The prisoners were caught after a three-week manhunt. — -- A three-week manhunt for two escaped prisoners, called a "nightmare" by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, came to a violent end this past ...

DANNEMORA, N.Y. -- The woman charged with helping two murderers escape from a maximum-security prison in upstate New York had discussed with them a murder-for-hire plot involving her husband, ...

Two killers on the run from a northern New York prison for three weeks disagreed over whether to hole up in hunting cabin — one worried about being captured while the other suggested they could kill ...

ALBANY, N.Y. -- The former prison tailor who helped two killers escape a maximum-security New York prison was released Thursday after more than four years behind bars. Joyce Mitchell, 55, was released ...

David Sweat and Richard Matt's escape from the maximum-security Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, New York baffled law enforcement and state officials in June 2015. The escape inspired the ...

A DNA breakthrough in the manhunt for two US escaped murderers shows they may have broken into a cabin near the maximum-security New York jail from which they escaped, police said Monday. Richard Matt ...

Prison escapee David Sweat was shot and captured Sunday just south of the Canadian border, ending an statewide manhunt that spanned more than three weeks. "Today ends with good news," Gov. Andrew ...

Two killers who used power tools to escape from an upstate New York prison have been added to the U.S. Marshals Service's 15 Most Wanted fugitives list. The Marshals Service said David Sweat and ...