MINEOLA, N.Y. — A Republican official who oversees Nassau County on New York's Long Island has done an about face after seemingly refusing to lower flags to half-staff in memory of the late ...

Two inmates locked up for child sex crimes died on the same day last week at an upstate New York prison. William Brand and Robert Fisher were declared dead at 2:52 a.m. and 1:50 a.m., respectively,… ...