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New Yorkers boldly flout law to keep pigs
Pigs have long gotten a bad rap. The four-legged ungulates are considered so messy and stinky that they're synonymous with slovenliness: Eat too much ...
Questions linger in 1990 murder of rabbi in NYC
One man's liberty could mean another's murder will never be solved. Relatives of David Ranta rejoiced in a Brooklyn courthouse Thursday as Ranta — ...
Judge frees man convicted of killing NY rabbi
A man who spent more than two decades behind bars for the cold-blooded slaying of a Brooklyn rabbi was released Thursday into the arms of his weeping ...
NYC prosecutors: Vacate conviction in rabbi murder
A man put behind bars for the 1990 killing of a Brooklyn rabbi was on the verge of freedom Wednesday after prosecutors told a judge they support ...
Mom of NYC teen shot by police: Why was he killed?
Carol Gray, her head wrapped in a black scarf and her tearful eyes concealed by sunglasses, held up a photograph of her 16-year-old son, who was shot ...
Charlotte stuns Richmond at A-10 tourney 68-63
Pierria Henry felt as though he stood on the foul line for half an hour. Officially, under two seconds ticked off the game clock as the Charlotte ...
'Children,' 'One Life' get reborn online April 29
It's not uncommon for soap opera characters thought dead to spring back to life. Now, a pair of soap operas thought dead are being resurrected.
Williams hits 11 3s, scores 42 as Nets top Wizards
Deron Williams sensed the disappointment from the crowd, strange as it seemed given how well he played. He gave the ball to the open man — just what ...
Williams' 11 3s, 42 points lead Nets past Wizards
Deron Williams already had five 3-pointers in less than five minutes when he pulled up in transition well behind the line, just to see how hot he ...
NY man charged in crash that killed couple, baby
A man arrested in connection with a car crash that killed a rabbinical college student, his pregnant wife and their baby was charged with criminally ...
Man held without bail in NY couple's deadly crash
A man suspected of fleeing the scene of a grisly New York crash that killed a pregnant woman and her husband was arrested at a Pennsylvania ...
Suspect in deadly NYC crash ready to surrender
The suspected driver who fled the scene of a grisly crash that killed a pregnant woman, her husband and ultimately the child they were expecting said ...
Mourning in NY as baby dies after hit-and-run
A close-knit ultra-Orthodox Jewish community in Brooklyn was plunged into a new round of mourning Monday by the death of a baby who was delivered by ...
Expectant parents die in NY crash; infant survives
Police were searching for the driver of a BMW and a passenger who fled an accident after slamming into a livery cab, killing a young pregnant woman ...
Tribeca to open with documentary on the National
The Tribeca Film Festival will open with a documentary about the National, along with a performance by the Brooklyn band. The festival announced ...
NY assemblyman apologizes for blackface costume
A New York assemblyman who at first vigorously defended wearing blackface, an Afro wig and a basketball jersey to a costume party apologized Monday, ...
Rat tales abound in NYC after Sandy
At the height of Superstorm Sandy, city residents watching seawater pour into the subway system couldn't help but wonder: What will become of all the ...
Johnson's OT buzzer-beater lifts Nets past Bucks
Joe Johnson came through twice with big shots and helped the Brooklyn Nets end a long losing streak to the Milwaukee Bucks. Johnson hit a tying ...
NAACP head: Even some in NYPD oppose street stops
The head of the NAACP said Sunday that even some members of the New York Police Department oppose the city's policy of street stops, with mostly ...
Long-married couples in NY to share celebration
Murray and Esther Redlitz fell for each other in the worst of circumstances. The two Holocaust survivors met in Poland while trying to find missing ...
Terror suspect pleads guilty in phony NY plot
A Bangladesh native accused of trying to blow up the Federal Reserve Bank in New York with what he thought was a 1,000-pound car bomb pleaded guilty ...
'Judge Judy' ruling daytime TV
Sixteen years into her career as television's chief justice, Judy Sheindlin is as comfortable in her role as the nation appears to be with her.
Exhibitions plumb artistic responses to disaster
Coke Wisdom O'Neal looked at the soggy, stained and discolored photographs strewn about his Brooklyn studio by the salty floodwaters of Superstorm ...
The Lumineers ride folk rock wave to Grammys
Even the members of The Lumineers are puzzled by the success of their song "Ho Hey" and their sudden rise to fame after years on the road. The song ...