A Brooklyn principal has died due to complications from the coronavirus — the first known death of a New York city public school staffer tied to the pandemic, officials said Monday. The New York Post reports, 36-year-old Dezann Romain led the Brooklyn Democracy Academy in Brownsville, a transfer school that serves students who have dropped […]
The NYPD is investigating the fatal shooting of 19-year-old Jeremiah Dickey, who was rapping on Facebook Live at the time of his murder. CNN.com reports, “Around 6:45 pm, police responded to a 911 call about a male shot at Elton Street and New Lots Avenue in Brooklyn, according to a statement from the New York Police […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Federal authorities are investigating the shooting of a man in Brooklyn that involved a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer, a case that is inflaming passions around New York City’s sanctuary policies. The shooting happened around 8:15 a.m. Thursday in the Bensonhurst neighborhood. Federal authorities were trying to arrest Gaspar Avendano-Hernandez, […]
A bitter old white man was caught on video hurling the n-word at a bus driver in central Brooklyn this week. According to patch.com, the racist rant erupted on a B68 bus on Coney Island Avenue in Midwood Tuesday night, officials told the Daily News. “Sit down,” he says to someone not seen on camera, then turns to the […]
NEW YORK (AP) — A 20-year-old gang member has confessed to being one of two shooters in a gunfight that turned a lively summer community festival in Brooklyn into a blood-drenched nightmare, police said Thursday. One person died and 11 were wounded when Kyle Williams and a second, yet-unidentified gunman opened fire, possibly on each […]
On Saturday evening, at a wonderful festival in Brooklyn just a few miles from my house, 12 people were shot. On Sunday evening, in the Bay Area of California, at a Garlic Food Festival in Gilroy, 15 people were shot, at least 3 people have died, including a sweet little 6 year old boy named […]
NEW YORK (AP) — A shootout that left one man dead and 11 people wounded at a Brooklyn community festival over the weekend may have been gang related, the New York Police Department said Monday as the hunt continued for at least two gunmen. Several victims of the shooting late Saturday had gang histories, including […]
NEW YORK (AP) — A popular community festival was coming to a close when gunfire erupted in a Brooklyn neighborhood, leaving one man dead, another person in critical condition and 10 others wounded, authorities said Sunday as they searched for two shooters they believe were involved. New York Police Commissioner James O’Neill said the shooting […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Defense attorneys asked a federal judge Tuesday to grant a new trial to the Mexican drug lord known as El Chapo, saying jurors improperly followed media coverage of the sensational drug conspiracy case. Joaquin Guzman‘s defense team said in court filings that jurors repeatedly disregarded instructions to avoid the “blizzard of […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine was deemed a likely danger to the community and denied bail Monday after a prosecutor said there was evidence that he directed or participated in multiple acts of violence as part of a deadly gang. U.S. Magistrate Judge Henry B. Pitman concluded an hourlong hearing by citing “troubling” […]
Jeremiah Harvey was in tears as he delivered his message during a Flatbush community meeting on Tuesday.
After viewing a video of the boy accidentally bumping up against her, Teresa Klein admitted that she made a mistake.
