NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge on Friday cancelled the corruption trial for New York City Mayor Eric Adams and appointed counsel to advise him on how to handle the Justice Department’s controversial request to drop charges against the Democrat.

A former solicitor general is appointed to argue against the Justice Department’s motion to drop bribery charges.

Prosecutors investigating the death of a handcuffed man who was punched and roughed up by guards in an upstate New York prison were scheduled to appear in court with the announcement of possible criminal charges.

Body-worn camera footage from correctional officers at the Marcy Correctional Facility released by the New York Attorney General’s Office. (NEW YORK) — Ten former prison guards were indicted for the killing of Robert Brooks,