Bronx Woman Arraigned in Pit Bull Attack
By SAM STERN & FARAZ T. TOOR A Bronx woman who police say unleashed her two pit bulls on a man in a violent attack …[read more]
Month: October 2015
Finance Board Fines Consultants to City Council Races
BY GABRIEL PARIENTE The New York City Campaign Finance Board voted on Thursday to punish a political consulting group for arranging mailers for one of …[read more]
Russian Jets over Syria Tied to Spy Trial?
By ILYA KEYGEN The Russian MiG fighter jets flying over Syria may be using technology illegally obtained from the United States, according to testimony in …[read more]
Pope calls on Americans to welcome immigrants
By GABRIELA LIRA At the symbolic Independence Hall in Philadelphia and in many other stops during his journey to the United States, Pope Francis called …[read more]
CUNY Faculty, Staff Teach a Lesson in Protest
By FARAZ T. TOOR City University of New York faculty and staff gave their boss a personalized wake-up call early Thursday morning, complete with drums, …[read more]
Immigrant Parents of Schoolkids Lost in Translation
By DAWN ELIGIO A group of immigrant activists and local officials proposed on Thursday that interpreters be available in each borough to parents of immigrant …[read more]
Pretty in Pink
By IVANNA MACHUCA Elizabeth Hurley never suffered from breast cancer but her grandmother died from it. Now, Hurley spends most of her time every October spreading the …[read more]
Ashanti Wails on the Witness Stand
By ALEXANDRA SEMENOVA & JOHN SAKELOS Grammy-winning recording artist Ashanti took the witness stand in a Manhattan courtroom on Thursday where she described feeling “disgusted …[read more]
Police Thyself, Says DOI to NYPD
By AHAQIR ISHAQ The Inspector General of the Department of Investigation in a wide-ranging report on Thursday accused the New York Police Department of, in …[read more]
It Was ‘Crips Night Out’, Detective Testifies at Brooklyn Murder Trial
BY JHERELLE BENN & ALEXANDRA SEMENOVA The 2012 murder of a 13-year-old basketball star was part of the agenda for an event called “Crips night …[read more]