Corrections officers at the Allegheny County Jail and their supporters are forging ahead with an effort to overturn parts of a ban on the use of leg-shackles and other restraints. But opponents ...

Corrections Officers at the Allegheny County Jail are pushing to bring back the use of leg shackles during hospital visits after 13 inmate escape attempts in the last year.

Soft shackles are a newer type of shackle that have several advantages over traditional D-ring shackles. They are lighter, stronger, and easier to use than traditional shackles.

A version of this article appears in print on June 5, 2025, Section B, Page 3 of the New York edition with the headline: Fed Removes Shackle Imposed On Wells Fargo Over Scandals.

A legislative proposal in Arizona hopes to lower gas prices amid a recent appeal to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin.

The artifacts reveal the harsh working conditions in ancient Egyptian gold mines under the rule of the Ptolemaic dynasty.

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT 25 March 2025 Ancient shackles testify to brutality of Egypt’s gold mines Greek engineers who moved to Egypt in the fourth century BC might have imported the devices.

While excavating the ruins of an ancient gold mining village in Egypt, archaeologists uncovered some eerie artifacts: two sets of shackles intended for humans. The finds offer a rarely seen ...

Four years ago, voters overwhelmingly approved a referendum to improve conditions at the Allegheny County Jail. Among other things, it banned the use of leg shackles, but now guards tell us that ...

NEW DELHI: The United States is in the process of sending back close to 600 more illegal migrants to India, even as Indian authorities on Friday said that New Delhi has conveyed its concerns to ...

The Bholath resident had left on January 2, along with her 10-year-old son, after paying agents ₹1.05 crore with a promise to enter the US and be reunited with her husband there ...