Suspect arrested in connection to arson at Brooklyn bar
Surveillance video allegedly shows John Lhota, 24, pouring gasoline inside the Rash bar in Bushwick on April 3.
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Surveillance video allegedly shows John Lhota, 24, pouring gasoline inside the Rash bar in Bushwick on April 3.
A suspect has been arrested in connection with an arson at a Brooklyn nightclub.
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Two workers were injured trying to escape.
Police said a man poured liquid on the floor and set it on fire before running away.
Police are searching for the person who started a fire that ripped through a bar in Brooklyn while customers were inside. Police say it was intentionally set and in bizarre fashion; CBS2's Cory James reports.
Police say two men entered the location and set liquor on fire.
The top section of the fence toppled over onto the child. She died from her injuries.
It's one of three opened in the last six months, all in communities of color hit hard by the pandemic.
Police said a 17-year-old girl was behind the counter when the suspect walked in with a gun in his waistband and demanded money.
The suspect is believed to have stolen more than $2,700 worth of cash and property since the first reported incident on Oct. 29.
Police say video shows the man wanted in the Nov. 7 attack in Bushwick.
Police said the driver had left the car running, with his 27-year-old girlfriend sleeping in the front seat.
Police say two men entered the building and began checking apartment doors until they found an unlocked unit.
The 18-year-old driver stayed on the scene and was taken into custody, but so far no charges have been filed.
This past Saturday, just after 2 a.m., 36-year-old Abimbola Adelaja and his 28-year-old friend were attacked at the deli by several men armed with a screwdriver.
For Black Business Month, the city of New York released statistics that, while the Black community here makes up 22% of the overall population, Black-owned businesses in New York City stand at just 3.5%.
Police are searching for the suspect, who took off in a red Mercedes.
According to police, the victim, a 76-year-old man, told the suspect to stop honking his horn. Police say the suspect then got out of his white SUV and accosted the man.
Thieves recently tried to steal an e-bike at gunpoint in Brooklyn, but came up empty.
Police say three of the victims were shot inside Irving Square Park in Bushwick just after midnight.
Police responded to gunshots around 10:30 p.m. Thursday outside Boardwalk Wine and Spirits on Halsey Street near Wilson Avenue in Bushwick.
CBS2 has been told several people were shot around 10:30 p.m. Thursday on Halsey Street in Bushwick.
The violent night added to the growing list of shootings this year. As of June 13, there have been 634 shootings -- a 64% increase compared to 2020.
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The Trump administration agreed to restore the Stonewall National Monument's Pride flag in Greenwich Village after it was removed.
Former New York City Mayor Eric Adams has become a citizen of Albania.
A cat was rescued when it was spotted lying on the Long Island Rail Road tracks between Lindenhurst and Babylon Sunday night.
Parts of the New York area could see record high temperatures during a summerlike stretch of weather this week.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani said La Marqueta in East Harlem, a site owned by New York City, will be developed into the city's first city-run grocery store.
Parts of the New York area could see record high temperatures during a summerlike stretch of weather this week.
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A North Carolina man was arrested in connection with a decades-old unsolved murder of a New Jersey woman on Friday night.
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Parts of the New York area could see record high temperatures during a summerlike stretch of weather this week.
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A cat was rescued when it was spotted lying on the Long Island Rail Road tracks between Lindenhurst and Babylon Sunday night.
Parts of the New York area could see record high temperatures during a summerlike stretch of weather this week.
A major warmup, featuring summer-like temperatures in the 80s, will take over the Eastern Seaboard beginning Monday.
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The price hike raises the cost of the standard plan with ads by $1 per month and the cost of the standard and premium plans by $2.
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Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland won the 2026 Masters Tournament at Georgia's Augusta National, claiming his second straight green jacket.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's administration unveiled a dramatic traffic redesign at Brooklyn's Grand Army Plaza.
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A cat was rescued when it was spotted lying on Long Island Rail Road tracks between Lindenhurst and Babylon Sunday. CBS News New York's Alice Gainer reports.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced East Harlem's La Marqueta will be the home of the Big Apple's first city-owned and operated grocery store. CBS News New York's Andrew Ramos reports.
The federal government has agreed to officially restore the Pride flag that was removed from the Stonewall National Monument in New York's Greenwich Village. CBS News New York's Marcia Kramer reports.
"Titanique" officially opened its Broadway run at the St. James Theatre Sunday. The show is a campy re-imagining of the 1997 movie.
Parts of the New York area could see record high temperatures during a summerlike stretch of weather this week. CBS News New York Meteorologist Tony Sadiku has the forecast.
