Yankees will pay for education of children of NYPD cop Rafael Ramos who was killed while on duty Saturday  —  George Steinbrenner's Yankee Silver Shield Foundation has, for 32 years, provided for the education of the children of New York City cops, firefighters and Port Authority employees who were killed in the line.

President Obama's Hawaii vacation: Day 2  —  KAILUA, Hawaii (AP) — How President Barack Obama spent the second day of his holiday vacation in Hawaii on Sunday:  —POLICE SHOOTING: Obama called New York City Police Commissioner Bill Bratton on Sunday morning to offer condolences …

Man dressed as elf charged with DWI  —  RIVERDALE - A man dressed as one of Santa's little helpers found himself in trouble Friday morning when Riverdale police allegedly discovered him drunkenly passed out in a car.  —  Around 3:30 a.m., Sgt. Pat Harden was dispatched to the parking lot …

Prosecute Torturers and Their Bosses  —  Since the day President Obama took office, he has failed to bring to justice anyone responsible for the torture of terrorism suspects — an official government program conceived and carried out in the years after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

Police turn their back on de Blasio  —  A blue wall of silently seething police officers turned their backs on Mayor de Blasio Saturday night — literally.  —  As the mayor and his entourage snaked through a jammed third-floor corridor at Woodhull Hospital, where two officers had been pronounced dead …

Time: Right-Wing Militias Are The Real Threat To Cops  —  Time Magazine warned of a growing threat to cops nationwide in September 2010.  The nationally renowned publication argued that sinister individuals would launch targeted attacks against police officers and even ambush them in their patrol cars.

If we don't stand up to our enemies, they've already won  —  If there's a risk in confronting the individuals, states and terrorist groups who are hell-bent on doing us harm - then it's a risk we must be prepared to take, writes Janet Daley.  —  In the second half of the last century …

Scenes from Putin's Economic Meltdown  —  Russian shoppers are buying everything they can—before the ruble collapses completely.  —  Get the hot deals while they last!  Whatever's on your holiday shopping list—buy now, it may never be this cheap again!  In a single day this past week …

In 2008 Mumbai Attacks, Piles of Spy Data, but an Uncompleted Puzzle  —  by Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica, and James Glanz and David E. Sanger, New York Times  —  This story was co-published with the New York Times and Frontline.  —  In the fall of 2008, a 30-year-old computer expert named …