The primary official representing the state of New York was Correctional Services Commissioner Russell G. Oswald, a liberal within the prison administration. The group of observers was composed of almost two dozen men and included radical attorney...

Civil rights activist William Kunstler died of a heart attack a few weeks after performing a nightclub stand-up comedy routine and a few days before the twenty-fourth anniversary of the bloody police assault that ended the Attica rebellion, which...

Big Lou, a name suggested by Nice as a replacement for Ferrante's original choice, Italian Ice. Newsday, the suburban New York tabloid, ran a full-page piece, and the unlikely song was played on radio stations across the city and beyond. The story has...

7, in 1993, Colin Ferguson opened fire on a Long Island Rail Road commuter train, killing six passengers and injuring 19. Ferguson, a Jamaican immigrant, started shooting at passengers on the New York City-bound train until he was wrestled to the ground...

The Times reported that he had an apparent heart attack. (William E. Sauro/ASSOCIATED PRESS) - In this September 1971 photo, civil rights attorney William Kunstler, left, talks to Amsterdam News Publisher Clarence Jones, right, with New York Times...

In this September 1971 photo, civil rights attorney William Kunstler, left, talks to Amsterdam News Publisher Clarence Jones, right, with New York Times reporter Tom Wicker, center, in the background outside Attica Prison in Attica, N.Y. Wicker, who...