Tag Archives: New York

• News

  Police: NY slaying suspect made anti-gay comments

  It is the third such attack in two weeks.
• News

  New Yorker killed during botched armed robbery

  A Hofstra University student was killed on the last day of exams.
• News

  Hofstra student killed during home invasion

  A 21-year-old Hofstra University student was killed during a home invasion when the suspected intruder and police exchanged gunfire.
• News

  No sign of human remains at 9/11 part site

  New York’s chief medical examiner said the soil sifting operations have been completed at the site, where the 5-foot-long, 4-foot-wide, and 17-inch-deep part was found.
• News

  Police: Boston bomber suspects targeted Times Square

  Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the surviving Boston bombing suspect, has indicated to investigators that he intended to detonate explosives in Times Square, CNN reports.
• News

  N.Y. school system apologizes for Nazi Germany assignment

  Superintendent Marguerite Vanden Wyngaard says the assignment is “completely unacceptable.”
• News

  ‘Cookie Monster’ arrested in Times Square

  A man dressed as the TV character Cookie Monster allegedly shoved a 2-year-old after the child’s parents refused the man’s demand for $2 for posing for a photo.
• News

  NY police officer accused of leading drug robbery crew

  In court documents filed Wednesday, federal prosecutors said the crew posed as police officers and used fake warrants to arrest drug traffickers.
• News

  $338 million Powerball winner due in court for owing $29,000 in child support

  The winner of last week’s $338 million Powerball jackpot is expected to appear in a New Jersey court Monday on a warrant for unpaid child support.
• News

  Trump seeks damages in ‘cybersquatting’ case

  Donald Trump is seeking $400,000 in damages from a Brooklyn man over four websites that use the real estate mogul’s name and brand.
• News

  Relatives of 9/11 victims ask to stop sifting through debris

  Residents of 9/11 victims are asking N.Y. officials to postpone plans to sift through debris for human remains.
• Offbeat

  Woman faces federal charges over alleged West Point meatball theft

  A housekeeper at the U.S. Military Academy could face up to two years in jail if convicted of trying to steal a bag of frozen meatballs.