Police Say Arrest Made In Random Attack On 87-Year-Old Man In Brooklyn
Police said the suspect approached from behind and said "I know you." He allegedly drop-kicked the victim to the ground and then ran off.
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Police said the suspect approached from behind and said "I know you." He allegedly drop-kicked the victim to the ground and then ran off.
Police say the man was punched in the back of the head, causing him to fall down a staircase and land on the floor.
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Fire officials said the flames likely started inside a pizzeria on the first floor and then spread to a dry cleaner and the apartments above.
Crews were called around 10 p.m. Sunday to Grand Avenue between Park and Myrtle avenues in Clinton Hill.
Chopper 2 was over the emergency response at the six-story mixed use building project near the corner of Myrtle and Marcy Avenues just before noon.
Lawyers for the four victims, who were boys at the time, say they were raped by Angelo Serrano between 2003 and 2009 while he was a volunteer CCD teacher.
Police say a vehicle ran a red light before hitting an MTA bus and two occupied vehicles.
The incident happened October 26 around 8 a.m. near Spencer Street and DeKalb Avenue in Clinton Hill.
A fire in a Brooklyn apartment left two people in serious, but stable condition.
A 27-year-old man was injured in a hit-and-run crash early Thursday morning in Brooklyn.
Police on Sunday were searching for three suspects who robbed a cellphone store at gunpoint in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn.
Police want to find a suspect caught on surveillance camera beating and robbing an elderly man in Brooklyn.
Police are looking for a group of teens involved in a pair of incidents in the Fort Greene section of Brooklyn.
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Police are searching for three suspects in connection with a burglary in the Fort Greene/Clinton Hill section of Brooklyn.
Police on Wednesday arrested and charged a second of two suspects who allegedly sexually assaulted the same victim within a period of an hour in Brooklyn.
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Police on Thursday released a sketch of one of two suspects who allegedly sexually assaulted the same victim within a period of an hour in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn.
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Police late Friday were searching for a man who allegedly exposed himself to a woman in the hallway of a classroom building at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn.
Police searching Tuesday for an assailant, after a 16-year-old boy was found dead of a gunshot outside a police station in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn.
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A data company is finding that some Airbnb hosts in New Jersey are charging a lot for the time period around upcoming World Cup matches.
A New Jersey man was sentenced Thursday to 17 years in prison for a brutal attack involving a dog on a New York City pizzeria manager.
A New Rochelle animal shelter is asking for help identifying two people who are seen on video leaving a dog in a locked cage outside.
Police are looking for four suspects accused of robbing a Pokémon trading card store on Thursday in Manhattan.
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Police in Danbury, Connecticut, are actively looking for a man who they believe fired a deadly gunshot that traveled through a wall and killed his neighbor.
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It was a mostly dry Sunday, until some snow squalls briefly hit the Tri-State Area on Sunday night.
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A federal judge ruled the Empire Wind project can move forward while he considers the merits of the Trump administration's order to suspend it.
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Hochul said she would commit $1.7 billion in the next budget to expand child care in New York in her 2026 state of the state address.
A panel of judges on a federal appeals court ruled Thursday that a district court judge did not have the authority to order the release of Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil.
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Border czar Tom Homan said no decision had been made about the exact nature of the cuts, which are supposed to take effect in two weeks.
Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop is reflecting on his public career as he moves to New York for his next job.
Nurses continue to hold the picket line as the largest nurses' strike in New York City history is on its third day with no end in sight.
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Loved ones of patients at hospitals in New York City are concerned about care as nurses continue to strike due to failed contract negotiations on Monday.
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John Forté, the Grammy-nominated musician known for his work with the Fugees, was found dead in his home in Massachusetts.
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Authorities said the alleged scheme involved 39 players, 17 different NCAA Division I men's basketball teams and 29 games.
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A group in Queens has banded together to revive landlines and give their children a simpler way to socialize.
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