The Latest: Teacher beats Dem incumbent in NY Senate primary

In this Aug. 28, 2018, file photo, candidate Letitia James stands at the podium during a debate by the Democratic candidates for New York State Attorney General at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York. The four candidates in the tightly contested primary, Zephyr Teachout, James, U.S. Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney and Leecia Eve have all vowed to be a legal thorn in Republican President Donald Trump's side, opposing his policies on immigration and the environment.

Letitia James wins Democratic primary race for New York attorney general

Four candidates - Zephyr Teachout, Sean Maloney, Letitia James and Leecia Eve - were running in Democratic primary Thursday for attorney general. Letitia James wins Democratic primary race for New York attorney general Four candidates - Zephyr Teachout, Sean Maloney, Letitia James and Leecia Eve - were running in Democratic primary Thursday for attorney general.

Lincoln the 1st president to use electronic communications

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Dean Ringel, Esq., Presented with the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime…

Mr. Ringel has authored a number of legal articles as well as general interest articles in various professional and peer reviewed journals. -- Marquis Who's Who, the world's premier publisher of biographical profiles, is proud to present Dean Ringel, Esq., with the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award.

Exhibit of art by Guantanamo terror suspects sparks outrage

An art exhibit at a New York City college seemed innocuous enough, mostly seascapes and still-life paintings of flowers and fruit. But it's the background of the artists - current and former terror suspects at the notorious Guantanamo Bay detention center - that drew protest and prompted the Pentagon to bar the further release of works created at the military-run prison.

10 African Americans named Rhodes scholars, most ever

In this Monday, Aug. 14, 2017, file photo, Cadet Simone Askew, of Fairfax, Va., who has been selected first captain of the U.S. Military Academy Corps of Cadets for the upcoming academic year, answers questions during a news conference, in West Point, NY. Askew earned another prestigious honor Sunday, Nov. 19, when she was one of 32 Americans awarded Rhodes scholarships to study at Oxford University in England.

Puerto Rico votes for statehood

Puerto Rico's governor is vowing to make the U.S. territory the 51st state after statehood won in a non-binding referendum hit by a boycott and low turnout that raised questions about the vote's legitimacy. Gov. Ricardo Rossello told a couple hundred supporters waving U.S. flags late Sunday that he will soon create a commission to appoint two senators and five representatives to demand statehood from the U.S. Congress, which has to approve any changes to the island's political status.

Civil righteous: Hillary Clinton urges voting, praises diversity in address to Medgar Evans graduates

Clinton was presented with an honorary degree from Medgar Evers College by City University of New York Chancellor James P. Milliken. Hillary Clinton implored graduates of Medgar Evers College to exercise their right that the university's namesake civil rights activist died to achieve in a commencement address on Thursday at the Barclays Center.

Restructure police force to fight crime says former FBI agent

He was denied the job as Jamaica's police commissioner on two occasions and accepts the decision, but the former Federal Bureau of Investigation man, Wilfred Rattigan, is rankled by the seeming lack of appreciation for the contribution he, and others in the diaspora, can make to the island. Rattigan is also convinced that his proposals to reduce the number of police divisions across the island and to cut the number of persons who make up the Police High Command would be important steps in the fight against crime.

Critics question top US prosecutor’s style after blunt words

With two dust-ups in a week, first with a judge in Hawaii and another with leaders of the nation's largest and most powerful police department, Attorney General Jeff Sessions sounds to some more like the conservative senator from Alabama he once was rather than the top prosecutor he is today. And some observers say the Republican's blunt style could strain relationships with the very law enforcement officials whose partnerships he contends are vital and risks politicizing criminal justice issues that demand the Justice Department's attention.

Free tuition doesn’t mean free college, students point out

They don't mean to sound ungrateful, but ... New York public college students who would stand to gain from the nation's most ambitious free-tuition proposal are quick to point out a sobering reality from their own meager finances: Free tuition doesn't mean free college. Take Brooklyn College senior Florencia Salinas, who despite having her tuition nearly covered in full through scholarships and grants, still expects to graduate with a daunting $50,000 in debt.

Return of the poor man’s Harvard

Karl Grossman is a professor of journalism at the State University of New York/College at Old Westbury who has specialized in investigative reporting for 45 years. He is the host of the TV program "Enviro Close-Up," the writer and presenter of numerous TV documentaries and the author of six books.

Free tuition Q&A: Could New York’s plan spread across US?

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, right and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders wave at the audience as they arrive onstage at an event at LaGuardia Community College, Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2017, in New York. Gov. Cuomo announced a proposal for free tuition at state colleges to hundreds of thousands of low- and middle income residents.

Governor calls for free tuition at New York public colleges

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, left, is joined by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, center, and Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of The City University of New York William C. Thompson, as he speaks during an event at LaGuardia Community College, Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2017, in New York.

Nov. 25: Trump and racism, Hamilton and immigration

Rockaway Beach: Brooklyn College Professor Ron Howell's Op-Ed was a bunch of nonsense. Are progressive liberals now mind readers? Are their thoughts of what another person may, or may not be thinking, now considered fact? What makes it acceptable for African-Americans to vote 95% for a black man, largely in part because he's black, but simply ruled an act of racism for whites who voted for Donald Trump? Which by the way, are some of the very same whites who pulled the lever for Obama - twice! Howell states that it was the educated whites as well as the ignorant ones who voted for a race-baiter.

Clinton having a quiet August, and for her, thata s just fine

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks to media as she meets with law enforcement leaders at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York Aug. 18. - Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa – It's no day at the beach, but Hillary Clinton is having the political equivalent of a quiet August.