The commissioner wouldn't disclose the exact number of officers who will be on duty but it will be in the thousands.

Given the violence sparked along the parade route in recent years, the police presence on the ground and in the air is aimed at keeping the crowd safe for this year's celebration.

A record 2,500 cops will be on foot posts — including in some parks — during J’Ouvert and the West Indian Day Parade this Labor Day weekend, Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said Friday.

The weapon is thought to have belonged to J.W. Milam, one of the two men who kidnapped, tortured and killed the Black teenager for whistling at a white woman in a grocery store in 1955 ...

The gun used in the lynching of 14-year-old Emmett Till is now on display for the public to see, 70 years after the killing ...

Watch live from the streets of New Orleans where a second line parade takes place to mark the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's second and most significant landfall. Read more: ...

TODAY MARKS 70 YEARS SINCE EMMETT TILL WAS BRUTALLY MURDERED IN MONEY. MISSISSIPPI. FAMILY OF TILL AND ADVOCATES GATHERED AT THE MISSISSIPPI STATE CAPITOL TODAY. LAST THURSDAY, THE DEPARTMENT OF ...

Israel bombed a Gaza hospital, waited 7 minutes and then bombed it again, killing people who rushed to help. It's not the ...

The gun used in the lynching of 14-year-old Emmett Till is now on display for the public to see, 70 years after the killing.

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Warsaw was the scene of a massive air and ground parade with 300 vehicles, 4,000 soldiers, 88 flag guards, and 50 aircraft, with which Poland once again demonstrated its growing military power: It is ...