David Johnson

1 week ago | spectrumnews1.com | David Johnson |Angi Gonzalez

Some travelers held off on flying after a series of airplane incidents earlier this year, including a deadly crash between an Army helicopter and a passenger jet just outside of the nation’s capital a number of highly publicized near-misses.

1 month ago | timesunion.com | David Johnson

North Vietnam forces were circling Saigon when the "American Freedom Train" rolled into Albany in 1975. The museum-on-wheels was founded by Ross Rowland Jr. to celebrate the country's upcoming bicentennial. Train cars featured exhibits highlighting achievements from 200 years of American democracy, something Rowland thought the country needed after the Vietnam War and Watergate scandal. Article continues below this adAlbany was the second stop on the 138-city national tour of the Freedom Train.

1 month ago | star-telegram.com | David Johnson

These crime stories covered by the Times Union have captivated the Capital Region through the years. Jack "Legs" DiamondDuring Prohibition, no bootlegger was a bigger rock star of the underworld than Jack "Legs" Diamond. To corner the market on the illicit booze trade, Diamond would stop at nothing - including hijacking truckloads of alcohol shipped by rivals, torturing competitors and coldblooded murder. In this photo, he arrives at the Troy courthouse on Dec.

1 month ago | timesunion.com | David Johnson

These crime stories covered by the Times Union have captivated the Capital Region through the years. During Prohibition, no bootlegger was a bigger rock star of the underworld than Jack "Legs" Diamond. To corner the market on the illicit booze trade, Diamond would stop at nothing — including hijacking truckloads of alcohol shipped by rivals, torturing competitors and coldblooded murder. In this photo, he arrives at the Troy courthouse on Dec.

1 month ago | timesunion.com | Brendan J. Lyons |David Johnson

April 18, 2011Leroy Peoples, a 28-year-old inmate serving a 16-year sentence for rape at Upstate Correctional Facility in Franklin County, files a handwritten complaint in federal court alleging his civil rights were violated when he was held in a special housing unit for three years. Peoples files the case pro se — serving as his own legal counsel — and notes that he was denied access to law books, not allowed to communicate with public officials, and had his “legal work” confiscated.