Prosecutors: Boy, 3, Was Beaten To Death Over Spelling Assignment
Prosecutors on Friday said the aunt of a 3-year-old Brooklyn boy beat him to death with a belt after he refused to complete a spelling assignment.
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Prosecutors on Friday said the aunt of a 3-year-old Brooklyn boy beat him to death with a belt after he refused to complete a spelling assignment.
Jewish teens from around the world were in New York Friday, gathering, mingling and bonding for the even known as Chabad Shabbaton.
Ethan Ali was found dead in his Brownsville apartment Wednesday afternoon after police said they responded to a 911 call.
After three Brooklyn men were arrested on charges of plotting to help the Islamic State group, authorities were looking for other New Yorkers who may have been part of their plot.
Brian Gewirtz was last seen leaving his home on Coleman Street in Marine Park on Feb. 17. His family says Gewirtz is autistic and diabetic and needs medication.
Firefighters responded to the scene in Crown Heights just after 1:30 a.m. Thursday. The fire apparently started in a second-floor stairwell in a six story apartment building located 718 Saint Marks Avenue.
Police are investigating after 4-year-old child was found dead in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn Wednesday.
Declassified al-Qaida documents obtained after the 2011 raid of Osama bin Laden's Pakistan compound have been presented at the U.S. trial of a suspect charged in a British terrorism plot.
Police remain at the scene of a Brooklyn maraschino cherry warehouse where the owner shot and killed himself after an inspection led to a stunning discovery.
Investigators said the owner of a Brooklyn maraschino cherry warehouse shot and killed himself Tuesday, as he was being questioned on an environmental issue by investigators who later smelled marijuana.
A Brooklyn state senator apologized Tuesday for remarks invoking the subject of race in a discussion about a Clinton Hill grocery store set to close – and the possibility that a "boutique" grocery store that could replace it.
The woman is suspected in five cases in which pocketbooks containing bank cards and cash were removed as well as cell phones.
Friends and relatives of Akai Gurley, the unarmed man shot by police in a darkened stairwell at a Brooklyn public housing complex, released two doves and two dozen balloons there Friday to mark three months since his death.
A man was struck and killed by a private bus in Midwood, Brooklyn Friday afternoon.
Police have arrested one suspect, and were still looking for another Friday, in a string of thefts from businesses in Queens and Brooklyn.
The driver in a Brooklyn crash that killed a young couple expecting their first child was convicted Thursday of manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide.
A man is dead after being shot Thursday in East New York, Brooklyn.
A man was shot and killed in the middle of the day Thursday in a public housing development in Fort Greene, Brooklyn.
Shocking video captured a school guard in Midwood, Brooklyn hurling another man who entered a yeshiva while children were inside.
Police on Wednesday were seeking two women in connection with a string of thefts from businesses in Queens and Brooklyn.
A Brooklyn man has been captured after decades on the run. The arrest came as a shock to his family.
Gore died of cancer at New York-Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan, according to her partner of 33 years, Lois Sasson.
At New York City rinks, you'll join native and non-native New Yorkers as they glide, spin, jump, and, yes, even wipe out.
February is Black History Month. Several events will be taking place throughout the city that honor black history and culture, from lectures to film festivals to concerts.
Police said the three were able to get into the stadium on Surf Avenue, which is home to the Brooklyn Cyclones, through a loading dock gate.
