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Accused NYC bank robber hits two more following no-bail release
An accused bank robber is charged with knocking over two more Big Apple banks -- just one day after being released without bail on attempted robbery charges, records show.
Suit alleges horrific sexual abuse of 4th grader at NYC private boys school
Two students at an NYC private school for boys in the 1960s sexually abused a fourth-grader so brutally that his teeth were knocked out and he lost consciousness, new court...
Ex-Net's death threat counterclaims are 'desperate' retaliation: assault accuser
The woman accusing ex-Brooklyn Net Darius Morris of assault says the baller's counterclaims against her are just a "desperate attempt to retaliate," new court papers show.
Ex-Nets player says assault accuser sent him death threats
Darius Morris — who also once played for the Los Angeles Lakers — denied Kristen Summer's allegations that he dragged her by her hair and "violently beat" her as she...
Financier says game hunter swindled him out of $2M on 'big' kills: suit
Angus Murray says Jason Stone allegedly falsified measurements of "at least twenty animals" so Stone could charge Murray higher prices for the prize kills, according to the complaint.
Ex-BOE lawyer sexually harassed Columbia student during physical exam: suit
Steven Richman, a former top lawyer with the New York City Board of Elections sexually harassed college athletes during physical exams for recruiting for security jobs, a lawsuit alleges.
NYC appeals ruling that struck down part of anti-chokehold law
The city is appealing a recent ruling that struck down a controversial part of the anti-chokehold law, court papers show. In June, Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Laurence Love sided with...
Wild pitch: Cuomo makes baseball NY's official sport, basketball fans cry foul
Gov. Andrew Cuomo's designation notes that New York is home to the baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown while restarting age-old spat with Hoboken over the national pastime's birthplace.
City Council bill would limit the number of kids in DOE classrooms
The City Council announced a new bill Thursday that would lower Department of Education class sizes to protect against coronavirus transmission and bolster overall learning. Education Committee Chair Mark Treyger...
Eric Adams says 'running against philosophies' not aimed at AOC
Democratic mayoral candidate Eric Adams insisted Wednesday that a campaign speech in which he blasted left-wing politics wasn't aimed specifically at Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
'De Blasio 2.0': Sliwa rips Adams for praising homeless services head
Republican mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa labeled his Democratic opponent, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, "de Blasio 2.0" for praising the current mayor's homeless services commissioner.
'Easier said than done,' Joe: NYC eateries on Biden telling them to hike worker wages
“We're in business to make profits." NYC restaurants are taking aim at President Biden's town hall comments that eateries should just pay workers more to incentivize employment.
This wiped the smile off Nxivm leader Keith Raniere's face
This wiped the smile off his face. Sadistic Nxivm svengali Keith Raniere appeared virtually in Brooklyn federal court Tuesday wearing a big grin — then learned he has to shell out a...
Burned! Customers feel 'betrayed' by J&J over sunscreen recall
New Yorkers and other customers across the US said Thursday they were dismayed over Johnson & Johnson's recall of five potentially cancer-causing sunscreens.
NYPD cops sue alleged attackers in Brooklyn Bridge protest chaos
Two high-ranking NYPD cops who were battered and bloodied during violent clashes with anti-police activists on the Brooklyn Bridge filed civil suits against their alleged attackers.
Judge tosses Roy Moore's defamation suit against Sacha Baron Cohen
Moore filed the lawsuit in 2018 after he claimed he was duped into appearing on an episode of "Who Is America?" where he was confronted with a "pedophile detecting machine."
Hometown Heroes parade kicks off amid scorching NYC temps
The Big Apple’s ticker tape parade kicked off Wednesday to celebrate the grueling effort put forth by New York’s myriad essential workers throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
Black World War II vet, 99, finally awarded Purple Heart after being overlooked due to race
Ozzie Fletcher, who served with the 254th Port Battalion, was injured during D-Day. Seventy-seven years later, Fletcher is finally getting recognition for his heroism.
FDNY widows mark anniversary of inferno that killed their husbands
The three women were never the same after June 17, 2001, when their firefighter husbands died during a massive blaze at a Queens hardware store, leaving their children without dads.
Adams, Yang take turns slamming de Blasio's stance on mayhem in public parks
Two of the leading candidates to succeed Mayor Bill de Blasio slammed Hizzoner's hands-off approach to the open substance abuse and violence holding Washington Square Park hostage.