NEW YORK -- When Sheila Abdus-Salaam agreed to speak this month at an alumni gathering at Columbia Law School, it was business as usual for someone in demand as the first black woman to serve on New ...

NEW YORK -- Police say there are no signs of criminality in the death of the first black woman appointed to New York state's highest court. Medical examiners are still planning to perform an autopsy ...

The death last week of Sheila Abdus-Salaam, who was the first female black judge on New York state's highest court, is being called "suspicious" by police The death last week of Sheila Abdus-Salaam — ...

Huge day everywhere in win Abdus-Salaam totaled 19 rushes for 135 yards and one touchdown and reeled in all three targets for 40 yards and one touchdown during Saturday's 26-18 victory versus Eastern ...

The NYPD said Tuesday that the death of a New York judge whose body was found in the Hudson River earlier this month is now considered "suspicious." Justice Sheila Abdus-Salaam — the first black woman ...

Sheila Abdus-Salaam, the judge who was found dead Wednesday in New York City, made a significant impact on the law despite the relatively short period she spent as the first black woman on the state's ...

The death of Justice Sheila Abdus-Salaam, whose body was found in the Hudson River, has been declared by the NYPD as a ‘suspicious,” exactly one week after her body surfaced. Abdus-Salaam, who served ...

She was the first African-American woman to sit on New York State’s highest court. She was also widely hailed as the nation’s first female Muslim judge — or at least one of the first judges with a ...

She was a role model, a racial pioneer, a brilliant legal mind — and a pretty good dancer. Family and friends filled the Cathedral of St. John the Divine for a Friday farewell to Judge Sheila ...

April 17, 2017, 11:40 a.m.: In the days after Sheila Abdus-Salaam's death, early reports that she was a practicing Muslim began to be called into question. At least one person who knew Abdus-Salaam ...