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Prospect Heights woman shot and killed blocks from her home

By Dean Moses

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84th Precinct: Air conditioner con man caught red-handed

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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88th Precinct: Thief steals from public school

By Kirstyn Brendlen

Alleged Brooklyn arson suspect

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Brooklyn arsonist wanted: NYPD ups reward to $30,000 for capture of suspect who set police vehicles ablaze

Suspected Manhattan subway creep who kissed woman's feet arrested with black eye

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Alleged feet-kissing Manhattan subway creep sports black eye during perp walk for lewd behavior

bedford avenue bike crash

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Driver hits and injures father-and-son on bikes in Bed-Stuy near at-risk Bedford Avenue bike lane

By Kirstyn Brendlen

Scene where man was stabbed at Brooklyn laundromat

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Man stabbed dead, son slashed during fight at Brooklyn laundromat: cops

Medical examiner loads body into van in Brooklyn

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Knife-wielding suspect stabs man to death in Brooklyn after prior argument: cops

Scooter on ground at scene in Brooklyn where boy was shot

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15-year-old boy shot while riding scooter in Brooklyn

A view of 541 Marcy Ave. in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, where a 38-year-old man was fatally shot late Thursday, June 19, 2025.

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Man dies after being shot multiple times in Brooklyn; suspect at large

The NYPD is investigating a shooting that left two injured in Brooklyn.

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Cops investigating shooting that left two injured in Brooklyn in broad daylight

Tablet, conversation and nurse with senior man at assisted living for diagnosis explanation. Digital technology, healthcare and caregiver with elderly patient for medical checkup in retirement home

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New York’s top court rules against city retirees opposed to Medicare Advantage healthcare plans

Alleged Brooklyn arson suspect

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Police say alleged arsonist who torched 11 NYPD vehicles in Brooklyn is pro-Palestine protester

Brooklyn hit-and-run murder suspect led out of precinct by police

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Brooklyn woman arrested for hit-and-run death of pregnant woman

Scene of Brooklyn crash involving cop car

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Driver crashes into police car in Brooklyn, leaving two cops seriously injured

fire in east new york

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Two-alarm house fire displaces 8 people in East New York

By Kirstyn Brendlen & Lloyd Mitchell

fire at bushwick NYPD parking lot

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Police cars burn in suspected arson at Bushwick NYPD parking lot

By Dean Moses

Immigrant in elevator after being arrested by ICE agents in Lower Manhattan court

AMNY

Gone in 30 seconds: Frantic scenes in Lower Manhattan as ICE agents apprehend immigrants attending court hearings

police are searching for a man they say groped multiple women in downtown brooklyn

Police search for man who groped two women in Downtown Brooklyn

By Kirstyn Brendlen

Masked ICE agents in immigration court in Lower Manhattan

AMNY

‘Living hell’: ICE presence at Manhattan immigration court fueling fear and anger among lawyers and visitors alike

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