Are public taxpayer dollars being used to finance a controversial Nassau County civilian law enforcement program? Democrats are looking to un-arm Republican County Executive Bruce Blakeman's so-called ...

If this militia is such a great idea ... Applicants must be between 21 and 72 years of age, a U.S. citizen and a Nassau county resident, business owner or property owner. Applicants must also ...

“The law on this is clear: the county executive does not have the authority to raise a private militia made up of thinly trained private citizens,” said civil rights attorney Josh Kelner.

It's something that opponents say amounts to an illegal militia and they are calling it "an authoritarian power grab in the heart of suburban America." ...

Long Island Democrats and civil rights attorneys are fighting back against a plan to deputize private citizens, calling the move illegal.A lawsuit filed by Nassau County Democratic legislators against ...

A New York Republican county executive is being sued over a move to deputize citizens for law-enforcement efforts, with ...

The program deputizes armed citizens for mobilization during emergency declarations. It's something that opponents say amounts to an illegal militia and they are calling it "an authoritarian power ...

Around 7,000 rescued workers are waiting to be moved across the border to Thailand, says Thai PM Paetongtarn Shinawatra.

The suit claims a Republican county executive's creation of an armed unit of volunteer residents amounts to an “illegal, taxpayer-funded civilian militia.” ...

GOMA, Congo (AP) — Militia fighters killed at least 55 civilians in an attack on a cluster of villages and a camp for displaced people in northeastern Congo, local authorities said Tuesday.