In this courtroom artist’s sketch R. Kelly, left, listens during his trial in New York, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021. The 54-year-old Kelly has repeatedly denied accusations that he preyed on several alleged victims during a 30-year career highlighted by his mega hit “I Believe I Can Fly.” (AP Photo/Elizabeth Williams) By Tom Hays The Associated Press […]
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Admitted Al-Qaida Fighter Convicted in NY Terror Case
NEW YORK (AP) — An admitted al-Qaida fighter was convicted on Thursday of federal terrorism charges for participating in a fierce firefight in Afghanistan that left two U.S. servicemen dead. In this undated photo provided by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York, Ibrahim Suleiman Adnan Harun is shown. Harun, an […]
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Police-Mayor Tensions Mount over Eric Garner’s Chokehold Death
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, center, speaks to the audience during a round table discussion convened to ease tensions over the July 17, police involved death of Eric Garner. Garner, who was asthmatic, was being arrested on suspicion of selling loose cigarettes and died soon after being placed in the apparent choke hold by […]
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7 Victims of East Harlem Blast Died of Smoke, Burns, Trauma
NEW YORK (AP) — Seven of the eight people killed in a suspected gas explosion that leveled two apartment buildings died of either blunt trauma or smoke inhalation and burns, officials said Monday. The autopsy results were released as investigators continued to examine the circumstances of the Wednesday blast that left eight people dead and […]
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NYC Guard-inmate Sex Scandal ExpandsSex with Multiple-Workers While on Duty
NEW YORK (AP) — Jail guard Nancy Gonzalez gained notoriety by conceiving a baby behind bars with a cop killer. But her story of sexual misconduct at a federal lockup in Brooklyn doesn’t end there. Gonzalez claims she had sex with at least eight co-workers, including two supervisors, while on duty at the Metropolitan Detention […]
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Judge: Spying on NJ Muslims by NYPD was Legal
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that the New York Police Department’s surveillance of Muslims in New Jersey was a lawful effort to prevent terrorism, not a civil rights violation. In a decision filed Thursday in federal court in Newark, U.S. District Judge William Martini dismissed a lawsuit brought in 2012 by […]
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NY Judge Asked to Bar NYPD Monitoring of Muslims
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday revisited a decades-old court settlement restricting how the New York Police Department conducts surveillance after civil rights lawyers accused the department of breaking those rules by monitoring Muslims. The dispute centers on the restrictions set by the Handschu decree, which was put in place in response […]