Suspected Russian Arms Dealer Faces Terror Charges
A federal prosecutor says a Russian arms trafficking suspect known as the "Merchant of Death" is where he belongs - in U.S. custody. He is facing charges in New York.
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A federal prosecutor says a Russian arms trafficking suspect known as the "Merchant of Death" is where he belongs - in U.S. custody. He is facing charges in New York.
Deliberations at the first civilian trial of a Guantanamo detainee hit a snag Monday when a juror told the judge she felt threatened by other jurors and asked him to be removed from the panel.
Governor-Elect Cuomo said it would be "comprehensive ethics reform passed by the state legislature" that would be the most effective tool in combating government scandals and abuse.
Authorities say a newly renovated apartment two blocks from Times Square was being used as a major heroin-packaging mill to process millions of dollars' worth of the drug for sale.
Deliberations continued on Thursday in the case of an accused al-Qaida operative connected to the embassy bombing.
Federal prosecutors in Manhattan allege that Ahmed Ghailani was part of an al-Qaida cell that bombed two U.S. embassies in Africa in 1998.
A New York City jury has begun deliberations in the first civilian trial for a Guantanamo detainee.
A lawyer for the first Guantanamo detainee to face a civilian trial says his client didn't know about a plot to bomb two U.S. embassies in Africa.
The first Guantanamo detainee to face a civilian trial is a "mass murderer'' who played a key role in the terrorist bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa in 1998, a prosecutor said Monday in closing arguments.
Kevin Pravia, a 19-year-old honors student, was found dead in his Manhattan apartment with an electrical cord wrapped around his neck in August of 2008.
Mets clubhouse manager Charlie Samuels admitted betting on baseball, according to a person familiar with the investigation.
Brooklyn District Attorney says Nollywood counterfeit films are big business in NYC.
Television actress Kathryn Erbe says she panicked when an accused stalker posted a crude photo of her teenage daughter on the Internet.
A detonator was found hidden in the bedroom cabinet of a purported accomplice in the 1998 terrorist bombings of two U.S. embassies, a former FBI agent testified Monday in Manhattan.
A judge has declared a mistrial in the murder trial of a teenager accused of stabbing radio newsman George Weber, who he met through Craigslist.
Hiram Monserrate, the disgraced Queens politician who was expelled from the state Senate after an assault conviction, is accused of funding his 2006 campaign with charity money.
Judge Lewis Kaplan said he banned a man after prosecutors failed to show Ghailani's CIA interrogation played no role in getting the witness to cooperate.
Prosecutors said Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani -- the first Guantanamo detainee to face a civilian trial -- bought the truck and gas tanks that were used in the 1998 Tanzania embassy bombing.
While there's no verdict yet, the jury has been focused on the defensive entrapment since the deliberations began.
Former NY state comptroller Hevesi has pleaded guilty to a felony corruption charge for taking gifts while running the state's multibillion dollar pension fund.
Judge Kaplan said he will delay the trial a few days if he excludes the witness and prosecutors appeal.
"I have been trying to join my brothers ever since 9/11 happened. I am planning to wage an attack inside America," Faisal Shahzad said Tuesday.
Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani is charged with conspiracy in the deadly bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa in 1998 and will be tried in New York City.
Prosecutors say the man who admitted trying to bomb Times Square boasted that he thought it would kill at least 40 people and said he planned to detonate a second bomb in New York city two weeks after the first.
The trial is being held in New York City.
