Plea Talks Afoot in City Pipe-Bomb Terror Case
Prosecutors and defense lawyers say they're in plea negotiations in a rare state-level terror case against a New York City man charged with building a homemade bomb to try to attack soldiers, police...
View ArticleEx-NY Senator Hiram Monserrate Gets 2 Years in Prison
Former state Senator Hiram Monserrate was sentenced to two years in prison for fraud on Tuesday.The Queens Democrat pleaded guilty in May to using taxpayer money to fund his failed 2006 for state...
View ArticleNJ Man Pleads Not Guilty in Etan Patz Case
The man charged with killing a 6-year-old New York City boy in 1979 has pleaded not guilty to murder despite police saying he confessed to the crime.The lawyer for 51-year-old Pedro Hernandez of New...
View ArticleNYPD Officer Convicted in Cannibal-Plot Case
A New York City police officer accused of plotting to kidnap, cook and eat women has been convicted of conspiracy.The jury in what the tabloids dubbed the "Cannibal Cop" case reached the verdict...
View ArticleNYPD Officer: Police Brass Dictate Stops, Arrests
Audio tapes made by a New York City police officer about arrest numbers have been played during a trial challenging police use of stop and frisk.Officer Adhyl Polanco says he was told he needed 20...
View ArticlePlea Talks Afoot in City Pipe-Bomb Terror Case
Prosecutors and defense lawyers say they're in plea negotiations in a rare state-level terror case against a New York City man charged with building a homemade bomb to try to attack soldiers, police...
View ArticleNJ Man Pleads Not Guilty in Etan Patz Case
The man charged with killing a 6-year-old New York City boy in 1979 has pleaded not guilty to murder despite police saying he confessed to the crime.The lawyer for 51-year-old Pedro Hernandez of New...
View ArticleNYPD Officer Convicted in Cannibal-Plot Case
A New York City police officer accused of plotting to kidnap, cook and eat women has been convicted of conspiracy.The jury in what the tabloids dubbed the "Cannibal Cop" case reached the verdict...
View ArticleNYPD Officer: Police Brass Dictate Stops, Arrests
Audio tapes made by a New York City police officer about arrest numbers have been played during a trial challenging police use of stop and frisk.Officer Adhyl Polanco says he was told he needed 20...
View ArticleThe Making of a Khmer Rouge Torturer
On April 17, 1975, the communist Khmer Rouge, led by its secretive prime minister Pol Pot, took over Cambodia. They cut the nation off from the world and began systematically killing and starving two...
View ArticleNew York City Schools Chief Outlines Discipline Changes That Scale Back...
New York City Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña released on Friday a long-awaited update to the public school system's discipline code that would make it harder to remove a student from school for minor...
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