.-educated NYU professor, and Xing Yang, a lab engineer, were released on bail after appearing in federal court in Manhattan to face commercial bribery and other charges. ...

Father son missing after fishing on NY lake

BROADALBIN, N.Y. (AP) -- Authorities say they're searching an upstate New York lake for a father and son who went fishing last weekend and didn't ...

Pregnant teenager shot wounded in Rochester

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) -- Authorities say a pregnant teenager has been wounded by gunfire in the same Rochester neighborhood where a young woman was fatally shot during a graduation party last ...