NBA Calls Sterling for a Flagrant Foul
By CONNOR SYRACUSE & LAURA D’ANGELO NBA Commissioner Adam Silver on Tuesday levied the severest punishment ever on a major team sports owner by exiling …[read more]
Month: April 2014
Cancer Society Pushing Free Colonoscopies
By CRAIG ROGERS Doctors and health professionals gathered on the steps of City Hall on Tuesday to announce a new program to offer free colon …[read more]
‘Occupy’ Defendant Takes the Witness Stand
By REBECA IBARRA The tensions between authority and protest that marked the Occupy Wall Street movement played out in Manhattan Supreme Court Tuesday as a …[read more]
Carriage Drivers Try Talking Horse Sense
By MICHELLE MARUS Horse-drawn carriage rides through Central Park and the environs are emblematic of a romantic New York City. Mayor Bill de Blasio, however, …[read more]
Mother Stabs Daughter’s Killer With Her Eyes
By MACKENZIE GANTER & JOANIE MARTINEZ Clutching a gold-framed portrait of her daughter, the mother of a slain former model looked into the eyes of …[read more]
Shoe Bomb Conspirator Testifies in Terrorism Trial
By KIRAN SURY A British-born Al Qaeda member involved in the 2001 attempted airline shoe-bombing told jurors in the Manhattan federal trial of accused terrorist …[read more]
Immigrant Advocates Give Cold Shoulder to ICE
By TIFFANY THOMAS An immigrant advocacy group launched a campaign on Tuesday to put an end to what they say is New York City’s collaboration …[read more]
Brooklyn Small Business Success
A Brooklyn mom can’t find skin care products for her children and launches her own product line. She also studies business and becomes an entrepreneur. …[read more]
A Neighborhood Grieves for Youths Drowned in Creek
By HELEN BOHORQUEZ Queens residents on Tuesday continued to mourn the deaths of four East Elmhurst youths killed when a car plunged into Steinway creek …[read more]
Prisoner Freed After Serving 24 Years for Murder He Didn’t Do
By AMANDA RODRIGUEZ & KIRAN SURY A Brooklyn man who served almost a quarter of a century in prison for a murder he did not …[read more]