Axel Dodson, who lives in Bay Shore and grew up in Central Islip, and his brother, Kenneth received NYPD awards for being ...

Bessie Coleman was the first African-American woman, and also the first woman of Native-American descent, to hold a pilot’s license. Coleman grew up in a cruel world of poverty and discrimination.

During the March 23 promotional exam for lieutenant in Staten Island, which started two hours late, test takers were told to ...

Former Newfields President and CEO Colette Pierce Burnette. Provided by Newfields. *Dr. Colette Pierce Burnette has been let go from her position as president and CEO of the prominent art ...

The NYPD created a plan to try to stop rape kits from falling through the cracks after hospitals alerted them that an unknown ...

Black scientists have launched us into space, discovered new disease treatments and developed world-changing technologies. Yet the achievements and contributions of Black people to science ...

Luke Combs’ cover of Chapman’s classic 1988 hit, “Fast Car,” won Song of the Year at the 2023 Country Music Association Awards 35 years after she debuted it. In a groundbreaking moment at ...

The Black Mambas are South Africa's all-female anti-poaching unit. Watch how they take on wildlife poachers, without guns. Most anti-poaching units in Africa follow a familiar pattern: male ...

The first-ever NFL Black Friday game will be played today when the Miami Dolphins face the New York Jets. You can't watch today's game on cable (unless you live in Miami or New York) -- it's only ...

Those two plays will be forever linked because they had the misfortune of both taking place on Thanksgiving weekend, 11 years apart. The Jets have made the postseason zero times between those two ...

Two retired NYPD officers were honored Saturday for stopping a woman from setting a fire to the home where Dr. Martin Luther ...