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February 10, 2015 Prachi Gupta

Just months after the Department of Investigation showed how easy it is to get drugs, razor blades, and vodka into Rikers, the New York Daily News reports that a visitor made it past “initial screening” with a 12.5-inch butcher knife. The knife was discovered later “in a secret compartment on the side of his knapsack.” […]

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December 9, 2014 Rhett Jones

Police responding to the stabbing of an Israeli student in a Brooklyn synagogue shot and killed the suspect after he refused to drop a knife, reports the Daily News. The man, identified as Calvin Peters, reportedly screamed, “I want to kill the Jew!” when he re-entered the basement of the Chabad-Lubavitch World Headquarters early Tuesday. Peters reportedly stabbed 22-year-old […]

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November 20, 2014 Rhett Jones

The winter storm in Buffalo, New York has been a pretty big ordeal for the town. At least six people have died because of it and 6 feet of snow has fallen with three more feet expected today. Thus far, the snowfall has been designated as a Lake Effect storm, then it was called a “Polar Plunge” by […]

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