The authorities in new York report that for the first time since 1982 the number of prisoners in city prisons and detention centres, is less than 9 000 people. Officials see this as the first step toward closing the notorious prison complex Rikers Island. Mayor bill de Blasio said Wednesday that the city is on track to ensure that the average daily number of prisoners in new York did not…

Polar bear from the Bronx zoo named Tundra died. She was put to sleep by order of the administration of the zoo in connection with a number of incurable diseases caused by old age. Dipper turned 26 years old. She suffered from kidney failure and severe arthritis. The procedure for euthanasia of the animal was held on Saturday, Christmas eve. The white bear has never lived in the wild, she…

Nine-year-old Larry Larimer pickup saved his father from the robber. The boy was not afraid to confront the attacker with the help of pneumatic gun. Christmas night, the young native of Kokomo, Indiana, was sitting in the car and waited for father who went into a roadside diner. Suddenly the car doors opened and in it sat a man with a clear intention to start. Larry remained nothing, except how…