A man killed four relatives, including two children, in a knife attack at their New York City homey, then set the building on fire and stabbed two police officers.
One of Staten Island's Bravest was at the White House last week to receive from President Joe Biden one of the nation's highest honors: the Medal of Valor.
New York’s uniformed public servants are rightly under the microscope for the way they use force, the overtime they accrue and so on; with the power of the job comes responsibility and scrutiny. But we don’t often enough stand back and collectively appreciate the plain, simple and essential fact that police officers and firefighters risk and sometimes give their lives to protect the rest of us. Just because it’s a cliché doesn’t mean it’s untrue.
WASHINGTON (AP) Two New York Police Department officers ambushed and killed after responding to a 911 call and the rookie cop who took down the gunman wer