Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ALBANY — The New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision’s new definition of assault in prison unusual ...

The Supreme Court declined Tuesday to take up a challenge to Illinois’s ban on assault weapons, though not every justice on the high court agreed with the decision to do so. In a separate opinion, ...

The term “assault weapon” has always rankled Second Amendment absolutists. Handled properly, an umbrella could be an “assault weapon.” Considering the purpose of a weapon, the term “assault weapon” is ...

ALBANY — The New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision’s new definition of assault in prison unusual incident reports is being criticized by the New York State Correctional ...