
Leading Democrat: Gun control faces uphill climb
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who's leading the push to restore an assault weapon ban, acknowledged on Sunday that the effort faces tough odds to pass ...

Experts back NYC's link of gun laws, lower crime
In his nationwide effort for tighter gun control, Mayor Michael Bloomberg attributes historic crime lows in New York to strict gun laws that are ...
NC woman sues NYPD over Empire State shooting
A North Carolina college student hit by police gunfire during a shooting outside the Empire State Building argued in a lawsuit Tuesday that the police ...

Reaction to Obama's gun control proposals
President Barack Obama unveiled sweeping proposals to curb gun violence, including calls for Congress to pass universal background checks and an ...

NYPD looks to GPS bottles to combat pill bandits
The New York Police Department wants pharmacies in and around the city to fight prescription drug thefts by stocking pill bottles fitted with GPS ...

NYC officers shot on subway released from hospital
Two police officers shot and wounded during a gun battle on a New York City subway train were released from the hospital Friday, as authorities ...

World looks to 2013 after violence, economic woes
As the world rang in 2013 with spectacular fireworks displays and showers of confetti, the specter of economic uncertainty and searing violence dimmed ...

US, Europe hope the new year brings better times
From the glittering New Year's ball dropping in Times Square to joyous fireworks in London and cheers in a once-isolated Asian country, the world did ...

Suspect in NYC subway death arrested before
The family of a woman accused of shoving a man to his death in front of a subway train called police several times in the past five years because she ...
Police: NYC couple had 'Terrorist Encyclopedia'
A woman who gave birth under arrest and her boyfriend were facing weapons charges Monday after authorities said they found a substance used to make ...

2 sought in killing of LA man near Central Park
Police on Thursday continued an aggressive manhunt for a gunman and a getaway driver who ambushed and killed a Los Angeles man in midtown Manhattan, ...

NYPD: Getaway car found in slaying of Calif. man
Police revealed Wednesday that they found a getaway car used in an execution-style daylight slaying of a Los Angeles man on a busy Manhattan street ...

Police suspect LA man was lured into NYC ambush
Someone wanted Brandon Lincoln Woodard dead — bad enough to apparently lure him to a midtown Manhattan block for what looked like a professional hit.

NYPD officer's kindness sparks online sensation
A tourist's snapshot of a New York City police officer giving new boots to a barefoot homeless man in Times Square has created an online sensation.

Garment salesman held in 3 NY merchant deaths
A garment salesman accused of systematically shooting three shopkeepers to death as they worked alone in their clothing stores was held without bail ...

Clothes dealer arrested in 3 NY shopkeeper deaths
A balding garment salesman was arrested Wednesday for systematically killing three shopkeepers as they worked alone in their clothing stores and had ...

Fear of looting grips NYC as new storm threatens
Richard Chan prowled around his cold, dark Staten Island home with knives and a sword to protect it from thieves, standing his ground as another East ...

Bloomberg faces outcry over Sunday's NYC Marathon
With people in storm-ravaged areas still shivering without electricity and the death toll in New York City at more than 40, many New Yorkers recoiled ...

Mayor defends move to hold marathon, tempers boil
The Manhattan skyline was expected to be mostly lit for the first time in five days Friday night, a sign of progress undercut by long gas lines and ...

2 NYC boys found dead, swept away by storm waters
Two young brothers swept from the arms of their mother by the violent sea at the height of Superstorm Sandy were found dead in a marsh Thursday, a ...

Police: Bodies of 2 missing NYC boys found
The bodies of two boys who were separated from their frantic mother at the height of Superstorm Sandy by the force of rising water were found Thursday ...

NY parents shaken as nanny accused of killing kids
The nightmarish case of a nanny accused of stabbing to death two children in her care stunned the family's well-to-do neighborhood and caused legions ...

NYC cannibal case tests lines of fantasy, threat
In Internet chats as breezy as they were bizarre, a police officer accused of plotting to kidnap and eat as many as 100 women was once cautioned not ...

Kids stabbed dead in NYC home; nanny, knife nearby
A mother returned home to her luxury apartment building near Central Park on Thursday to find two of her small children stabbed to death in a bathtub ...