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‘The big problem is we don’t know our future and we don’t know our destination’

James Connolly shot and killed two men in the line of duty in his first five years on the NYPD. He was later found to have lied on the witness stand during a civil lawsuit brought by the family of his second victim. Mr Connolly retired in November after repeatedly…

Conservative MP Robert Halfon faced grilling after pledging crackdown on MBAs for apprentices

For several years in the 1970s, full-tackle women’s football teams, including the Houston Herricanes, competed in the short-lived National Women’s Football League. A new film tells the story of the diverse cast of characters on the Texas team who paved the way for future generations as they stormed the field,…